All meetings will take place in Jones 102 at 12pm unless otherwise noted. A light lunch will be served.
October 3 (Thursday Session)
Nareman Amin (Religion), “Growing out of ‘Egyptian’ Islam: Youth in Post-2011 Egypt”
Discussant: Professor Aaron Rock-Singer (University of Wisconsin–Madison; via skype)
November 13 (Wednesday Session)
Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande (Religion), “Towards an Early Understanding of the Fiṭra Based on Debates Surrounding the Concept in Tafsīr und Ḥadīth Commentaries”
Discussant: Professor Tehseen Thaver (Religion)
November 20 (WednesdaySession)
Megan Brand (Politics), “Emerging Regional Refugee Law in the Middle East: 1967 Palestinian Refugees in Egypt and Jordan”
Discussant: Professor Max Weiss (NES and History)
December 11 (Wednesday Session)
Rushain Abbasi (Harvard University), “Towards the Immanent Order: The Islamic Roots of Political Modernization in the Ottoman Empire”
Discussant: Jamie Pelling (NES)