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Muslims in China & Arabic Calligraphy
SMSC concluded its first academic year with a unique presentation by master Arabic calligrapher and Chinese Muslim, Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang. The presentation was divided into two pieces. The first details life and images of Muslims living in [...]China. The second features a live display of his art.
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"The Niche of Lights."-Scott Girdner
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.
Filmed on: February 28, 2007
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"Traditional Islamic Scholarship on the Brink of the Modern Era"- Aaron Spevack
On October 26, University Professors Program Ph.D. candidate Aaron Spevack hosted the first seminar in the SMSC Doctoral Candidate Seminar Series.
Filmed: 26 October, 2006
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Cultural Lecture Series with Walter Denny
SMSC was pleased to invite renowned Islamic Art Historian Walter Denny of UMass-Amherst to Boston University. His lecture was intitled "Court Patronage in the Three Late Islamic Empires: Royal Art under the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals."
[...]Filmed: October 10, 2007
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"Islamic Bosnia"-Enes Karic
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.
Filmed: February 29, 2008
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"Four Gates & a Gate Keeper"-Dr. Adnan Onart
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 reviewed those poems and sought to establish whether his pervasive poetic [...]rhetoric, its ethos, logos and pathos, can serve as a scaffold for access to the reconstruction of Islam in the 21st century America.
Filmed: February 6, 2008.
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An Evening with Daud Rahbar
The Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations presents Daud Rahbar presenting for the 2007 Cultural Lecture Series.
Filmed: November 14, 2007
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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and the Making of a Transnational Sufi Family - Prof. Frank Korom
The Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations 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.
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Spring Lecture Series with Emile Nakhleh
(April 7, 2009) SMSC concluded its Spring Lecture Series with Emile Nakhleh, a retired CIA analyst and author of A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America's Relations with the Muslim World. During the lecture, he outlined several policies that if [...]enacted could greatly improve relations.
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