Translated Manuscripts Conference

Tuesday 29/5/2007
9:30- 10:00	Registration
10:00 – 11:00	Opening Session
10:00 – 11:00	• Prof. Ismail Serageldin (Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina) Opening Speech • Prof. Youssef Ziedan (Director of the Manuscript Center) On the Concept of Translated Manuscripts
11:00 – 12:00	1^st Session
11:00 – 12:00	Moderator: Prof. Youssef Ziedan (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) • Prof. Roshdi Rashed (France/Egypt) The Translation of Scientific Manuscripts in Greek, Arabic and Latin
12:00 – 12:15	Coffee Break
12:15-1:30	2^nd Session
12:15-1:30	Moderator: Prof. Alaeldine Lolah (Syria) • Prof. Régis Morelon (France) The Arabic versions of Ptolemy's Almagest and Hypothesis • Prof. Pascal Crozet (France) Euclid's Elements in Arabic • Prof. Luigi Maierù (Italy) The Recovery of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Books of the Apollonius' Conic Elements in the West
1:30 – 2:45	3^rd Session
1:30 – 2:45	Moderator: Prof. Magdi Nagi (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) • Prof. Hélène Bellosta (France) The Arabic Versions of Menelaus' Spherics • Prof. Chikara Sasaki (Japan) Translated Mathematical Manuscripts in Chinese and Japanese from European Languages in Comparison with Those in Arabic from the Greek • Dr. Robert G. Morrison (USA) New Evidence for the Transmission of Astronomy from Arabic into Hebrew
2:45 – 4:00	Lunch at the Hilton Cafeteria
4:00– 5:15	4^th Session
4:00– 5:15	Moderator: Prof. Abdullah Yusuf El-Ghoneim (Kuwait) • Prof. Ahmed Shawki Benbin (Morocco) The Translation of the Catalog of Arabic Manuscripts of the Escorial by Michael El-Ghaziri from Latin into Arabic in the 19th Century • Prof. Kamal Nabhan (Egypt) The Oldest Bibliographical Project of Translation into Arabic
5:30	Library Tour

9:00		Conference Dinner at Salamlik Hotel
Wednesday 30/5/2007
10:00 – 11:15	5^th Session
10:00 – 11:15	Moderator: Prof. Muhammad Saber Arab (Egypt) • Prof. Costantin Canavas (Greece/ Germany) Fractal Translation Patterns: Reconstructing the Alchemical Allegories of Ibn ‘Umayl • Prof Muhammad Saleh El-Dalee (Egypt) Transmission of Arabic Science to Europe: The Case of Ibn Sina and Early Speech Synthesis • Prof. Refat Helal (Egypt) Translated Manuscripts in the National Archives of Egypt
11:15– 12:30	6^th Session
11:15– 12:30	Moderator: Prof. Mohamed Ali El-Kordi (Egypt) • Prof. Amira Mattar (Egypt) Impact of the Translations of Plato's Republic • Prof. Ahmed Chahlane (Morocco) Hebrew Manuscripts of Averroes: the Consequences of Translation • Mr. Esam El-Shanti (Jordan/Egypt) Problems of Arabic Translations of Aristotle's De Generatione Animalium in al-Hayawān
12:30 – 12:45	Coffee Break
12:45– 2:00	7^th Session
12:45– 2:00	Moderator: Dr. Faysal Al-Hafyan (Egypt/Syria) • Prof. Ahmed Hebbo (Syria) The Origins of Common Roots between Syriac and Arabic • Dr. Fayza Ezzeldin (Egypt) The Syriac Legend of Alexander the Great and its Impact on Arabic Narrative • Ms. Hazar Abram (Syria) Early Translations of Literary Texts: The Story of Ahīqār
2:00- 3:15	Lunch at the Hilton Cafeteria (Conference Guests)
3:15 – 4:45	8^th Session
3:15 – 4:45	Moderator: Prof. Muhammad El-Fahham (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) • Prof. Gotthard Strohmaier (Germany) Hunayn Ibn Ishāq's Risāla about his translations of Galen: a Document of Cultural History • Dr. Mahmoud Masri (Syria) Arabic Translations of Works on Protective Medicine from Greek • Prof. Mehrnaz Katouzian-Safadi (France) Treatise of Smallpox and Measles of al-Rāzī: a History of Transmission and Innovation
4:45- 5:00	Coffee Break
5:00 – 6:15	9^th Session
5:00 – 6:15	Moderator: Dr. Muhammad Saleh (Egypt) • Dr. Magdi Abdul-Raziq (Egypt) Translation from Coptic to Early Ethiopic and its Impact on Early Christian Thought in Abyssinia • Prof. Samira Ashour (Egypt) The Influence of Pahlavi Translations on al-Tabarī and al-Mas‘ūdī • Dr. Magdi Agamiya (Egypt) Administrative Correspondence between Persian and Arabic
Thursday 31/5/2007
10:00– 11:30	10^th Session
10:00– 11:30	Moderator: Mr. Mohammed Qijah (Syria) • Prof. Rashid Benhaddou (Morocco) There is no Detachment in Translation: Translation according to Reception Aesthetics • Prof. Mohamed Fikri (Morocco) Originals, Copies and Reception Theory in Translated Manuscripts • Dr. Muhammad Yousry (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) Muslim Scholars' Views on the Translation Movement and the Transmission of Classical Sciences
11:30 – 12:30	11^th Session
11:30 – 12:30	Moderator: Prof. Gamal Hagar (Egypt) • Prof. Peter Gran (USA) Maqāmāt Hassan Al-‘Attār in English • Prof. Jan Witkam (Netherlands) Import and Absorption: Some Aspects of the Arabic Manuscript Literature in South-East Asia
12:30-12:45	Coffee Break
12:45 – 2:15	12^th Session
12:45 – 2:15	Moderator: Prof. Hamed Taher (Egypt) • Prof. Radwan El-Sayyed (Lebanon) Islamic Kalām in German: the Case of M. Horten • Dr. Andrew Peacock (UK) Politics and the Translation of Islamic Historical Manuscripts • Prof. Mahmoud Al-Hamza (Russia/ Syria) The Role of Translation and Orientalism in Cultural Interaction between the Arabs and the Russians
2:15-3:30	Lunch at the Hilton Cafeteria (Conference Guests)
3:30– 4:45	13^th Session
3:30– 4:45	Moderator: Prof. Salah Fadl (Egypt) • Prof. Mahmoud Makki (Egypt) Translations of Arabic Heritage by the Jews of Muslim Spain • Dr. Ayman Fouad Sayyid (Egypt) From Latin into Arabic: Historiae adversum Paganos by Paulus Orosius
5:00	Planetarium Show
5:00	Board of Directors Meeting
Friday 1/6/2007
10:00-11:30	14^th Session
10:00-11:30	Moderator: Prof. Mahmoud Nahla (Egypt) • Mr. Adil Salahi (UK) The Impact of the Qur'an Interpretations on Foreign Cultures • Prof. Muhammad Mahmud Abu-Ghadir (Egypt) The Motives Behind the Interpretation of the Holy Qur'an into Hebrew • Prof. Ahmed Hewedi (Egypt) Arabic Translations of the Old Testament
11:30– 1:00	15^th Session
11:30– 1:00	Moderator: Rev. Father Bigoul Al-Suriany (Egypt) • Prof. Jacques Grand'Henry (Belgium) The Arabic Version of the Discourses of Gregory the Nazianzen • Dr. Emily Cottrell (France) Life of Pythagoras between the Greek Original and the Syriac and Arabic Translations • Dr. Wajih Mikhail (Egypt) The Development of Arabic Church Theological Discourse from the Islamic Period to Modern Days
1:00- 2:00	Friday Prayer
2:00 – 3:00	Lunch at the Hilton Cafeteria (Conference Guests)
3:00- 4:30	16^th Session
3:00- 4:30	Moderator: Prof. Jan Henningsson (Egypt/Sweden) • Anba Bishoy (Egypt) Problems of Understanding Terms of Christian Theology in Syriac, Greek, Latin and Arabic • Metropolitan Gregorios (Syria) The Impact of Early Syriac and Arabic Translations on the Cultures of both Languages
4:30-5:00	Closing Session
4:30-5:00	Moderator: Prof. Youssef Ziedan (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
8:30	Conference Dinner at Palestine Hotel
Saturday 2/6/2007
Excursion