Where Bernard Lewis Went Wrong: Rethinking the Relationship Between Islam and Secularism
A public lecture by Nader Hashemi, Global Fellow, UCLA
Thursday, May 01, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
UCLA
Nader Hashemi received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto and is currently a Global Fellow at the UCLA International Institute. His research interests include secularism and its discontents in Muslim societies, Western and modern Islamic political thought, religion-state relations, the politics of Islamic fundamentalism, and the history and development of liberal democracy. He is the author of Rethinking the Relationship between Religion, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies (forthcoming).
Cost: Free
For more information please contact
Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies
