Dr. habil. Navid Kermani, Orientalist and Author, Cologne
Prof. Dr. Angelika Neuwirth, Arabic Studies, FU Berlin

In his book Gott ist schön. Das ästhetische Erleben des Koran [God is beautiful. The Aesthetic Experience of the Koran], Navid Kermani explains how musical recitations of the Koran serve as a primary aesthetic experience and how they often function as a starting point for a fascinating intellectual journey.

He will be joined by Angelika Neuwirth, a scholar of Arab Studies who is the head of a large-scale research project called Corpus Coranicum. This project aims at documenting the text of the Koran in its complex traditional form supplemented by a comprehensive commentary to facilitate its interpretation against the background of its historic evolution.

Organiser: Munich Protestant Academy