#  Early Islam and Late Antique Judaism 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **August 3 - August 4, 2026** 

 09:00AM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Braun Room, Swartz Hall, Harvard Divinity School**  

 [45 Francis St  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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**The Harvard Divinity School** presents

A conference exploring the connections between early Islam and Late Antique Judaism, featuring scholars working at the intersection of rabbinic Judaism, the Qur'an, and early Islam to reflect on the interactions between Muslim and Jewish communities in the early Islamic centuries, with a particular focus on religious history, literary, and social change.

Registration required: <https://tinyurl.com/lajei>

Organized by **Mohsen Goudarzi** (Harvard Divinity School), **Shari Lowin** (Stonehill College), and **Holger Zellentin** (University of Tubingen).

For more information, please contact Ani Kalousdian, <akalousdian@hds.harvard.edu>.

**Co-sponsors:** Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Center for Jewish Studies, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University; QaSLA, and The European Research Council



 

 

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