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Conference “New proposals in interreligious studies” (Lyon, 22 April 2026)
On Wednesday 22 April 2026, from 5 to 6 p.m., the Faculty of Theology at UCLy (Catholic University of Lyon) will host a session devoted to new proposals in interreligious studies. The meeting will feature t...
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Michel Younès: “Shedding academic light on societal issues is one of Pluriel’s core missions”
Interview. On the occasion of the publication of L’islam et les musulmans. Doctrines, écoles et tendances actuelles (Cerf, 2026), Michel Younès, Professor of Theology at the Université catholique de Lyon an...
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Christian–Muslim Dialogue in Focus: symposium of the Higher Education for Social Transformation research group in Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria. From October 29–31, 2024, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Innsbruck hosted the Kircher Network’s Higher Education for Social Transformation (HEST) workshop on Christia...
CALL FOR PAPER
100 Years of the PISAI: Call for Papers for the International Congress in Rome, 11–12 December 2026
PISAI, Rome. The year 2026 marks the centenary of the foundation of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), a training, study, and research institute dedicated to religious dialogue...
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Amir Dziri: “Over the past decade, the Swiss Center for Islam and Society has strengthened its academic standing”
Fribourg, Switzerland. To mark the Swiss Center for Islam and Society’s tenth anniversary, its co-director Amir Dziri gave an interview to Pluriel.
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Pluriel Signs Partnership Agreement with Cordoba Cathedral Chapter for 2026 Congress
Cordoba, Spain – Pluriel’s General Coordinator Michel Younès signed a partnership agreement with the Cordoba Cathedral Chapter on Monday, November 11, 2024, establishing them as the principal partner ...
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Call for Papers — “Of Priests and Sufis: Revisiting Catholic Scholarship on Islamic Mysticism” (IDEO, Cairo, 6–7 June 2026)
International conference at the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO), Cairo, 6–7 June 2026, within the MSCA Horizon Europe project SEMENSUF – Seminal Sufism in Motion. Coordinated by the Catholic...
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Islamic Studies Research Grants: Call for Applications for Students and Early-career Researchers
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs is launching a call for applications for mobility fellowships in Islamic studies. These fellowships will enable second-year Master’s students, PhD candidat...
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Recruitment: Associate Professor Position in Modern and Contemporary Islamic Political and Religious Thought at ENS Lyon
The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon is opening a position for an Associate Professor (M/F) specialized in “Political and Religious Thought in Modern and Contemporary Islam” as part of its 2025 ...
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Diego Sarrió Cucarella, member of Pluriel and specialist in Islamic-Christian dialogue, appointed bishop in Algeria
Saturday, January 25, 2025. Pope Francis has appointed Father Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella as the new bishop of the Diocese of Laghouat-Ghardaïa in Algeria on January 25, 2025. President of the Pontifical I...
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“Mediterranean, Religions and Societies”: a pioneering chair to bring the two shores of the Mediterranean closer together
Rome – For the first time in its history, the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) is pleased to welcome a university chair entitled “Mediterranean, Religions and Societie...
25/09/24
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Conference “Christian Thought, Muslim Thought, and Societal Issues” with Michel Younès and Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Launch event for the “Theologies in Dialogue” chair on the theme “Christian thought, Muslim thought and societal issues” on Wednesday, September 25 at 6:30 PM at the Carnot campus of...
11/04/24
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Webinar conference: “The Qur’an and its ancient manuscripts: a paradigm shift” by François Déroche
to 26/04/24 to 27/04/24
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“Contemporary Research in Islamic Studies: Issues and Methodologies” Colloquium
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Michel Younès: “An absolutist reading of the Koran sometimes reflects on the Christian way of understanding Muslims”.
27/10/23
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27 October 2023 at 3pm: “The challenges of universal fraternity” webinar
The webinar, designed as an introduction to the conference theme, can be accessed via Zoom with simultaneous translation in French, English and Arabic.
to 02/02/24 to 06/02/24
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Islam & fraternity – 4th PLURIEL international congress
From February 2nd to 6th, in Abu Dhabi. In partnership with TRENDS Research and Advisory. The congress theme will be : Islam et fraternité : impact et perspectives du Document sur la fraternité humaine Intr...
to 28/11/22 to 30/11/22
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Radicalisation leading to violence in the name of Islam: for a France-Quebec referential | EJC 2022
The 34th Entretiens Jacques Cartier will take place in Quebec from 28 to 30 November 2022. A group of Canadian and French researchers will hold a one-day conference on the theme of radicalisation studies. A...
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Replay / Congress ‘Islam & Otherness’ in Beirut
Here is the playlist gathering all the lectures and talks of the congress. (Click on the icon in the upper right player to display the list). Watch the playlist in Youtube Direct links to lectures and talks...
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Synthesis of the congress ‘Islam & Otherness’
Synthèse du frère Emmanuel Pisani donnée le 25 mai 2022 à l’issue du 3è Congrès international de Pluriel « Islam et altérité » à Beyrouth Dans sa conférence inaugurale, Raja Sakrani a d’emblée posé la thèse...
DEADLINE : 23/01/23
CALL FOR PAPER
Islam and Fraternity – Call for paper for the 4th PLURIEL congress
Scheduled to take place from 2 to 6 February 2024 in Abu Dhabi, in partnership with TRENDS Research and Advisory, PLURIEL’s 4th International Congress will focus on : Islam and fraternity: impact and ...
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Replay / Conference “Religious authority in Islam”
Since 2019, the Pluriel group from Lyon group has brought together 14 researchers around the question of the legitimisation of religious authority in Islam. The closing conference of this research project w...
to 30/05/22 to 31/05/22
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International Conference On the Future of Islamic-theological Studies
The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society (University of Fribourg) is organising a conference in Zurich on 9 and 10 February 30 and 31 May 2022 on the theme “On the Future of a Young Discipline – I...
to 23/05/22 to 27/05/22
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‘Islam & Otherness’ – 3rd PLURIEL International Congress
The 3rd international congress of PLURIEL, on the theme “Islam and Otherness” will take place in Beirut from Monday 23 May to Friday 27 May 2022. The final programme is available and the registr...
to 19/11/21 to 20/11/21
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Conference ‘Islam and Otherness. What Islamic theology of religious pluralism?’
Conference organised by the Institut Supérieur de Théologie des Religions – ISTR – of the Theologicum (Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences of the Institut Catholique de Paris). This confe...
to 18/11/21 to 19/11/21
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Conference / Religious authority in Islam
Conference organised by the Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (UCLy, Lyon) on 18 and 19 November 2021 Presentation Being a repository of authority or being recognised as a place of authori...
to 16/09/21 to 18/09/21
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International conference “The itinerant prophets. Rewritings, appropriations and metamorphoses of prophetic figures in Islamic sources”
At Institut du Monde Arabe and Sorbonne Université, Paris Bringing together scholars of Islam studies, literature and history, ‘The Itinerant Prophets’ aims to shed new light on the place prophe...
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The videos of the webinar ‘Islam and Otherness – Focus Lebanon’ are available
The opening webinar of the 3rd international congress of the PLURIEL network was held on 13 April 2021 on the theme “Islam and Otherness with a focus on the Lebanese experience. The replay has been or...
to 14/04/21 to 26/05/21
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Webinars on the prevention of religious radicalisation
The Research Centre “Religions, Rights and Economy in the Mediterranean Area” (REDESM), based at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria in cooperation with the PriMED project to prevent ...
DEADLINE : 30/06/21
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Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and Messianism
Call for Papers for MIDEO 38 (2023) The Covid-19 (kūfīd-19) pandemic broke out around October-November 2019 in China. In addition to having become a global public health problem, it quickly became “a to...
DEADLINE : 26/03/21
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Itinerant Prophets
The International Colloquium « Itinerant Prophets – Rewritings, Appropriations and Metamorphoses of Prophetic Figures in the Religious, Literary and Historiographical Texts of Pre-modern Islam » will take p...
13/04/21
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Webinar ‘Islam & Otherness – Focus Lebanon’ April 13th, 2021
To open the 3rd International Congress of PLURIEL, which will exceptionally extend over two years, we are offering a one-afternoon webinar on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The jurist Raja...
16/12/20
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Webinar : Religions and secularism: the challenge of intransigence
Wednesday December 16th, 6.30PM (online) In a context marked by extremism, radicalism, separatism and communitarianism, French society is experiencing an intensification of identity-based and militant withd...
23/11/20
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Islam in Italy: the Roman case of Jamaat al-Tabligh
The Center for Interreligious Studies of the Pontifical Gregorian University is pleased to announce the next Forum addressing Islam-Christianity, entitled: “Islam in Italy: the Roman case of Jamaat al...
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An HDR on “Christian approaches to Islam
On 16 September, Mr Michel Younès defended his Habilitation to direct research at the École pratique des hautes études. The title of his work was: "Christian approaches to Islam".
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Proceedings of the first PLURIEL Congress
Publication of the proceedings of the Congress : Islam in plural. Thought, faith and society
For a preventive Islamic de-radicalization. The Re-Configuration of the Humanities within an inter-religious approach. (Milan)
Research group held by the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan. The return to the humanities is not only necessary, but crucial for the promotion of a de-radicalising approach to both societi...
Islamic-theological studies with a focus on “Islam and society” (Fribourg)
The Swiss Centre “Islam and Society” runs a doctoral programme “Islam and Society: Islamic-theological studies” designed to study specific, multidisciplinary themes and to support do...
Islam and Otherness (Paris)
In the global context of identity tensions, migratory flows, depreciation of the image of the Muslim world and its association to Daesh and al-Qaeda’s terrorist attacks, the Institute of Science and Theolog...
Authority and Regulation in Islam (Lyon)
After a research programme on religious, Islamic and Biblical fundamentalism, and a deconstructivist approach to fundamentalism, we thought it was important to approach the notion of authority in link with ...
HEST Cluster: Christian-Muslim Relations (Europe)
Higher Education for Social Transformation (HEST) programme aims to bring Higher Education institutions and Social Centres of the Society of Jesus in Europe together so that they can contribute to the real ...
Project 200 : An historical contextualization of 200 authors from the Arab Muslim heritage (Closed)
The project is to report systematically on 200 former Arab authors (belonging to the first 10 centuries of the Hegira ) their lists of works (lost, written or edited ) and the relationships that these works...
Abdul Rahman Al-Khunayfer
Mohamed Gamal Ali
Research Assistant in Human Rights and Political Science. PhD Student in Political Science at Cairo University.
Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Holder of the Chair “Exegesis and theology of Shia Islam” at the École pratique des hautes études (Paris)
Juan Macias Amoretti
Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Ziaka Angeliki
Associate Professor of Religion
Alam Anwar
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Charbel Attallah
Mehdi Azaiez
Professeur d’islamologie à l’Université catholique de Louvain
Jean-Marc Balhan
Guest lecturer at the Centre Sèvres, Priest in Ankara
Maryam Ballout
Assistant to the Cluster on Christian-Muslim Relations of the HEST Programme of the Jesuit Universities of Europe (Kircher Network)
Laurent Basanese
Membre officiel du Conseil pontifical pour le dialogue interreligieux, professeur à l’Université pontificale grégorienne de Rome
Cédric Baylocq
Anthropologue, Chercheur associé à l’Institut de Science et Théologie des Religions, Institut catholique de Paris
Houssame Bentabet
Docteur en sociologie et islamologue, chercheur
Ambrogio Bongiovanni
Director of the Gregorian Center for Interreligious Studies
Farid Bouchiba
Postdoctoral fellow at the EPHE in the GSRL (Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités, UMR 8582)
Paolo Branca
Professeur associé d’études arabes et islamiques
Baptiste Brodard
Lecturer-researcher in Islamic Studies at Aix-Marseille University, France
Patrice Brodeur
Expert in Islamic studies and comparative Abrahamic religions
Bénédicte Du Chaffaut
Chercheur au Centre d’Études des Cultures et des Religions de l’Université catholique de Lyon
Valentino Cottini
Professor of Bible and Koran at PISAI, Director of the journal Islamochristiana
Antonio Cuciniello
Chercheur en histoire des pays islamiques
Marco Demichelis
Researcher in Islamic studies and history of the Middle East
Amir Dziri
Professeur en islamologie, Directeur du centre suisse “Islam et société”
John L. Esposito
Professeur de religion et affaires internationales et d’islamologie
Jaume Flaquer Garcia
Professeur de dialogue interreligieux, théologie des religions et islamologie
Hicham Abdel Gawad
Doctorant en sciences des religions, écrivain et formateur aux faits religieux en société.
Giovanni Giacalone
Professor of islam in the Balkans and Caucasus
Anna Hager
Chercheuse associée Post-doctorante Enseignante
Jamel El Hamri
Researcher in History of contemporary Islam, and Consultant on Islam, Youth and Citizenship
Karim Ifrak
Ingénieur d’études au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris.
Yesmine Karray
Benjamin Latouche
Prêtre catholique et chercheur, membre du laboratoire d’islamologie du Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (CECR) de l’Université catholique de Lyon
Romain Louge
Doctorant en théologie à l’Université Catholique de Lyon
Stefano Luca
Visiting Professor of Islamology and Missiology at the Studio Teologico Interprovinciale Laurentianum in Venice
David Marshall
Researcher in Qur’anic Studies, Guest Editor for Islamochristiana (PISAI)
Adnane Mokrani
Professeur agrégé à l’Université pontificale grégorienne (Rome), chercheur membre de la Fondation Jean XXIII pour les études religieuses (FSCIRE)
Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
Maître de conférences sur le monde arabo-musulman et les représentations interculturelles
Jad Moufarrej
Agata S. Nalborczyk
Head of the Department for European Islam Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies – University of Warsaw.
Florence Ollivry
Emmanuel Pisani
Directeur de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (IDEO, Le Caire)
Houaria Rahaoui
Doctor of Philosophy, specialising in Islamology
Hélène Rey
Gabriel Said Reynolds
Professor
Wael Saleh
Professeur associé à l’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
Amany Fouad Salib
Associate Researcher at the Centre of Research on Immigration, Ethnicity and Citizenship
Piotr Sękowski
Chercheur en études arabes et islamiques à l’Institut pontifical d’études arabes et d’islamologie (PISAI) de Rome
Davide Tacchini
Research Fellow at Friedrich-Schiller- Universität (Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies)
Olga Torres
Researcher in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Vice-Rector for Research, University of Seville
Gonzalo Villagrán
Dean of the Faculty of Theology of Universidad Loyola in Granada. Professor of Christian social ethics
Jason Welle
Dean of Studies
Michel Younès
Professeur en théologie et islamologie
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Azharis, Representations of Christianity, and the Vagaries of Islamic-Christian Dialogue (1930s-2020s)
Dominique Avon, Director of Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, traces the evolution of the discourse of the ulama of al-Azhar on Christianity since the 1930s. Confronted with the colonial Euro...
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The historical debate on secularisation between F. Antun and M. Abduh.
Full title : ‘The historical debate on secularisation between F. Antun and M. Abduh. God’s absolutism and Islam’s irrationality as cornerstones of orientalist islamic-christian dispute dur...
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From Apology to Dialogue with Others in Shia Islamic Studies: The Case of Muhammad Jawad al-Balaghi
First International Congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon (PLURIEL): theological axis Speaker: Mohammad Zaraket, teacher at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon
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The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī
Among the works of Arabic literature concerning the genre of Mawlid, certainly al-Barzanjī’s Mawlid is a text that has achieved great popularity and spread to large parts of the Islamic world. Indeed, empha...
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In search of an aggiornamento of Islam. Contemporary approaches
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The field of fatwa production in French: a scene of tough competition between Islamic authorities
Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. Vide...
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In Islam, why is it difficult to identify legitimate sources of authority?
Elements of answers to a question studied by the research group on the subject “Authority and regulation in Islam” of the Center for the study of cultures and religions (CECR, UCLy). with Emmanu...
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al-Ġazālī, a figure of a magisterial authority?
Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2021. . Vi...
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Controversy over the perception and status of the other (wala and bara)
Lecture by Emmanuel PISANI, during the Second International Congress of PLURIEL in Rome The concepts of wala and bara [loyalty/friendship – disloyalty/enmity] have led to the development of a theological do...
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Congress “Islam and Belonging”: synthesis by the Jesuit theologian Laurent Basanèse
Synthesis of the second International Congrès of PLURIEL in Rome, by Laurent BASANÈSE, director of the Gregorian Center for Inter-religious Studies
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Islam & Otherness. Proceedings of the Pluriel congress in Beirut
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Retrospective: Congress 2018 “Islam and Belonging”
Retrospective on the Second International Congress of PLURIEL that has been held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Roma, in June 2018, on the theme “Islam and Belonging”. Excerpts of con...
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University Certificate in Islamic-Christian Initial Culture
This course aims to identify the basic principles of Christian and Islamic beliefs and the means of expressing them, as well as the historical aspects and developments that these two religions have undergon...
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Master’s degree in culture and society, ‘Theologies in Dialogue’
It is already possible to study Islamic theology at the University of Paderborn as part of the two-subject bachelor’s degree “Comparative Theology of Religions”. The Master’s courses offered by the Un...
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Bachelor’s Programme Islamic Religious Education
The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Islamic Religious Education offers basic education in Islamic theology and teaching religious education. Graduates of this programme are well versed in applying research r...
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Master’s Degree Programme in Islamic Religious Education
The Master’s Degree Programme in Islamic Religious Education offers a thorough education in Islamic theology and teaching religious education. Graduates are qualified for work in the field of education and ...
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Master in Christian-Muslim relations
In September 2007, the Institute of Islamic-Christian Studies at Saint Joseph University in Beirut opened a “Master in Islamic-Christian Relations” in Arabic. In September 2011, this course is d...
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Master ‘Islam and Society”
The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society (CSIS) at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Fribourg is offering a Master’s degree course “Islam and Society” as a main subject...
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Bachelor in Islamic-Christian Studies
Given the growing importance of interfaith dialogue as an entry point for achieving peace and promoting the values of coexistence in many societies, particularly in Lebanon and the Arab world, the Institute...
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Diploma in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Diploma obtained at the end of the first year of the Licence It offers students an in-depth study of the Arabic language, Islam Studies and data relating to Islamic-Christian dialogue. https://fr.pisai.it/f...
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Licenciate in Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies
The conviction which motivates PISAI is that the Christian task to meet face to face with Muslims should be based not solely on subjective good will but also on an objective, scientifically grounded knowled...
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Doctorate in Arabic and Islamic Studies
The Doctorate requires a minimum of three years to complete. Applicants must hold a Licentiate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the rank of Summa cum Laude or an equivalent qualification. Admission is gover...
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Diploma in Interreligious Studies
The Gregorian Center for Interreligious Studies offers, for the 2020/2021 academic year, a path in two semesters for the achievement of the Diploma in Interreligious Studies. It will be possible to deepen t...
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Certificate of advanced studies (CAS) Preventing Extremism. Ideologies, religions and violence(s)
Target group People working in education, prisons, security, social work and anyone interested in becoming a contact person for issues related to extremism in their professional environment. Content The phe...