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Aga Khan Program Lecture: "South South Cosmogonies" by Meriem Chabani

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Please note that this event has been rescheduled from October 22nd to October 23rd . “The South does not exist.” —Paul B. Preciado, The Invention of the South , 2017 How do we design from a place defined by its erasure? A place whose epistemologies have...

Book Talk: "Private Sins, Public Crimes: Policing, Punishment, and Authority in Iran" by Farzin Vejdani

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Farzin Vejdani, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History, Toronto Metropolitan University Salma Waheedi, Moderator Lunch will be provided More Information

Seminar: "The Formation of Classical Islamic Pedagogy: Prophetic Traditions, Literary Advice, and Philosophical Ethics" by Sebastian Günther

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Sebastian Günther, Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Göttingen Co-sponsor: Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Seminar: "Ambassadors of a Lost Homeland: The Diplomacy of Survival in the Andalusian–Morisco Experience (13th–17th Centuries)" by Houssem Chachia

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Houssem Eddine Chachia, Shawwaf Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Co-sponsors: Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Jewish-Muslim Interrelations Series: "The Star of David and the Cedar Tree: Arab-Jewish Relations at the American University of Beirut (1900-1950)" by Caroline Kahlenberg

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Abstract: The American University of Beirut (AUB) has long served as a hub of Arab national and cultural identity. Throughout the twentieth century, scores of Middle Eastern politicians and intellectuals graduated from its halls. This lecture explores AUB...

Book Talk: "Knowledge, Authority, and Islamic Education in the West" by Dr. Zainab Kabba

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Seminar: "On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran" by Bahman Khodadadi

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A talk on, On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran Bahman Khodadadi, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School Co-sponsor: Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School RSVP Here

"Can the Muslim Intellectual Heritage Be Read Independently of Europe? Ibn Khaldun, Ibn 'Arafa, and the Decline Narrative" by Dr. Fouad Ben Ahmed

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This paper interrogates the epistemological frameworks through which the intellectual heritage of Muslim societies has been constructed, with particular attention to the case of Ibn Khaldūn (d. 808 AH / 1406 CE) and Ibn ʿArafa al-Warghamī (d. 803 AH /...

The Qandūsī Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt: a panel and facsimile presentation

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The Harvard Fine Arts Library and Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program are proud to present: The Qandūsī Dalā ʾ il al-Khayrāt : a panel and facsimile presentation February 10 th, 2025, 6pm Lower Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway Street RSVP Here In 2024, the...

Seminar: "Debating Veganism in the Medieval Islamic World: al-Maʿarrī and al-Muʾayyad al-Shīrāzī" by Kevin Blankinship

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Kevin Blankinship, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Brigham Young University ABSTRACT: The staunch vegan, satirist, moralist, and witty man of letters Abū l- ʿ Alā ʾ al-Ma ʿ arrī (d. 449/1057) is best known as the author of The...