Conference program, "Translating the Past, (Re-)shaping History," ISAW, New York City, 30 May 2015
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The document outlines a workshop scheduled for May 30, 2015, at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, addressing translation issues in late antique and medieval Christian historiography from the Middle East. Various speakers will present topics related to historiographical sources, focusing on how translation affects the historical narratives and cultural exchanges in the region. The event aims to explore the complexities of multilingual textual traditions in Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, and Syriac.
Conference program, "Translating the Past, (Re-)shaping History," ISAW, New York City, 30 May 2015
- 1. May 30, 2015 10AM-5PM ISAW Lecture Hall Institute for the Study of the Ancient World New York University INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD New York University 15 East 84th Street, New York, NY 10028 212.992.7800, isaw@nyu.edu isaw.nyu.edu Translating the Past, (Re-)shaping History ? : Translation Issues in Late Antique and Medieval Christian Historiographical Sources in the Middle East
- 2. 10:00am - Roger Bagnall (Leon Levy Director, ISAW), Perrine Pilette (ISAW) Welcome & Introduction 10:10am - Muriel Debié (EPHE/CNRS, Paris) Lost in Translation: The Reconstruction of the Distant Past in Christian Syriac Historiography 10:50am - Coffee Break 11:20am - Johannes den Heijer (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve) The International Copto-Arabic Historiography Project (ICAHP): How to Deal with the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria as a Translated, Multi-layered, Fluid, and Open Text Tradition in Arabic 12:00pm - Manhal Makhoul (UCL / FNRS, Louvain-la-Neuve) The Independent Recension of the History of Patriarchs of Alexandria. Adaptation and Reception in the Syriac Milieu 12:40pm - Lunch Break 1:40pm - Scott F. Johnson (Georgetown / Dumbarton Oaks) Ecclesiastical History (in absentia): Eusebian Trajectories across Greek and Syriac Chronicles 2:20pm- Andrea Schmidt (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve) The Syriac World History of Michael the Syrian in its Armenian Adaptation (13th c.): A Case Study of Acculturation and Transformation of Shared Christian History in the Near East 3:00pm - Tea and Coffee Break 3:30pm - Robert Hoyland (ISAW) Greek to Arabic Translations from the Early Islamic Period 4:10pm - Ilse De Vos (King’s College, London) Crossing Cultural Borders: The Multilingual Tradition of the Quaestiones ad Antiochum Ducem Cover photo: St Mercurius killing the emperors Julian and Decius. Painting by Ibrāhīm al-Nāsikh, 1777. © Julien Auber de Lapierre Organized by Dr. Perrine Pilette (ISAW) in collaboration with the Centre d’études orientales - Institut orientaliste de Louvain (CIOL) of the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) Late antique and Medieval Christian historiographical corpuses often result from multi-step composition and transmission processes, accumulat- ing successive layers of historical knowledge. Given the cultural diversity of the Middle East, those derive, in many cases, from older sources com- posed in a different linguistic (and sometimes religious) environment. In this perspective, this workshop intends to address the issue of the impact of the translation processes on the actual historical content of such cor- puses, occurring whether in their composition or in their later transmis- sion. Accordingly, the question of the edition of such multilingual textual traditions will also be addressed. Texts in the following languages will be taken into consideration: Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek and Syriac.