BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32225@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240223T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240223T150000 DTSTAMP:20240213T115649Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/redefining-arabic-new-approaches-to -the-study-of-arabics-past-and-present-day-1/ SUMMARY:Redefining Arabic: New Approaches to the Study of Arabic's Past and Present (Day 1) DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday February 23\, 2024\nTime: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM\nLo cation: WCP 2.120\n \;\n\nThe study of Arabic is characterized by cer tain classificatory terminology used to distinguish various kinds (usually called registers) of the Arabic language\, such as colloquial/dialectal A rabic (Arabic al-ʿāmiyyah) and Classical/Modern Standard Arabic (Arabic  al-fuṣḥā). This distinction is as old as the native Arabic grammati cal tradition\, and this distinction serves as the bedrock of the scholarl y framework within which scholars have worked until today. However\, much recent scholarly work on corpora ranging from pre-Islamic inscriptions\, m edieval texts\, and modern dialects\, has demonstrated that this paradigm is problematic in many respects. For example\, pre-Islamic inscriptions at test varieties of Arabic that are not like either Classical Arabic or the modern dialects. Medieval texts written in non-Classical forms of Arabic\, typically called 'Middle Arabic\,' strongly suggest the presence of prest igious varieties of Arabic other than Classical Arabic. And in fact\, Clas sical Arabic itself is turning out to have evolved and\, depending on time and place\, to have included many features not typically considered 'stan dard' today. While each of these claims is by now rather uncontroversial\, due to the unfortunately typical siloing of scholars working on different corpora from different time periods\, the degree to which the implication s of these developments have been brought to bear on work in each is rathe r minimal and haphazard.\n\n\n\nThis symposium brings together scholars fr om a number of sub-fields\, working on corpora from all periods of Arabic' s attested history\, in order to bring the latest developments in each int o conversation with each other. Special focus will be on questions surroun ding how the various corpora might be brought into conversation\, methodol ogical issues in comparing the varieties of Arabic on which each works\, a nd especially on the usefulness – or lack thereof – of the regnant ter minology used in the field.\n\n\n\nAll are welcome to come and listen in t o what is sure to be a very interesting and fruitful set of conversations. \n*Note that Day 1 of the symposium will take place in WCP 2.120\, and Day 2 will take place in RLP 1.302E*\n \nOriginal Event Listing: https://li beralarts.utexas.edu/mes/events/redefining-arabic-new-approaches-to-the-st udy-of-arabic-s-past-and-present-day-1\n\n\nSponsored by:Donald D. Harring ton Fellows Program\, Center for Middle Eastern Studies\, Schusterman Cent er for Jewish Studies\, Israel Studies END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR