News & Events

2018 Sep 28

CONFERENCE: Thinking Islam within Religious Studies: Methods, Histories and Futures

Location:
Sperry Room, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue
9:00am to 5:00pm
Professor William A. Graham retired in July 2018 after a long and distinguished career at Harvard. Please join us for a day-long conference in honor of his career and scholarship.

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2018 Sep 17

Piety and Patienthood in Medieval Islam: a book talk by Professor Ahmed Ragab

Location:
CGIS South, Room 030, 1730 Cambidge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Professor Ahmed Ragab will discuss his new book, Piety and Patienthood in Medieval Islam

Co-sponsors: The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Science, Religion, and Culture Program at Harvard Divinity School, and Mahindra Humanities Center's seminar on Science, Religion, and Culture

Reception to follow

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2017 Oct 24

Islam and Democracy

4:15pm to 5:30pm

2017 Nov 16

Critical Perspectives on the Development and dynamics of Islam

Location:

Harvard Divinity School , Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States

12:00pm to 2:00pm

2018 Feb 05

Historicizing Qur’anic “Ambiguity”: A Theological Challenge to Scriptural Exegesis

Location:

CGIS South, Room S354, 1730 Cambidge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Dr. Rodrigo Adem

2018 Mar 01

Islam and Toleration (Keynote Address)

Location:

CGIS South - Tsai Auditorium

5:30pm to 8:00pm

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2018 Mar 02

Islam and Toleration (Panel Discussions)

Location:

CGIS SOUTH - Belfer Case Study Room

9:30am to 6:30pm

2018 Mar 05

Alwaleed Faculty Supper Colloquia for Islamic Studies (CANCELED)

Location:

1730 Cambidge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Please note that this event has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date. If you have questions, please contact us at islamicstudies@harvard.edu Read more about Alwaleed Faculty Supper Colloquia for Islamic Studies (CANCELED)

2018 Mar 06

Qyrq-Qyz (40 girls) Ensemble Concert

Location:

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

8:00pm to 10:00pm

Bardic Divas. A Celebration of Women's Music Making in Central Asia ... Read more about Qyrq-Qyz (40 girls) Ensemble Concert

2018 Mar 20

Nowruz

Location:

Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

5:30pm to 7:00pm

A Persian New Year Celebration

Celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year and the beginning of spring, with poetry, music, traditional sweets, and an exploration of the traditional Haft Seen table.

More than 3,000 years old, Nowruz (“new day”)...