2010 Lectures

“Politics of Alevi Identity in Turkey” : Talha Kose, George Mason University

“Kinsfolk of the Prophet in Muslim Societies: A Study of Sayyids and Sharifs” : Kuzuo Morimoto, University of Tokyo

“Cool Sheikhs and Muslim Hip-Hop: Making Vernacular Muslim Identities in Europe and North America” : Peter Mandaville, George Mason University

“Indonesian Islam: A History in the Making” : Michael Laffan, Princeton University

“Confucian-Islamic Dialogue” : Tu Weiming, Harvard University and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University 

“Barefoot in Baghdad” : Manal Omar, United States Institute for Peace

“Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader” : John Kiser

“Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters” : Omid Safi, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

“The Common Word Initiative: Prospects for Interfaith Conversations” : Joseph Lumbard, Brandeis University

“The Emergence of a Muslim Community in Germany: Between Ascription and Self-Identification” : Riem Spielhaus, University of Kopenhagen

“Cosmopolitanism and Religious Politics in Afghanistan” : Robert Crews, Stanford University