Friday, November 6
6 pm
Assembly Hall
Introduction: New York Open Center /
Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society
KEYNOTE
The Anthropology of Compassion
Ibn ’Arabi and the Quest for Human Perfection
William C. Chittick, PhD
Poetry recitation from the Tarjamun by Ibn ’Arabi
in Arabic
Taoufiq Ben Amor
Poetry recitation from the Tarjamun by Ibn ’Arabi
in English
Aaron Cass
Tarab Musical Ensemble
Saturday, November 7
Prayers Offered by Clergy
9 am – 12 pm
Morning Plenaries: Assembly Hall
The Mystic’s Ka’ba: The Wisdom of the Heart According to Ibn ’Arabi
Stephen Hirtenstein, MA
Ibn ’Arabi: The Treasury of Absolute Mercy
Mohamed Haj Yousef, PhD
Break
Ibn ’Arabi in Dialogue with the Confucian Tradition
Sachiko Murata, PhD
Between Annihilation and Subsistence
Ibn al-Arabi’s God of Compassion versus Fundamentalist Nihilism
Salman Bashier, PhD
12:00 pm
Lunch: Breakout Rooms
1:30 pm
Workshop Session I options:
In the Footsteps of the Master
The Life and Times of Ibn ’Arabi
Stephen Hirtenstein, MA
The Anthropology of Compassion in Ibn ’Arabi’s Futuhat
William C. Chittick, PhD
3:00 pm
Workshop Session II options:
Ibn ’Arabi's View of the Cosmos
Mohamed Haj Yousef, PhD
How Ibn al-Arabi’s Mystical Love Can Overcome Fundamentalism
Salman Bashier, PhD
Ibn ’Arabi and the Confucian Tradition
Sachiko Murata, PhD
Saturday Evening, November 7
4:30 – 6:00 pm
Panel Discussion: The Relevance of Ibn ’Arabi in Our Time
Musical Performance by Aaron Cass and His Ensemble
8:00 – 10:00 pm
Film Screening: Columbia University's Altschul Auditorium, School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street (at street level, off Amsterdam Avenue)
Film and Q&A with Director Nacer Khemir
Film: “Bab ’Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul”
Open to the General Public:
One Films: $9
POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS
Sunday, November 8
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Film Screenings: Columbia University's Altschul Auditorium, School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street (at street level, off Amsterdam Avenue)
Two Films and Q&A with Director Nacer Khemir
Films: “Wanderers of the Desert”
and “The Dove’s Lost Necklace”
Two Films: $18
All Three Films: $24 (includes Saturday night film screening)
Conference speakers interviewed on WBAI-FM
Abundant Faith, Shrinking Space
Events: From The Ibn ’Arabi Society
