# Thinking Islam ## Thinking Islam within Religious Studies: Methods, Histories and Futures **A celebration of Professor William A. Graham** 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. ## Participants - Harvard [### Tarek Masoud ](/people/tarek-masoud) [tarek\_masoud@hks.harvard.edu](mailto:tarek_masoud@hks.harvard.edu)Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance Harvard Kennedy School Tarek Masoud is the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-Editor of the Journal of Democracy of the National Endowment for Democracy, and serves as the Faculty... ![tarek_masoud](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/tarek_masoud_01.jpg?itok=UjC3irrv) [### Ali Asani ](/people/ali-asani) Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures ![aassani](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/aassani.jpg?itok=_eL54ZZn) [### Charles M. Stang ](/people/charles-m-stang) Professor of Early Christian Thought Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions Education AB, Harvard College MDiv, University of Chicago ThD, Harvard Divinity School Profile Charles Stang joined the Faculty of Divinity in 2008. In 2017, he became the director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at HDS. His research and... ![charles-stang-220px.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/charles-stang-220px_0.jpg?itok=VWfcHLcy) [### Diana L. Eck ](/people/diana-l-eck) Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Member of the Faculty of Divinity Education BA, Smith College MA, University of London Postgraduate Diploma, Banaras Hindu University PhD, Harvard University Profile Diana Eck's academic work has a dual focus—India and America. Her work on India focuses on popular religion, especially... ![eck_diana](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/eckdiana_2007.jpg?itok=GQCvxFeB) [### Roy Mottahedeh ](/people/roy-mottahedeh) Gurney Research Professor of History ![Roy Mottahedeh](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/mottahedeh_profile_photo.jpg?itok=eM4IxLtT) [### Shady H. Nasser ](/people/shady-nasser) Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ![s.nasser2](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/aisp/files/s.nasser2.jpg?itok=SZn1cT_o) ## Event Information Friday, September 28, 2018 Harvard Divinity School 45 Francis Avenue Sperry Room ## Thinking Islam within Religious Studies: Methods, Histories and Futures ## Sponsors: - **The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program** - **The Center for the Study of World Religions** - **Science, Religion, and Culture Program at Harvard Divinity School** - **The Harvard Divinity School** - **The Center for Middle Eastern Studies** - **The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations** ## ![Graham](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/aisp/files/graham.jpg?itok=1tOAFsxO) ## William A. Graham ![islamic_values3](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/aisp/files/islamic_values3.jpg) Open all sections Close all sections ### 8:45 a.m. Coffee and Breakfast expand\_more **8:45 a.m. Coffee and Breakfast** ### 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks expand\_more **9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks: Tarek Masoud and Ahmed Ragab** ### 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Panel 1 expand\_more **9:30 a.m. – 11:30a.m. Panel 1: The Qur’an and scriptural studies** #### Chair: [Kimberley Patton (Harvard Divinity School)](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/kimberley-c-patton) #### Panelists: #### [Mohsen Goudarzi (University of Minnesota)](https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/goudarzi) #### [Jane McAuliffe (Library of Congress)](https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/people/jane-mcauliffe) #### [Shady Nasser (Harvard University)](https://nelc.fas.harvard.edu/people/shady-h-nasser) #### [Walid Saleh (University of Toronto)](http://religion.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/walid-saleh/) ### 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch expand\_more **11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Braun Room, Andover Hall)** ### 1:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Panel 2 expand\_more **1:00 p.m. - 2:45pm Panel 2: The future of the study of Abrahamic traditions** #### Chair: [Charles Stang (Harvard University)](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/charles-m-stang) #### Panelists: #### [Elizabeth Lee-Hood (Harvard University)](https://rpp.hds.harvard.edu/people/elizabeth-ruqaiyyah-lee-hood) #### [Ahmed Ragab (Harvard University)](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/ahmed-ragab) #### [Guy Stroumsa (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)](https://huji.academia.edu/guystroumsa/) ### Break expand\_more Refreshment Break ### 3:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Panel 3 expand\_more **3:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Panel 3: Integrating Islamic studies within religious studies** #### Chair: Ahmed Ragab (Harvard University) #### Panelists: #### [Diana Eck (Harvard University)](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/diana-l-eck) #### [Ali Asani (Harvard)](https://nelc.fas.harvard.edu/people/ali-asani) #### [Roy Mottahedeh (Harvard)](https://scholar.harvard.edu/mottahedeh) ### 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks expand\_more Closing Remarks ## Participants - Guests - Mohsen Goudarzi (University of Minnesota) - Jane McAuliffe (Library of Congress) - Walid Saleh (University of Toronto) - Guy Stroumsa (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) See also:- [ AISP Events ](/events/aisp-events) - [ Special Event ](/events/special-event) - [ Announcements ](/news/announcements)