SIHSPAI

​The International Society for the History of Arabic and Islamic Science and Philosophy (SIHSPAI). Founded in 1989, SIHSPAI aims to bring together:
  • historians of Arabic and Islamic science and historians of Arabic and Islamic philosophy (interdisciplinary challenge);
  • historians of these disciplines from different regions of the world, working within different national research traditions (international challenge); 
  • confirmed scholars and young scholars (doctoral and post-doctoral students) (inter-generational challenge) ;
  • historians of other connected fields (Greek, Syriac,Hebrew, Latin…) interested in the interactions with Arabic and Islamic science and philosophy and historians of these disciplines (cross-cultural challenge).

Upcoming Conference

​SAVE THE DATE! SIHSPAI meets next 6-8 September 2023
Hosted by Peter Adamson in Munich

our CONSTITUTION

Our By-laws, Society goals,  governance, and internal rules are available for review.
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​In addition to contributing the ongoing conversations on the history of science and philosophy in the lands of Islam, members have reserved registrations at international colloquiums of the Society ; they also benefit of a special price for their subscription to Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, published by Cambridge University Press.
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our members

​The Society currently has over 100 members. It is important to note that SIHSPAI counts among its members both numerous internationally renowned authorities and young scholars whose contributions have attracted critical acclaim.
A LIST OF OUR MEMBERS

Our History

​While the timing of the decision by the Society's founders to launch SIHSPAI was opportune, it should be borne in mind that its success was hardly assured from the outset. Two barriers in particular had to be overcome. The first has been the automatic resistance within the field to any new initiative of this nature for fear of reproducing the work of already existing institutions. The second has been the refusal of some to accept the possibility of historians of science and historians of philosophy collaborating fruitfully within the same organization. Thus, SIHSPAI represents a two fold gambit on the part of its founders, whose hope is to open up these sometimes insular intellectual disciplines to the currents of universal history. At the same time, part of SIHSPAI's mission is to contribute to the development of a history of science which is not rigidly "technical" in nature and the development of a history of philosophy which explores philosophy as a rigorous discipline.
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