Islam in the World Speaker Series

 

The Early Modern Worlds Initiative and the World History Center presented a year-long speaker series titled "Islam in the World".  Four speakers joined us on campus (one in the fall and three in the spring), each of whom gave a talk and chaired an informal brown bag session on "perspectives on the field" during their visit.  The full schedule for the series is listed below. 

All events were held in the Department of History Lounge in 3703 Posvar Hall.  If you would like more information on the series, please contact whc@pitt.edu.

Thursday, October 11th, 2018

"Dragomans and the Routes of Orientalism" - Natalie Rothman, University of Toronto

  • Oct 11 - 12:00-1:00pm - Lunch discussion on digital methods
  • Oct 11 - 4:30-6:00pm - Lecture

Monday, February 4th and 5th, 2019

"Shaykh Musa Kamara and the Genealogy of an African Islamic Modernity" - Wendell Marsh, Rutgers University

  • Feb 4 - 4:30-6:00pm - Lecture
  • Feb 5 - 12:00-1:00pm - *Lunch discussion on the state of the field

Monday, March 4th and 5th, 2019

"Safavid Iran and the Christian Missionary Experience: Between Tolerance and Refutation" - Rudi Matthee, University of Delaware

  • Mar 4 - 4:30-6:00pm - Lecture
  • Mar 5 - 12:00-1:00pm - *Lunch discussion on the state of the field

Monday, April 1st and 2nd, 2019

"Idols, Commodities, and Islam" - Faisal Devji, University of Oxford

  • Apr 1 - 4:30-6:00pm - Lecture
  • Apr 2 - 12:00-1:00pm - *Lunch discussion on the state of the field