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IISS Workshop with D. Gershon Lewental

Friday, March 18, 2016
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
1644 School of Social Work Building Map
D. Gershon Lewental is a cultural historian of the Middle East, focusing on how societies use religion, memory, and conflict to define and maintain their identities. He has been the Schusterman visiting assistant professor in the Departments of History and International & Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma since 2012. He earned his degrees from Cornell University and Brandeis University, writing a dissertation on the changing perceptions of the Arab-Islamic conquest of Iran that received the Foundation of Iranian Studies Best Dissertation Award and the Brandeis University Glazter Dissertation Prize. His fields of specialization include early Islamic history and historiography, Iranian history, the Baha?i faith, and Israeli society.

Please RSVP to Golriz Farshi (gfarshi@umich.edu) for reading materials
Building: School of Social Work Building
Event Type: Workshop / Seminar
Tags: History, International, Middle East Studies, Muslim, Religious
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Global Islamic Studies Center, International Institute

The Global Islamic Studies Center organizes a number of public events each year such as lectures, conferences, and films, many in collaboration with other U-M units. Please use our searchable events calendar for information about upcoming programs sponsored by GISC and the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS).