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Seldon Forum | Episode 1 - The Academic Study of Islam
In this inaugural session, a first conversation with leading Islamic Studies scholars, Professors Tahera Qutbuddin, Ahmed El Shamsy, Yousef Casewit, and Dr. Tom Maguire reflect on how Islamic Studies is taught at the Humanities Division and Divinity School at the University of Chicago. The discussion is hosted by Dina Rehab.
Tahera Qutbuddin, Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford and Professor Emerita of Arabic Literature at the University of Chicago (2002-2023);
Ahmed El Shamsy, Professor of Islamic thought and Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, formerly NELC;
Yousef Casewit, Associate Professor of Qur'anic studies and Chair of Isla...
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Seldon Islamic Art Studio Launch - Exclusive Evening
Просмотров 2402 месяца назад
We were thrilled to launch the Seldon Islamic Art Studio with renowned calligraphy masters, Nuria Garcia Masip and Bahman Panahi, whose expertise, insight, and passion left an indelible mark on the formation of the art studio. The weekend kicked off with an exclusive evening featuring an exhibit by Nuria and Bahman that showcased both traditional and contemporary calligraphy. Bahman’s live Musi...
SeldonTalks - Historical consciousness in the Quran (Prof. Fred Donner, University of Chicago)
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Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago, Fred Donner, offers a thoughtful reflection on his life, distinguished career, and groundbreaking research on the origins of Islam. Donner highlights some of the evolving paradigms and scholarly debates that have influenced the field of Islamic studies. Among his notable publications are “The Early Islamic Conquests” (1981...
SeldonTalks - The Believer's movement in early Islam (Prof. Fred Donner, University of Chicago)
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Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago, Fred Donner, offers a thoughtful reflection on his life, distinguished career, and groundbreaking research on the origins of Islam. Donner highlights some of the evolving paradigms and scholarly debates that have influenced the field of Islamic studies. Among his notable publications are “The Early Islamic Conquests” (1981...
SeldonTalks | Fred Donner - Reflections on Islamic Studies and the origins of Islam
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Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago, Fred Donner, offers a thoughtful reflection on his life, distinguished career, and groundbreaking research on the origins of Islam. Donner highlights some of the evolving paradigms and scholarly debates that have influenced the field of Islamic studies. Among his notable publications are “The Early Islamic Conquests” (1981...

Комментарии

  • @finaleditor
    @finaleditor 2 месяца назад

    Looks great

  • @finaleditor
    @finaleditor 2 месяца назад

    Great

  • @AfshinKhosrowsani
    @AfshinKhosrowsani 2 месяца назад

    Dr. Donner is a wonderful man. You can learn a lot from him.

  • @radislavnovotny5460
    @radislavnovotny5460 2 месяца назад

    Great time of listening (not reading 😊) thanks a lot

  • @starshipchris4518
    @starshipchris4518 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for this. I love listening to Dr. Donner.

  • @tavuzzipust7887
    @tavuzzipust7887 4 месяца назад

    The effect of the web "the loss of the capacity to read... collective suicide in cultural terms."

  • @Kassalawy56789
    @Kassalawy56789 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks God for Islam ❤❤❤

  • @Kassalawy56789
    @Kassalawy56789 5 месяцев назад

    You kept talking about believers...!! But believing in what though?????? It's believing in God & only God and that prophet Mohamed peace and blessing be upon him is the last messenger.......!!!!!

    • @jschans1
      @jschans1 4 месяца назад

      wrong,.... it's believing in grace. (love) god is love. mohammed wasn't about love but abouy the opposite of love...namely power!!!!!

  • @hasakicioguz9312
    @hasakicioguz9312 5 месяцев назад

    1) I believe narrative X is true regarding early Islam. 2) Muslim scholars at large don't agree with X. Conclusion: Muslims back-projected teachings onto early Islam i.e. fabricated lies regarding early Islam and also I am skeptical of those Muslim scholars who disagree with me(I actually think their whole "scholarship" regarding early Islam should be dismissed out of hand but shhh that's not academic). Oh but I am also just a neutral academic investigating early Islam, guys! Trust me! I have no ulterior motives, biases against Islam or anything! Yeah, so what if I am basically dismissing 1400 year old Muslim scholarship on early Islam and legitimizing epistemic colonisation? That doesn't make me biased?!

  • @user-yz1dl3eu8l
    @user-yz1dl3eu8l 6 месяцев назад

    58:40 No Fred, if you are Christian, you do not believe in one God (according to Judaism and the Quran). The fact that (sometimes) Christian are more or less praised is due to the fact that the public targeted by the Quranic texts are Christians.

  • @michaelbedford8017
    @michaelbedford8017 6 месяцев назад

    Oh no. He's one of these people whose every sentence trails off into a mumble. Makes listening a chore.

  • @trinitymatrix9719
    @trinitymatrix9719 6 месяцев назад

    This person should attend Dr. Jay Smith lectures on islamic origins where he could learn even more. God bless...

    • @Sam76475
      @Sam76475 5 месяцев назад

      What can an eminent professor and historian at the university of chicago who has produced first-rate peer-revied scholarship can learn from an evangelical apologist?

    • @trinitymatrix9719
      @trinitymatrix9719 5 месяцев назад

      @@Sam76475 Anything and Everything can be learnt from professor Jay Smith. God bless.....

    • @samantarmaxammadsaciid5156
      @samantarmaxammadsaciid5156 4 месяца назад

      ​@@trinitymatrix9719 Give key examples that are important to you that Fred Donner can learn from him?!?

    • @trinitymatrix9719
      @trinitymatrix9719 4 месяца назад

      He will be shocked when he find out the real origins of this moon-otheistic sect that was born out of polytheistic arab moon gods pre-islam, then added monotheistic elements and final end product "islam" as we know today. The rabbit hole is literally endless

    • @trinitymatrix9719
      @trinitymatrix9719 4 месяца назад

      He is more or less clueless on the real origins. He got his paychecks from arab oil sheykhs

  • @ArifChaudry67
    @ArifChaudry67 6 месяцев назад

    Its me

  • @Corvinuswargaming1444
    @Corvinuswargaming1444 6 месяцев назад

    Strong agreement with the other commenter, please have John Woods on this channel

  • @Hermiz88
    @Hermiz88 6 месяцев назад

    Great work, Laith. An interview with John Woods would be an excellent complement to this interview.

  • @DrJavadTHashmi
    @DrJavadTHashmi 7 месяцев назад

    Great conversation. Thank you.

    • @hasakicioguz9312
      @hasakicioguz9312 5 месяцев назад

      Any conversation in which the traditional and mainstream narratives regarding early Islam as they have been taught by our 'ulama throughout the past 1400 years are challenged is "great conversation" for you.

    • @paulthomas281
      @paulthomas281 4 месяца назад

      @@hasakicioguz9312 Why does it matter to you if the mythological Mecca existed or not? Mecca is doctrinal construction, which serves narrative functions. The same thing can be said about Medina for all its potency. How would this affect your belief in a cosmic deity?

    • @mostarac7297
      @mostarac7297 4 месяца назад

      Who says it does. Christians project so much on Islam. You have so many dogmas in your religion (e.g. trinity, nature of Christ, sacraments, etc) that most simple everyday believers don’t even comprehend or believe. Islam has only one dogma- There is only one God and Muhammad is his prophet. Don’t project your dogmatic experience of religiosity onto Muslims. Muslims just can’t help but feel somewhat outraged at the arrogance and condescending attitude of the Western academia which has the audacity to say that Muslims have no historical memory and that instead we have to replace our narrative reflect ing our collective historical memory with their almost exclusively hypocritical narrative which relies almost 100% on the supposed lack of evidence to support Muslim narrative as their sole evidence. The absence of evidence is not the evidence itself. It doesn’t mean that if there is no evidence for something now that the evidence for that might be found in the future. That is the fallacy of the Western academia in trying to rewrite the Islam’s narrative.