April 23, 2014 7:00 to 8:15PM, doors open at 6:15PM
Hickman Building, room 105. Parking is recommended in Lot 4, by Centennial Stadium. Evening parking permits can be purchased for $2.50.
Studying Islam in the Academic Context, Dr. Andrew Rippin
Andrew Rippin, professor emeritus of Islamic history, has written many books and articles on Islam. Drawing on personal experience, his presentation will explore how the study of Islam in the academic context has changed over the past 40 years and how scholars have come under a sometimes-unwelcome spotlight. He’ll discuss the factors that have made the subject academically controversial, as well as its positive role as a vehicle for cross-cultural understanding.
Rippin is Professor Emeritus of Islamic History at the University of Victoria and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. He is the author of a number of books, including The Qurʾān and Its Interpretative Tradition (2001) and the text-book Muslims, Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (first published 1990, fourth edition 2012). He’s also well known for his edited volumes, among which are The Qurʾān: Style and Contents (2001) and The Blackwell Companion to the Qurʾān (2006). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006.
To register for this free lecture, please email senage@uvic.ca or call 250-721-6369.
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