An interreligious event featuring lectures by Dr. Deena Aranoff and Dr. Nargis Virani. Cosponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU, as part of the Madrasa-Midrasha program. GTU Dinner Board Room, 2400 Ridge Rd., Berkeley.
The GTU would like to acknowledge and thank The Walter and Elise Haas Fund for making this event possible.
MAY 4, 2017 9:00 AM -8:00 PM GTU LIBRARY BOARD ROOM, 3RD FLOOR
9:00-9:30 am Coffee and Welcome
Dr. Riess Potterveld, President, GTU
Dr. Uriah Y. Kim, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, GTU
Dr. Munir Jiwa, Director, Center for Islamic Studies and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Anthropology, GTU
Lectures by Dr. Todd Lawson, Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto and Dr. Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew, Comparative Literature, and Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley. GTU Library Dinner Board Room, reception 5:30 pm and lecture 6:00-8:00 pm.
Asian and Pacific Islander Program Initiative’s Annual Lecture Co-Sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies of Graduate Theological Union
Thursday, April 20, 2017 6:00 pm Reception; 6:30 - 8:00 pm Lecture Badè Museum Pacific School of Religion 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Speaker: Dr. Jasmin Zine, Professor of Sociology and the Muslim Studies at Wilfrid Luarier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
