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SUMMARY:Criticism of the Variant: Discussions of variant readings in Tradit
 ional Commentary Cultures
DESCRIPTION:All cultures in which written transmission of texts plays a rol
 e are confronted with the existence of variant readings. In manuscript cult
 ures this may even be more pronounced; it is virtually axiomatic that one c
 annot expect to find two manuscripts of the same text which do not differ i
 n some point in their readings. How were these variants dealt with by tradi
 tional scholarship, in commentaries or elsewhere? How was their very existe
 nce conceived of (was it frowned upon, seen as a symptom of decline of cult
 ure, explained as a matter of regional differences, or something else) and 
 theorized? To what extent, and in what ways, were they systematically colle
 cted and/or recorded? Were they classified (for instance into unintentional
  errors and deliberate changes or innovations)? What criteria for their eva
 luation or the choice between them are made explicit or can be deduced from
  the practice of commentators or other scholars? Can the discussion of vari
 ants be seen to be continuing, in dialogue so to speak, over multiple gener
 ations of scholars? Can it be seen as continuing in dialogue with early mod
 ern textual scholars? What was the self-perception or self-theorization by 
 traditional scholars of their own activity in this regard? Do traditional s
 cholars always aim to produce/determine one correct text (whether an “Urtex
 t” or another authoritative version) as postmodern critics of philology oft
 en claim that philologists do? And how might we from our modern perspective
 s evaluate, and perhaps learn from, the discussions of variants by traditio
 nal scholars? The workshop will offer an opportunity to consider these and 
 other questions in a comparative manner, bringing together scholars working
  on a wide range of traditional cultures. \n\n\n\nProgram\n\nThursday after
 noon\n\n3.30-4.00 pm       Christian Brockmann: “Philological expertise and
  argumentation in medical treatises: The example of Galen of Pergamum”\n\n4
 .00-4.30 pm      Caroline Macé: “Gregory the Theologian and his Byzantine C
 ommentators”\n\n4.30-5.00 pm       Riccardo Macchioro: “Restoring the Text,
  Conveying the 'Truth': Criticism of the Variants in Latin Texts between Se
 rvius and Erasmus”\n\n5.00-5.30 pm       coffee break          \n\n5.30-7.0
 0 pm       Keynote lecture Michael Friedrich: “Who is Afraid of Variants? S
 ome Observations from the Study of Chinese Literature”\n\n\n\nFriday mornin
 g\n\n9.00-9.30 am       Mersha Alehegne: “Variant is Salient: a Case in the
  ʾandǝmtā Commentary Tradition”\n\n9.30-10.00 am     Tilman Seidensticker: 
 “The Handling of Variance in Arabic Poetry, the Qur'an and Prophetic Tradit
 ion”\n\n10.00-10.30 am   Martin Worthington: “The wobbly wedge, or variants
  and corruptions in the world of Cuneiform”\n\n10.30-11.00 am   coffee brea
 k\n\n11.00-11.30 am   Harunaga Isaacson: “Sins of the Scribes: Indigenous S
 anskrit philologists on corruption and its causes”\n\n11.30-12.00 am  Eva W
 ilden: “‘There is Also the Reading x’ – the Discussion of Variants in Tamil
  Commentaries”\n\n12.00-12.30 am   Peera Panarut: “Traditional Editions and
  Textual Transmission: A Case Study on the Thai version of Lokaniti (Didact
 ic Poems on Worldly Conducts)”\n\n\n\nIf you would like to participate onli
 ne, please register at veranstaltungen@awhamburg.de\n\n\n\n\n\n
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