Ahmad Dallal
Date & Time
Apr 22, 2003
from
04:00 PM to
06:00 PM
Location
53A Olson Hall
Description
Religious Studies Program presents
Ahmad Dallal
Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History
Stanford University
An Islamic Enlightenment? Traditions of reform in eighteenth century Islamic thought
Professor Dallal was originally trained in engineering before moving into graduate work in Middle Eastern languages and culture (Ph.D. Columbia, 1990). He has become a prolific scholar with a book on medieval Islamic astronomy, An Islamic response to Greek astronomy: Kitâb ta’dîl hay’at al-aflâk of Sadr al-Sharî'a (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995), a forthcoming book on the impact of the Enlightenment on Islamic culture, and an anthology, Islam in the Modern World to be published in Arabic, English, and French.
Co-sponsored with Center for History, Society, and Culture; Davis Humanities Institute;
Department of Anthropology; Department of History; Institute of Governmental Affairs
For more information contact Baki Tezcan: btezcan@ucdavis.edu
