UPCOMING CONVERSATION

The Rise of Intellectual Reform in the Islamic World

Tuesday, April 20
7:00pm
Proshansky Auditorium

In a world increasingly governed by ideals of democracy and pluralism, this program will explore both the evolution of religion and freedom in Islam – focusing on the recent rise of intellectual reform and the role of the religious intellectual – as well the debate surrounding these changes. Featuring Baber Johansen, Professor of Islamic Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School; Ebrahim Moosa, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University; and Abdulkarim Soroush, philosopher, reformer, Rumi scholar, and former professor at the University of Tehran. Talal Asad, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center, will moderate the discussion. Co-sponsored by the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center at the Graduate Center.

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