A nation must think before it acts.
Date : Sat., May 02, 2015 8:00 am to 5:30 pm Category : Butcher History Institute
The Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Director, Program in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
This talk outlined how Muslims encountered Europe from the 7th century onwards. One focus dealt with early encounters in Spain. A second theme was Muslim-European/Christian encounters in the Mediterranean world from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. A last focus was on the modern period, the 19th and 20th century, where both intellectual and social contacts multiplied.
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Fellow - Middle East Program
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
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Islam’s encounter with the Western Europe is a historical process that did not start with the 19th century colonization of North Africa. This talk, therefore, stressed long-standing interactions between Europeans and Muslims. It will as well raise the issue of secularism and Islam building on the French example.
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Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
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Venue
Princeton University
Fri., April 24, 2015
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