November 12 3:00 – 4:30pm
“The Cosmopolitan Ethic in a Fragmented World”
Rice University: Herring Hall, 100, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005
Lecture delivered at Harvard to livestream in Houston by Rice University‘s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance
His Highness the Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, a global, multiethnic community. Through the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), he has been committed to improving the quality of life of the most vulnerable populations, while emphasizing the need to uphold human dignity as well as respect for tolerance and pluralism.
The lecture will be followed by a conversation with Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Director, Pluralism Project at Harvard University.
The Samuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi lecture is sponsored by Harvard University, The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program. Event details and livestream at http://wcfia.harvard.edu/event/jodidi-2015
This event is free and open to the public.
Click HERE to register to attend this livestream event at Rice University.
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