Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to invite you to join the "2nd International Symposium of Bridging Cultures and Time: Revisiting Ibn Sina's Heritage." The symposium will be held on June 19-20, 2020 at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul-Turkey.
This symposioum aims to trace the intellectual and scientific legacy of Ibn Sina. Subjects that will be covered but not restricted to are:
Medicine: Ibn Sina was a man of many interests, however Medicine is the foremost subject that he had influence on Global Scale. There will be two different panels on Medicine to analyze this Heritage.
Philosophy: Ibn Sina’s Philosophical efforts and his influence in this matter will be a subject of a separate panel in this Symposium.
Metaphysics: For Ibn Sina, Metaphysics was a legitimate science to understand the inner nature of beings. This aspect of his legacy will be investigated in this panel.
History of Science: Ibn Sina’s place in the Global History of Science will be traced through papers which discover his scientific legacy both in the East and the West and by this way aiming to bridge the gap between Scientific Cultures via Ibn Sina’s scientific Influence.
Cross Cultural Heritage of Ibn Sina: Ibn Sīnā left behind a vast oeuvre of philosophical, medical and scientific works of which many survived. The Süleymaniye Manuscript Library in Istanbul is known to preserve the manuscript copies of all so far known surviving works. Beside their value regarding the history of philosophy, science and spirituality, the manuscripts witness the high standard of book art (calligraphy, illumination, miniatures, illustrations and bindings) from the eleventh century onwards. In 2003 the collection was listed as World Document Heritage.
Please see the website of the symposium to find more information: https://bau.edu.tr/icerik/15288-2nd-international-symposium-of-bridging-cultures-and-time
Yours sincerely,
Kadircan H. Keskinbora, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology Ph.D., Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
Bahcesehir Univ. School of Medicine
Istanbul-TURKEY www.bau.edu.tr +90 532 2758795 [email protected] [email protected]
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