Tommaso Alpina

My new book on #Avicenna ‘s psychology has just been published in Scientia Graeco-Arabica series by @degruyter_lib​. It has been a very long journey. I am so happy! degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

Would you like to hear more about the triangulation between medicine, philosophy, and kalām in Ibn Sīnā? ‘Prognosis, Diagnosis, and Health.’ Happening in Pisa this afternoon and tomorrow, both in person and online!

Why Can’t We Do Without the Soul? - Happening this afternoon at Utrecht @UniUtrecht

The fourth episode of AREB bites is out. Are you ready to explore Avicenna's embryology and theory of sexual reproduction? Huge thanks to @unipv and Officine Creative for the support! Don't forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel! youtube.com/watch?v=JcRQ2f…

Tomorrow, I’ll be talking about “One Soul, Many Faculties: Is That It? Avicenna’s Psychology on the Stand” at the conference ‘Philosophy of Mind in Medieval Islamic Thought’ with an amazing lineup of speakers at Pembroke College @Cambridge_Uni

This afternoon at @IMTLucca (and online), I'll deliver the paper "Partitioning Texts, Partitioning Philosophy: Books, Treatises, and Teachings in Avicenna’s Oeuvre" as part of @PhiBorUnit seminars. See you there, in person & online!

When Peter is in town

Tomorrow afternoon at @unipv Peter Adamson (@HistPhilosophy) and Pasquale Porro will discuss the criteria for establishing a canon for the history of philosophy. Join us!

This afternoon, Konrad Hirschler will deliver a talk entitled "Dispersal and Preservation: Traces of Palestinian Manuscript Cultures" at @AUB_Lebanon to mark the end of the 'Editing Arabic Texts in Manuscripts' workshop organized by the Farouk Jabre Center

This afternoon, François Déroche will deliver a talk on "The Qurʾān and its Textual History" at @AUB_Lebanon in the framework of the 'Editing Arabic Texts in Manuscripts' workshop organized by the Farouk Jabre Center

Happening now (and for the next ten days) at the Farouk Jabre Center @AUB_Lebanon

The third episode of AREB bites is finally out, and I'm closer to getting an Oscar 🏆 Huge thanks to @unipv and Officine Creative for the support! Subscribe to the YouTube channel if you don't want to miss the new episodes! youtube.com/watch?v=gf4L5w…

In his brand-new study, R. Rashed shows the unparalleled achievements in optics and its application to mirror construction accomplished by scientists in XVII-century India, thus challenging once again the Eurocentric narratives on the history of science. degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

It’s been easier than writing a paper! 🎄

The second episode of AREB bites airs today! It took longer than making a Kate Bush album, but I hope you like it. Many thanks to @unipv and Officine Creative for the support! Subscribe to the YouTube channel if you don't want to miss the new episodes! youtube.com/watch?v=MauPap…

Happening in Munich in two days! It is great to be back at @LMU_Muenchen. My talk is entitled "Avicenna Reader of Galen’s De semine: Dynamics of Selection, Appropriation, and Refutation". Tune in if you are interested! Full programme and Zoom link here: orient-institut.org/events/detail-…

Did you know that all bodies are transparent? If you didn't (but even if you did), check out my article on Avicenna on the nature of colour between transparency and visibility in meteorology (Maʿādin) and psychology (Nafs) in this fantastic new book! ⤵️ taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.…

Please consider making donations to AUBMC Emergency Response to support Lebanese people 🇱🇧 in these dreadful times #Lebanon

What's actually going on when we sleep? Don't miss out on Avicenna’s answer between medicine, philosophy, and theology (with a bonus track: the translation of Nafs IV.2). Open access available at: mirabileweb.it/edgalluzzo/mis…