{"id":36351,"date":"2026-08-03T08:27:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/the-composition-of-the-quran-structure-style-and-meaning\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:27:59","slug":"the-composition-of-the-quran-structure-style-and-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/the-composition-of-the-quran-structure-style-and-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Composition of the Qur\u2019an: Structure, Style and Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 19 and 20 March 2027, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideo-cairo.org\/en\/\"><strong>Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO)<\/strong><\/a> in Cairo will host the international conference &#8220;The Composition of the Qur\u2019an: Structure, Style &amp; Meaning,&#8221; co-organised with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orient-institut.org\/\"><strong>Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)<\/strong><\/a>. The event is led by <a href=\"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/chercheur\/emmanuel-pisani\/\"><strong>Emmanuel Pisani<\/strong><\/a>, director of IDEO and deputy general coordinator of Pluriel.<\/p>\n<p>The conference examines the structure, rhetoric and style of the Qur\u2019anic text, asking what its composition achieves in generating meaning, organising arguments and establishing authority. It brings the insights of the Islamic tradition (tafs\u012br, bal\u0101\u0121a, \u02bful\u016bm al-Qur\u02be\u0101n) into dialogue with contemporary scholarly approaches: literary, philological, historical and codicological.<\/p>\n<p>Contributions are organised around three themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Literary structure and rhetorical analysis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Textual formation and historical context<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-referentiality and interpretation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Selected papers, following double-blind review, will be published in volume 45 of <em>MIDEO<\/em> (2029).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> 19 and 20 March 2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>Venue:<\/strong> IDEO, Cairo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> mainly English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 19 and 20 March 2027, the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO) in Cairo will host the international conference &#8220;The Composition of the Qur\u2019an: Structure, Style &amp; Meaning,&#8221; co-organised with the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB). 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