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In view of the successful three Summer Schools on Ibadism and Omani Studies in Volos, Greece (2017), on Procida Island (Naples), Italy (2018) and in Vancouver, Canada (2019), respectively, the Scientific Committee supervising the Summer School, its patron and sponsor agreed to continue and herewith invite to theFourth Summer School on Ibadismscheduled for taking place in Tuebingen, Germany, in the period of 7th to 11th September 2020.Since Tuebingen, most notably in the personality of Professor Josef van Ess, is closely related to the evolving academic Ibadi and Omani studies and their developments, the idea has been put forward to begin the next Summer School on Ibadism with a one-day workshop in honour of Professor Josef van Ess.Under the title of"Assessing the Study Of Early Ibadi Sources: methodologies, developments and perspectives"the workshop is intended to pay tribute to the contribution which Professor van Ess made to research and study particularly on early Ibadi sources and the formation of Ibadi identity as expressed in early Ibadi theological and legal thinking. Ad personam invited colleagues and students of Professor van Ess will assess his rich respective oeuvre, a legacy that at the same time will serve as the source of inspiration for the subsequent Summer School.Under the title of"Cultural Encounters and Ibadi Theological Developments"the Summer School will focus on text studies (early sources) bearing on the emergence and early development of Ibadi theological thinking within the culturally and religiously multifaceted context and spectrum of Early Islam.More Informations