The joint CIS/CJS Madrasa-Midrasha program is delighted to host an event, “Reflections on Jewish, Christian and Islamic Holy Days,” with Rabbi Stephen Pearce (CJS/GTU), Prof. Sr. Marianna Farina (DSPT/CIS), and Mahjabeen Dhala, PhD student (GTU) on Wed, Oct 11, from 1-2:30pm in the GTU Library Dinner Board Room. More info: www.gtu.edu.
CIS Visiting Scholar Dr. Jessica Chen (PhD, Religious Studies, Stanford), will be presenting her research on 19th Century Chinese Muslims, as part of her larger interest in Islamic Asia. Dr. Chen's dissertation was titled, "Chinese Heirs to Muhammad: Writing Islamic History in Early Modern China." Event to be held week of Oct 16, with details TBA . Please check www.gtu.edu/cis for updates.
As part of the current CIS 10th anniversary exhibition in the GTU Library, Knowledge & Diversity (on through Jan, 19, 2018), the CIS is pleased to offer guided tours, and an artists' forum in October and November, TBA. Please see www.gtu/cis for updates, or email cis@gtu.edu