Religion Program, Division of Languages and Literature, Historical Studies Program, Middle Eastern Studies Program Presents
Conversion, Memory, and the Limits of Early Islamic History
Monday, February 20, 2017
Olin Humanities, Room 102
5:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Travis Zadeh5:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Yale University
This talk explores the cultural, linguistic, and mythological dimensions shaping religious conversion among Persians in the wake of the seventh-century Arab conquests. It further interrogates what this process of conversion reveals for the memory of early Islamic history and the spread of Islam along the eastern frontiers.
For more information, call 845-758-7207, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 5:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Olin Humanities, Room 102