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| SMSC, together with the BU Dept. of Anthropology and the Humanities Foundation welcomed author, journalist, and expert Geneive Abdo to the Castle. Her talk, titled "Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America after 9/11," highlighted some of the findings of her study of Islam in America published in her new book of the same name. For video of the lecture, please click here. | |
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| SMSC co-hosted a lecture with the South Asian Consortium by BU Professor Frank Korom. His talk, titled "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and the Making of a Transnational Sufi Family" highlighted the history of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen in both Sri Lanka and Philadelphia. For video of the lecture, please click here. | |
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| SMSC welcomed Dr. Enes Karic, member of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at the University of Sarajevo and former Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports for Bosnia-Herzegovina. Dr. Karic's lecture, titled "Islamic Bosnia," highlighted the spread of Islam into Bosnia, the spiritual institutions of Bosnian Muslims, folk religion, and Ilahiyas and Qasidas in contemporary Bosnia. For video of the lecture, please click here. | |
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| SMSC resumed its lecture series with a talk hosted by Dr. Adnan Onart titled "Four Gates & a Gate Keeper: Reflections on Anatolian Sufism Through the Poetry of Yunus Emre." It revewied those poems and sought to establish whether his pervaisve poetic rhetoric, its ethos, logos and pathos, can serve as a scaffold for access to the reconstruction of Islam in the 21st century America. For video, please click here. For the handouts of the lecture, please download this PDF. | |
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| SMSC and the Ilex Foundation were pleased to present Professor Emritus Daud Rahbar for an evening in which he presented a collection of music recordings and poems. The event was made possible by further contributions from the Luce Program in Scripture and Literary Arts, the School of Music, the Department of Religion, and the School of Theology. For video of this event, please click here. | |
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| SMSC resumed its doctoral candidate series with a presentation by Stephen Young of the University Professors Program. In a lecture titled "Sex, Work, and the Hijab: Islamic Ideals and American Realities," Young highlighted some of his own ethnographic research conducted with American Muslims living in greater Boston. For video of the lecture, please click here. | |
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| SMSC was pleased to invite renowned Islamic Art Historian Walter Denny of UMass-Amherst to Boston University. His lecture "Court Patronage in the Three Late Islamic Empires: Royal Art under the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals," can be viewed on the web here. | |
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| In July, SMSC hosted a conference in conjunction with Vital Pictures on the mystic traditions of the three Abrahamic religions. The conclusion of the conference featured several musical performances, including a performance by Feridun Ozgoren, Cambridge Musiki Cemiyeti. For video of this performance, please click here. | |
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| SMSC concluded its first academic year with a unique presenetation by master Arabic calligrapher and Chinese Muslim, Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang. The presentation was divided into two peices. The first details life and images of Muslims living in China. The second features a live display of his art. Muslims in China | Calligraphy Presentation | |
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| The 2006-2007 Doctoral Candidate Seminar Series concluded on April 11, 2007 with Jeremy Berndt, a doctoral candidate from Northwestern University. Mr. Berndt's talk was titled, "Grassroots Arabic Literacy in Africa: Text and Social Practice in Twentieth-Century Gimbala, Mali." For video of this talk, please click here. | |
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| On March 21, 2007, SMSC continued its Doctoral Canidate Seminar Series with Matthew Pierce and his talk titled "Three Years in Iran: A Student's Observation." The talk focused on experiences with the education system in Qom, Iran. For video of this talk, please click here. | |
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| On February 28, SMSC resumed its Doctoral Candidate Seminar Series with DRTS doctoral Candidate Scott M. Girdner. The talk examined the al-Ghazali's work The Niche of Lights and its subsequent reception. For video of this talk, please click here. | |
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| On November 2, SMSC held its inaugural event, honoring the life and work of Dr. Richard Frye and displaying the collection of texts purchased from Dr. Frye that are current housed at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center (HGARC). For video of the event, click here. | |
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| On October 26, University Professors Program Ph.D. candidate Aaron Spevack hosted the first seminar in the SMSC Doctoral Candidate Seminar Series. His talk, titled "Traditional Islamic Scholarship on the Brink of the Modern Era: The Life and Thought of al-Bajuri," can be viewed in its entirety on the web by clicking here. |