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ISLAMCIV 179/HDS 3357: Critical Perspectives on the Dynamics and Development of Islam in Africa

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Instructor: Ousmane Kane An estimated 450 to 500 million Muslims live in Africa—close to a third of the global Muslim population. The overwhelming majority of them live in the northern half of the continent, above the equator. The spread of Islam...

Professor Gülru Necipoğlu Awarded Prestigious 2023 Freer Medal

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Named for the National Museum of Asian Art’s founder, Charles Lang Freer, the medal has been awarded since its inauguration in 1956. The Freer Medal honors people who, over the course of a career, have contributed in a substantial way to the understanding...

New Article by Dr. Shahrad Shahvand, 2023-24 Alwaleed Postdoctoral Fellow: "In Search of Qiwām al-Dīn and Humām al-Dīn al-Kurbālī: Bridging a Gap in the Intellectual History of Fifteenth-Century Shiraz"

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Abstract: During the ninth/fifteenth century, Shiraz sustained its prominence as an intellectual epicenter in Iran. Although sub stantial research has recently been conducted on Ṣadr al-Dīn Dashtakī (d. 903/1498) and Jalāl al-Dīn Dawānī (d. 908/1502), two...

HDS 3490/Religion 1599: Asian American Religion

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Instructor: Diana Eck How "Asian" is America today? This seminar explores the Asian dimensions of American history, immigration, religion, and culture as immigrants have come from India, China, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan. When and why did they come...

Encyclopedia of the (Variant) Readings of the Qur’an (EvQ/ErQ)

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We are proud to announce that Professor Shady Nasser has released his new website, which has been years in the making, Encyclopedia of the (Variant) Readings of the Qur’an (EvQ/ErQ)! This project aims to be a critical apparatus of the Qur’an and, through...

ISLAMCIV 219: Non-Demonstrative Logical Arts Among Philosophers in Muslim Contexts: Dialectic, Rhetoric, and Poetics

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Instructor: Fouad Ben Ahmed “Non-demonstrative Logical Arts among Philosophers in Muslim Contexts: Dialectic, Rhetoric, and Poetics” is an illuminating graduate course that delves into the fascinating intersection of philosophy, rhetoric, and poetics...

ISLAMCIV 179/HDS 3357: Critical Perspectives on the Dynamics and Development of Islam in Africa

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Instructor: Ousmane Kane An estimated 450 to 500 million Muslims live in Africa—close to a third of the global Muslim population. The overwhelming majority of them lives in the northern half of the continent, above the equator. The spread of Islam...

RELIGION 1803/HDS 3339: Exploring the Quran

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This course explores the contents of the Quran and probes its place in the history of human civilization. Students will learn about and critically reflect on the following subjects: 1) the Quran’s core ideas, stories, laws, parables, and arguments; 2) the...

RELIGION 1803/HDS 3339: Exploring the Quran

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Instructor: Mohsen Goudarzi This course explores the contents of the Quran and probes its place in the history of human civilization. Students will learn about and critically reflect on the following subjects: 1) the Quran’s core ideas, stories, laws...

HDS 3174: Islamic Missions: Reforming Muslim South and Southeast Asia

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Instructor: Teren Sevea How did Islamic missions and missionaries reform Muslim South and Southeast Asia? What Islamic missionary idioms, orientations and movements emerged in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Were South and Southeast Asia global...

RELIGION 1803/HDS 3339: Exploring the Quran

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Instructor: Mohsen Goudarzi This course explores the contents of the Quran and probes its place in the history of human civilization. Students will learn about and critically reflect on the following subjects: 1) the Quran’s core ideas, stories, laws...

Ep. 2 | Looking Back on Islamic Studies at Harvard | Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani

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In this first episode in a four-part series, former Alwaleed Program directors, Professors Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani, share reflections on the development of Islamic studies over the course of their careers, first as students and then...

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ISLAMCIV 179/HDS 3357: Critical Perspectives on the Dynamics and Development of Islam in Africa

Professor Gülru Necipoğlu Awarded Prestigious 2023 Freer Medal

New Article by Dr. Shahrad Shahvand, 2023-24 Alwaleed Postdoctoral Fellow: "In Search of Qiwām al-Dīn and Humām al-Dīn al-Kurbālī: Bridging a Gap in the Intellectual History of Fifteenth-Century Shiraz"

HDS 3490/Religion 1599: Asian American Religion

Encyclopedia of the (Variant) Readings of the Qur’an (EvQ/ErQ)

ISLAMCIV 219: Non-Demonstrative Logical Arts Among Philosophers in Muslim Contexts: Dialectic, Rhetoric, and Poetics

ISLAMCIV 179/HDS 3357: Critical Perspectives on the Dynamics and Development of Islam in Africa

RELIGION 1803/HDS 3339: Exploring the Quran

RELIGION 1803/HDS 3339: Exploring the Quran

HDS 3174: Islamic Missions: Reforming Muslim South and Southeast Asia

RELIGION 1803/HDS 3339: Exploring the Quran

Ep. 2 | Looking Back on Islamic Studies at Harvard | Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani