Kategorie: Philological Conversations
The Philological Conversations series fosters critical reflections on philological scholarship from a comparative and global perspective. It features scholarly dialogues, book discussions, and essays on the politics and ethics of philological and historical research. While the dialogue form gives voice to the persona often overlooked in academic research, the book discussions and essays encourage reflection beyond the conventional academic review. We welcome original contributions committed to rethinking and renewing the craft of philology. The series is curated by the editorial board of Philological Encounters. Contact: Islam Dayeh.
Islam Dayeh in conversation with Carlo Ginzburg. In this Philological Conversation, Carlo Ginzburg reflects on the place of philology in his work and explores the connections between philology, microhistory, and casuistry. We talk about the people who inspired his early thinking, including his father Leone Ginzburg, his mother Natalia, and his grandfather, moving on to Erich Auerbach, Leo Spitzer, and Sebastiano Timpanaro.
In this conversation Michael Allan and Gauri Viswanathan discuss connections among philology, literary history, and religion, drawing from writers such as Edward Said, B.R. Ambedkar, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Massignon, and Kumud Pawde.