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Cinema and Religion in Contemporary Iran

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Farzin Vahdat Sociologist, author In the past two decades religion has become a hotly debated issue in Iran. What constitutes desirable and undesirable forms of religion and religiosity and how religious...

Disciples of the State? Religion and State-Building in the Former Ottoman World

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As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the Middle East and Balkans became the site of contestation and cooperation between the traditional forces of religion and the emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a...

Essay by Jocelyne Cesari: "Religion and the Political Participation of Muslims in the West"

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Jocelyne Cesari, CMES associate and director of the Islam in the West Program, has contributed an essay titled "Religion and the Political Participation of Muslims in the West" to the e-book Building a Shared Future: Religion, Politics and the Public...

Why France fears Islam: Religion, Democracy and human rights in the time of elections

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Jocelyne Cesari Professor of Religion and Politics, Department of Theology and Religion, Director of Research, Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion, University of Birmingham Jocelyne...

The Comparative Study of the Abrahamic Religions: Heuristic Gains and Cognitive Pitfalls

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The Center for the Study of World Religions, John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies present a lecture by Guy Stroumsa The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Oxford...

Thinking Islam Within Religions Studies: Methods, Histories and Futures

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The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program presents Thinking Islam Within Religious Studies: Methods, Histories and Futures Professor William A. Graham retired in July 2018 after a long and distinguished career at Harvard. Please join us for a...

Jocelyne Cesari discusses Islam in France on PBS's "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly"

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CMES Associate and Director of the Islam in the West Program Jocelyne Cesari was recently interviewed for PBS's Religion and Ethics Newsweekly about secularism and Islam in France. The June 24, 2011 segment, "French Secularism" is available on the PBS...

**CANCELLED** Book talk: "Reviving the Waqf: Property, Law, and Religion in Modern Beirut"

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CMES Modern Middle East Speaker Series presents Nada Moumtaz Assistant Professor, Department of the Study of Religion, University of Toronto Please note: due to University precautions surrounding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 2019) outbreak, this...

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Blood Ties: Religion, Violence, and the Politics of Nationhood in Ottoman Macedonia

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The CMES Sohbet-i Osmani Seminar Series presents İpek Kocaomer Yosmaoğlu Assistant Professor, History, Northwestern University İpek Yosmaoğlu (Ph.D. Princeton, 2005) is an historian of the late Ottoman Empire. She taught at the University of Wisconsin...

CMES in the Media: Jocelyne Cesari in Religion Dispatches

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An article by Jocelyne Cesari was published in the August 28th, 2009 issue of Religion Dispatches. An article by Jocelyne Cesari was published in the August 28th, 2009 issue of Religion Dispatches. Read the full article: "Rarefied Islamophobia: When...

And God knows best: Scientific expertise, piety and Islamic legal opinions

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The Harvard Law and Religion Lecture Series presents Ahmed Ragab Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion, Harvard Divinity School Ahmed Ragab is the Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion at Harvard Divinity...