{"id":13657,"date":"2020-11-10T04:33:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T04:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/?p=13657"},"modified":"2020-11-10T04:33:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T04:33:45","slug":"memories-of-tomorrow-islamic-past-in-the-visions-of-west-asian-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/2020\/11\/10\/memories-of-tomorrow-islamic-past-in-the-visions-of-west-asian-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Tomorrow: Islamic Past in the Visions of West Asian Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/2020\/11\/10\/memories-of-tomorrow-islamic-past-in-the-visions-of-west-asian-future\/20201124_poster-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13658 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201124_poster-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201124_poster-1.png 800w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201124_poster-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201124_poster-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201124_poster-1-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 99vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> November\u00a024th, Tuesday, 2020 14:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/li>\n<li>Online lecture via Zoom (https:\/\/snu-ac-kr.zoom.us\/j\/96930041282) [in English]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Asian Futures Seminar Series (3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lecture 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>November\u00a024th,\u00a0Tuesday, 2020 14:00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0Alena Kulinich (Asian Languages and Civilizations, College of Humanities)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Memories of Tomorrow: Islamic Past in the Visions of West Asian Future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u203b Zoom URL:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/snu-ac-kr.zoom.us\/j\/96930041282\">https:\/\/snu-ac-kr.zoom.us\/j\/96930041282<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALENA KULINICH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March 2020 \u2013<br \/>\npresent<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of West Asian Studies, Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations, Seoul National University<br \/>\n2013 \u2013 2020 Assistant Professor of West Asian Studies, Department of Asian Languages\u00a0and Civilisations, Seoul National University<br \/>\n2011 \u2013 2013 Research Assistant (The Qur\u2019\u0101n Project), The Institute of Ismaili Studies,\u00a0London<br \/>\n2010 \u2013 2013 Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of History and Department of the Study of Religions, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of\u00a0London<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Abstract<\/p>\n<p>Against the background of colonial and postcolonial conditions, the ongoing search for authenticity (a\u1e63liyya) and a renewed interest in cultural heritage (tur\u0101th), all major ideologies in the 20th and 21st centuries\u2019 West Asia have drawn on Islamic past to legitimise the futures they envisioned. This paper focuses on the uses of Mu\u2018tazilism, a rationalist tradition of Islamic thought that flourished during the \u2018Abbasid Caliphate (750\u20131258), as a symbol, model and a source of inspiration for the visions of West Asian future. Modern endeavours to rediscover and revive this tradition, often referred to as Neo-Mu\u2018tazilism, span across geographical, cultural and political divides. Exploring its appeal in these diverse contexts, the paper highlights the changing perceptions of this tradition. It discusses various interpretations of Mu\u2018tazilism as a symbol of progress, freedom, and a better future, inspired by Mu\u2018tazilite rationalism, their doctrine of free will, and the idea of the \u2018golden age\u2019 of Islamic civilisation under the \u2018Abbasids. The discovery and publication of Mu\u2018tazilite sources from the 1960s onwards have enabled a deeper exploration of Mu\u2018tazilite thought. Several Muslim intellectuals have engaged creatively with its various aspects to envision the revival and reform of Islam. As a rationalist tradition, today Mu\u2018tazilism remains the subject of great expectations and a potential source of inspiration for the new visions of tomorrow in West Asia and beyond.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Lecture 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0December 11th, Friday, 2020 14:00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0Stephan Sonnenberg (Clinical Law, Law School)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Revisiting the \u201cAsian Values\u201d debate: human rights, human dignity, and personal responsibilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: November\u00a024th, Tuesday, 2020 14:00 &#8211; 16:00 Online lecture via Zoom (https:\/\/snu-ac-kr.zoom.us\/j\/96930041282) [in English] Asian Futures Seminar Series (3) Lecture 3) Date:\u00a0November\u00a024th,\u00a0Tuesday, 2020 14:00 Speaker:\u00a0Alena Kulinich (Asian Languages and Civilizations, College of Humanities) Title:\u00a0Memories of Tomorrow: Islamic Past in the Visions of West Asian Future \u203b Zoom URL:\u00a0https:\/\/snu-ac-kr.zoom.us\/j\/96930041282 &nbsp; ALENA KULINICH March 2020 \u2013 present Associate Professor of West Asian Studies, Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations, Seoul National University 2013 \u2013 2020 Assistant Professor of West Asian Studies, Department of Asian Languages\u00a0and Civilisations, Seoul National University 2011 \u2013 2013 Research Assistant (The Qur\u2019\u0101n Project), The Institute of Ismaili Studies,\u00a0London 2010 \u2013 2013 Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of History and Department of the Study of Religions, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of\u00a0London &nbsp; Abstract Against the background of colonial and postcolonial conditions, the ongoing search for authenticity&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13660,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13657\/revisions\/13660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}