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New Podcast! Ali Sethi: From Lahore With Love

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Pakistani musician and author Ali Sethi, AB ’06, returned to Harvard to talk to his longtime friend and mentor Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim Religion and Cultures, about sufi poetry, his own artistic journey and life as a perpetual student of the...

Book Talk: A Medieval Life in Modern Circumstances

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Join us for a book talk on Ibn Hamdis the Sicilian: Eulogist for a Falling Homeland by Professor William E. Granara! April 29, 2022 | 4:30-6:00pm | CGIS Knafel, K262 (Bowie-Vernon Room) | Register Here! This event is open to Harvard ID holders only. We...

QURANIC SCHOOLS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF YOUTH, FAITH, AND POVERTY

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Sponsor: Harvard Divinity School, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Department of African and African American Studies As part of the Islam in African Brown Bag Lecture...

MAMA KIOTA OF NIGER: LEADERSHIP IS FEMALE, IS AFRICAN, IS MUSLIM WOMAN

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Sponsor: Harvard Divinity School, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Department of African and African American Studies As part of the Islam in African Brown Bag Lecture...

EVERYDAY FAITH IN SUFI SENEGAL

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Sponsor: Harvard Divinity School, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Department of African and African American Studies As part of the Islam in African Brown Bag Lecture...

TRANSFORMATION OF THE PILGRIMATE TRADITION

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Sponsor: Harvard Divinity School, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Department of African and African American Studies As part of the Islam in African Brown Bag Lecture...

MUSLIMS TALKING POLITICS: FRAMING ISLAM, DEMOCRACY, AND LAW IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

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Sponsor: Harvard Divinity School, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Department of African and African American Studies As part of the Islam in African Brown Bag Lecture...

Deep Knowledge: Ways of Knowing in Tijani Sufism and Ifa, Two West African Intellectual Traditoins

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As part of the Islam in African Brown Bag Lecture Series, Oludamini Ogunnaike, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary will present his forthcoming book Sufism and Ifa: Ways of Knowing in Two West African Intellectual...

Research Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop - Spring 2019

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On March 8, 2019, the Alwaleed Program held a hands-on workshop organized by Workshop Coordinator Johannes Makar (Ph.D. student, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations) and run by digital humanities experts, Cole Crawford and Rashmi Singhal of Digital...

Seminar: Arabic Studies Beyond Arabic: Integrating the Western Humanities Canon

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On December 6, 2018, the Alwaleed Program held the inaugural event in the Alwaleed bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies. In room packed with students, faculty and visiting fellows, world-renowned philologist and scholar of Islamic intellectual history...

Library Resources for (Remote) Research in Islamic Studies

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***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...