Report on the Conference, “Louis Massignon: The Vocation of a Scholar,” Notre Dame University, Indiana (2-5 October 1997) – Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (BRIIFS)

Independent scholar and a specialist in Iraqi/Gulf history.

ABSTRACT :

First §: THIS CONFERENCE WAS the first ever held in the United States on the life and works of Professor, later Father, Louis Massignon (1883-1962). As such, it assembled the most eminent scholars of Louis Massignon studies in the world. Still largely unknown in anglophone America, Louis Massignon’s life and work were examined and analysed over several days by a number of scholars from different disciplines, including theology, Arabic literature, government, law and history.

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Report on the Conference, “Louis Massignon: The Vocation of a Scholar,” Notre Dame University, Indiana (2-5 October 1997)