Thursday @ 12pm: Dr. Asma Sayeed, “Dating Women’s Hadith and Deciphering Early Muslim Social History”

Dear colleagues, Please join the Islamic Studies Workshop for our session this Thursday: Thursday, May 12th   Swift Hall room 106   Dr. Asma Sayeed (UCLA), “Dating Women’s Hadith and Deciphering Early Muslim Social History” A vegetarian lunch will be served. For more information, including past events, please visit our website. Hope to see you there!

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Thursday @ 12pm: Alexandra Matthews, “Ineffability and the Transmission of Knowledge in Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy ibn Yaqzan and Plato’s Seventh Letter”

Dear colleagues, Please join the Islamic Studies Workshop for our session this Thursday, co-sponsored by the Workshop on the Philosophy of Religions: Thursday, May 5th Swift Hall room 106 Alexandra Matthews (Divinity School), “Ineffability and the Transmission of Knowledge in Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy ibn Yaqzan and Plato’s Seventh Letter” A vegetarian lunch will be provided. For […]

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THURSDAY @ 12pm: Dr. Noah Salomon, “Escaping the Islamic State: Reflections on Sudan at a Crossroads”

Dear colleagues, Please join the Islamic Studies Workshop for our session on Thursday: Thursday, April 28th   Swift Hall room 106   Dr. Noah Salomon (Carleton College), “Escaping the Islamic State: Reflections on Sudan at a Crossroads” Abstract: “Can the problems that the political ideal of the Islamic state raises be transcended, either in terms […]

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Thursday @ 12pm: Lindsey Conklin, “Marriage in Jordan: The Middle Class, Islamic Law & Traditional Marriage”

Please join the Islamic Studies Workshop for our first session of the spring quarter:   Thursday, April 14th, 12:00pm-1:30pm Swift Hall room 106 Lindsey Conklin (Comparative Human Development), “Marriage in Jordan: The Middle Class, Islamic Law & Traditional Marriage”   A vegetarian lunch will be provided.

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Spring 2016 at the Islamic Studies Workshop

Dear colleagues,   Welcome to another exciting quarter of the Islamic Studies Workshop!  Unless otherwise indicated, we will be meeting from12:00pm-1:30pm in Swift Hall room 106.   For more information, including past events, please visit the Islamic Studies Workshop website.   Thursday, April 14th: Lindsey Conklin (Comparative Human Development), “Marriage in Jordan: The Middle Class, Islamic […]

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TUESDAY 3/1 @ 4:30pm: Jessica Mutter, “Evolving Depictions of Religious Transformation in Eighth-Century Greater Syria”

Join us for the last session of the Islamic Studies Workshop this quarter, and stay tuned for an exciting spring lineup! March 1st (Tuesday), 4:30pm Cochrane-Woods Art Center room 152 Jessica Mutter (NELC), “Evolving Depictions of Religious Transformation in Eighth-Century Greater Syria,” co-sponsored with the Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium  

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Thursday 2/11: Rachel Farell, “E’tibar nist: Shi’i Ritual Expression in Contemporary Afghanistan”

Dear colleagues, Please join us for Thursday’s workshop session: Rachel Farell (CMES): “E’tibar nist: Shi’i Ritual Expression in Contemporary Afghanistan” Thursday, February 11th, 12:00pm-1:30pm Swift Hall room 106 A vegetarian lunch will be provided. For more information, including past events, please visit the Islamic Studies Workshop website.   Hope to see you there! Francesca Chubb-Confer Graduate Student Coordinator

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Thursday 1/28, Timothy Gutmann: “Enforcing Intimacy: Tradition, Mass Education, and the Person Question”

Dear colleagues,   Please join us for Thursday’s workshop session: Timothy Gutmann (Divinity School): “Enforcing Intimacy: Tradition, Mass Education, and the Person Question” Thursday, January 28th, 12:00pm-1:30pm Swift Hall room 106 Abstract: “This presentation summarizes some of the main issues in chapter three of the dissertation “Traditions and Progress”. Work on this chapter is ongoing. […]

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