Workshop: The Philosophy of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī

Organizers: Peter Adamson, Frank Griffel, and Damien Janos

With support from Yale University and LMU Munich

Humanities Quadrangle, Room 276, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT, 06511

Friday April 4, 2025

Chair: Peter Adamson (LMU Munich)

10:00-11:00
Frank Griffel (Yale): Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on the Eternity of the Universe

11:00-12:00
Riccardo Strobino (Tufts University): Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Logic

12:00-1:30: Lunch break

Chair: Michael Rapoport (Florida Atlantic University)

1:30-2:30
Racha El Omari (UC Santa Barbara): Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Ethics

2:30-3:30
Felicitas Opwis (Georgetown): Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Philosophy of Law

3:30-4:00: Coffee break

4:00-5:00
Tariq Jaffer (Amherst College): Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and Qurʾānic Exegesis

Saturday April 5, 2025

Chair: Rosabel Ansari (Stony Brook University)

10:00-11:00
Lillian McCabe (Yale): Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on Astrological Elections

11:00-12:00
Travis Zadeh (Yale): Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on the Science of Incantations

12:00-2:00: Lunch break

Chair: Bilal Ibrahim (Providence College)

2:00-3:00
Lara Harb (Princeton University): Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Poetics

3:00-4:00
Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed (UC Berkeley): Mysticism in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī [presentation online]