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The Learning and Teaching of Arabic in Early Modern EuropeOne-day Symposium at the National Museum of AntiquitiesDate 16 November 2013Location National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden), LeidenOrganised by Jan Loop (London), Charles Burnett (London) and Arnoud Vrolijk (Leiden).AboutThis is a one-day launch symposium of the collaborative European research project Encounters with the Orient in Early Modern European Scholarship (EOS), funded by HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area) - a partnership between 21 Humanities Research Councils across Europe and the European Science Foundation (ESF).This international symposium will explore and celebrate the methods, the scholarly significance and the institutional background of Arabic teaching and learning at early modern European academies and universities.  Two keynote lectures on the Learning of Arabic in the Netherlands and in England will frame a series of presentations by leading authorities in the history of European Arabic studies. SpeakersSpeakers include; Asaph Ben-Tov (Erfurt), Alexander Bevilacqua (Princeton), Mordechai Feingold (Caltech), Mercedes García-Arenal (Madrid), Aurélien Girard (Reims) and Arnoud Vrolijk (Leiden)ProgrammeThe final programme and further details on the conference will be available by mid-September.Voir sur le site