Congratulations to CIS Visiting Scholar Carol Bier, who served as a consultant for an exhibition on "Symmetry and Islamic Art" at the Hawaii State Library in Honolulu, curated by staff at Doris Duke's home at Shangri La, now a museum of Islamic art. Carol will present public programs in March at both institutions.
Congratulations to GTU PhD student and Fulbright scholar, Waqas Sajjad, who will be presenting the following papers:
“Characterizations of South Asian Islam in British India - Implications of Sufi Lines of Divide” MESAAS Graduate Student Conference, Columbia University, February 25-26, 2016
“Barelvi Identity and the Mawlid - Ahmed Raza Khan and his Opponents to Contemporary Pakistan” 13th Annual South Asian Graduate Student Conference, University of Chicago, March 3-4, 2016