#  Wahhabism: From Provincial Heresy to Arabian Hegemony 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 21, 2015** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS South Bldg, Belfer Case Study Room (S020), 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

   ![David Commins](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/cmes/files/david-commins-250px.jpg?itok=fULYQnAf) 

 

CMES presents the Inaugural Lecture on Arabian Peninsula Studies**David Commins** Professor of History, Dickinson College

David Commins is Professor of History and the Benjamin Rush Distinguished Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences at Dickinson College. His publications include *Islamic Reform: Politics and Social Change in Late Ottoman Syria*, *Historical Dictionary of Syria, The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia, The Gulf States: A Modern History*, and *Islam in Saudi Arabia*. He earned his BA at the University of California, Berkeley and his PhD from the University of Michigan.

*(Please note: this talk was originally scheduled for March 5, but cancelled due to weather.)*

**Contact**: [Liz Flanagan](mailto:elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Arabian Peninsula Studies Lecture Series ](/eventseries/aps)
- [ Government ](/research-field/government)
- [ History ](/research-field/history)
- [ Religion ](/research-field/religion)
- [ Arabian Peninsula ](/research-region/arabian-peninsula)
- [ 2014-15 ](/academic-year/2014-15)
 
 

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