This Friday at 10am the Islamic Studies Workshop will welcome Ibrahim Khan to discuss his paper, Rethinking Indian Muslim Nationalism: Husain Ahmad Madani’s Composite Nationalism as Anti-Colonialism Madani (1) Zoom Link: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/94161478444?pwd=Nk9WSWlGbElEZ2FKT1ZQVXhYTEVaQT09 Password: islam

  On Friday, April 8th, the Islamic Studies Workshop will be a part of two important events: Kristina Richardson and the Sin Language of the Banu Sasan 9:30 am CST with the Lexicon Group: Zoom:  https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/97819495431?pwd=QTZIenlpM1lpUC8rY3JmOGVTWmRLdz09 Password: embodiment Recommended background readings: Richardson-Chapter-2-Sin-Language-Banu-Sasan-Ghuraba Richardson-Chapter-6 1:00 pm Allison Kanner Botan on Layli and Majnun with the Medieval Studies Workshop […]

Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi at 150 (1872 – 1944)   Please join us this Thursday March 10 at 9am for a talk by Raza Naeem entitled Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi at 150 (1872 – 1944): The Anticolonial Maulana Who Saw Socialism as Guarantor of Peoples’ Welfare Zoom: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/95482462641?pwd=aGhwVDNKSjlYMTllQ2dkN1NHZkIxUT09   Password: islam

  Please join us this FRIDAY March 4 at 11am CST via Zoom to discuss Ali Montero Peters’ paper “The Wisdom of Kings: India, Games, Race, and the Alfonsine Definition of Intellectualism”   Zoom: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/95662383215?pwd=WHdremU4dzN1ekdYbDBPTUl3c2dldz09 Password: islam Paper: Indian King ISW

We will meet to discuss Zeynep Tezer of the History Department’s “Feudal Cavalrymen, Raider Lords, and Other Disgruntled Soldiers: Political and Social Critique among the Members of the Ottoman Military: Administrative Establishment during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries,” with discussant Betül Kaya.   Zoom Link: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/91386931005?pwd=UEVtZTNzS0k0azVNR092V3JBejBTQT09   Paper attached.  Tezer_ISW_Paper   Email aherlands@uchicago.edu for Zoom […]

Dear all,   The Islamic Studies Workshop will hold the following meetings in the coming weeks. We are still accepting papers for SPRING 2022   Friday, February 18, 11am via Zoom: Zeynep Tezer Feudal Cavalrymen, Raider Lords, and Other Disgruntled Soldiers: Political and Social Critique among the Members of the Ottoman Military: Administrative Establishment during […]

Dear all, Please join us tomorrow for our final Islamic Studies workshop meeting of the quarter: Manpreet Kaur’s “Sufis in the Sikh Archive” at 1pm CST. Short paper attached, presentation to follow. Zoom link: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/93094770641?pwd=UXd2OWVpbGdJdWp2NmZkbnZ1MmhSZz09 password: islam We look forward to a great conversation! All best, AlexaSufis in the Sikh Archive_MK

This Wednesday we will be discussing Ahmed Ghani’s The Arabic particle lan We will meet via Zoom at 1pm Chicago time – looking forward to a great conversation! https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/91455117570?pwd=NmN5TDFLMVppNTRRWjlXbG04SHl2dz09 Password: islam

We will be hearing from Adi Shiran this Wednesday at 1pm CST. She wil present her paper as a talk, in the meeting. https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/97366273687?pwd=NGhyclFVTE9KRGg5NXZDMDdoYnY5QT09 Password: islam

Zoom link:   https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/97366273687?pwd=NGhyclFVTE9KRGg5NXZDMDdoYnY5QT09     Brief reading: Herlands_ISW_10.6.21 Please do not circulate this reading. Email aherlands@uchicago.edu for the Zoom meeting password.