Past Events

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Library Resources for (Remote) Research in Islamic Studies

Sep. 18, 2020
2:30PM - 4:30PM
Zoom
***Due to the focus on resources that require a Harvard ID, this workshop is open to Harvard-affiliates only. We hope non-Harvard affiliates will join us for events open to the public in the future! Presenters: Sarah DeMott Middle East Liaison and...

Lecture: Religious Freedom in Islam by Daniel Philpott

Mar. 5, 2020
4:30PM - 6:00PM
Fainsod Room (3rd Floor), Littauer Center, Harvard Kennedy School
Thursday, March 5, 2020 | Time 4:30-6:00pm| Fainsod Room (3rd Floor), Littauer Center, Harvard Kennedy School Daniel Philpott, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame Co-sponsor: The Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School

Seminar: Wonderfull Edirne: A Marvelous Ottoman Town by Amy Singer

Feb. 26, 2020
12:00PM - 1:30PM
S030 (Lee Gathering Room), CGIS South
Amy Singer, Hassenfeld Chair in Islamic Studies and Professor of History, Brandeis University Co-sponsor: Department of History Eski Cami, Bedesten, Rüstem Paşa Caravanserai, Edirne (1971) From the Machiel Kiel Photo Archive, NİT Istanbul. Abstract: Hekim...

Lecture: Qur'anic Exegesis Between Twelver Shi’ism and Sufism: Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī’s Tafsīr al-Muḥīṭ al-a’ẓam (Commentary of the Greatest Ocean) by Nicholas Boylston

Feb. 20, 2020
5:15PM - 6:15PM
60 Oxford Street, Room 117
Nicholas Boylston, College Fellow, Harvard University, will present his candidate lecture on Thursday, February 20, at 5:15 pm, in Room 117 of 60 Oxford Street. The title of his talk is "Quranic Exegesis Between Twelver Shi’ism and Sufism: Sayyid Ḥaydar...