February 17th

1600-1830 UTC

Session #1 Between History, Myth and Poetry: Ḥarb al-Basūs as Arab Origin Story

Chair/Discussant:
Dr Pamela Klasova
(Macalester College)

Kulayb before Basūs: A Nascent Statesman? 
Dr Peter Webb
(Leiden University) 

Pre-Islamic Poetry at the End of the War of al-Basūs: Content and Lexicon
Dr Ali Ahmad Hussein
(University of Haifa) 

Amal Dunqul’s ʾAqwāl Jadīdah ʿan Ḥarb al-Basūs 
Dr Alexander Key
(Stanford University)

February 18th

1600-1830 UTC

Session #2 Epic Values of War and Peace in Sīrat al-Zīr Sālim

Chair/Discussant:
to be announced

The Value of Peace in the Sīrat al-Zīr Sālim 
Dr Daniela Potenza
(University of Messina)

"ال تصالح...." وبنية العقل العربي ) الثأر - الرفض – المقاومة( "أمل دنقل" نموذجاً 
Dr Wael Khattab
(Defense Language Center, Monterey)

The Basūs War and the Trojan War 
Dr Johan Weststeijn
(Amsterdam)

February 19th

1600-1830 UTC

Session #3 Ḥarb al-Basūs’s Foundational Role in Arabic Theater and Tragedy

Chair/Discussant:
Dr Raphael Cormack (Author/Translator)

حرب البسوس في بدايات المسرح المصري  مسرحية "اللقاء المأنوس في حرب البسوس" نموذجاً 
سيد علي إسماعيل كلية اآلداب – جامعة حلوان – مصر 
Prof Dr Sayed Ali Esmail
(Helwan University)

تحوالت سيرة الزير سالم في المسرح العربي 1869-2022 
عبد الكريم الحجراوي 
Dr Abdel Kareem El Hegrwe
(Cairo University)

Reproduction and Mutation in Modern Tragedies of Ḥarb al-Basūs
Dr Clarissa Burt
(U.S. Naval Academy)