2019-2020 Lecture Series
Fall 2019
September 17
The Islamic Enlightenment
Christopher de Bellaigue, Journalist
Special series: What is Different in Islam’s Post-Classical Period? New Perspectives on Philosophy, the Sciences, and Ethics
October 15
What is Post-Classical Philosophy in Islam?
Frank Griffel, Yale University
October 22
Contradictions and Ambiguities—The Method of Post-Classical Philosophy in Islam
Frank Griffel, Yale University
October 29
Transcending Character: The Place of Virtue in Post-Classical Sufi Ethical Commentaries
Cyrus Zargar, University of Central Florida
November 5
Cosmic Order and Natural Law in Islamic Science
Robert Morrison, Bowdoin College
Spring 2020
February 4
Caliphal Tribunals and Anarchical Fallacies: Medieval Arabic Petitions from the Cairo Geniza
(room 128) Marina Rustow, Princeton University
February 18, 25, and March 3
Special Series by Bernard Haykel of Princeton University on the Modern History of Saudi Arabia
March 24
Re-writing the History of Islamic Law: Shiism and the Problem of Legal Orthodoxy
(room 128) Robert Gleave, Exeter University
April 7
The Language of Authority in early Islam: the evolving meanings of the term Sultan
Hugh Kennedy, SOAS University of London