Islam and Toleration

Annual Conference
 

We aim to explore the concepts and realities of toleration in the Islamic tradition with a focus on contemporary work, from Asia and Africa to Europe and the United States.

 

Dates:
March 1st & March 2nd
Location:
1730 Cambridge Street - CGIS South

 

Keynote Address

"Reflections on Tolerance and Its Difficulty"

Thursday, March 1 5:30 PM
Tsai Auditorium

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Thomas M. Scanlon

Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and  Civil  Polity,  Emeritus, Harvard  University

Panels

Friday, March 2
Belfer Case Study Room

9:30 AM - Coffee

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10:00 AM -Panel One: Muslim Minorities in Non-Muslim Societies

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William A. Graham

Former Director of the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Murray A. Albertson Research Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
Khalil Abdur-Rashid

Imam Dr. Khalil Abdur-Rashid

Muslim Chaplain at Harvard University
Instructor of Muslim Studies at Harvard Divinity School
Public Policy Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Sugata Bose

Sugata Bose

Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs
Jocelyne Cesari

Jocelyne Cesari

T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School
Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Birmingham
Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University
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Yee Htun

Clinical Instructor - Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School
Former Director of the Myanmar Program for Justice Trust

12:00 PM - Lunch

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1:00 PM -Panel Two: Minorities in Muslim-majority societies

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Orit Bashkin

Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History - University of Chicago
Kristin E. Fabbe

Kristin E. Fabbe

Associate Professor of Business Administration
Hellman Faculty Fellow
Harvard Business School
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Ousmane Oumar Kane

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Religion & Society
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Jeremy Menchik

Assistant Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Shady H. Nasser

Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

3:00 PM - Panel Three: Intra-Islamic Toleration

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Tarek Masoud

Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance
Harvard Kennedy School
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Akeel Bilgrami

Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy | Columbia University
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Nebil A. Husayn

Visiting Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (University of Miami)
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Mohsen Kadivar

Research Professor in the Department of Religious Studies - Duke University

4:45 PM - Closing Remarks

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William A. Graham

Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies - Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Member of the Faculty of Divinity

 

Participants

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William A. Graham

Former Director of the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Murray A. Albertson Research Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
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Tarek Masoud

Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance
Harvard Kennedy School
Khalil Abdur-Rashid

Imam Dr. Khalil Abdur-Rashid

Muslim Chaplain at Harvard University
Instructor of Muslim Studies at Harvard Divinity School
Public Policy Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
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Orit Bashkin

Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History - University of Chicago
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Akeel Bilgrami

Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy | Columbia University
Sugata Bose

Sugata Bose

Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs
Jocelyne Cesari

Jocelyne Cesari

T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School
Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Birmingham
Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University
Kristin E. Fabbe

Kristin E. Fabbe

Associate Professor of Business Administration
Hellman Faculty Fellow
Harvard Business School
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Yee Htun

Clinical Instructor - Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School
Former Director of the Myanmar Program for Justice Trust
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Nebil A. Husayn

Visiting Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (University of Miami)
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Mohsen Kadivar

Research Professor in the Department of Religious Studies - Duke University
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Ousmane Oumar Kane

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Religion & Society
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Jeremy Menchik

Assistant Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Shady H. Nasser

Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations