Masterminds Lecture Series: Studying Islam in the Academic Context

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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
7:00 PM

Andrew Rippin, professor emeritus of Islamic history, has written many books and articles on Islam. Drawing on personal experience, his presentation will explore how the study of Islam in the academic context has changed over the past 40 years and how scholars have come under a sometimes-unwelcome spotlight. He'll discuss the factors that have made the subject academically controversial, as well as its positive role as a vehicle for cross-cultural understanding.

Rippin is Professor Emeritus of Islamic History at the University of Victoria and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. He is the author of a number of books, including The Qurʾān and Its Interpretative Tradition (2001) and the textbook Muslims, Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (first published 1990, fourth edition 2012). He's also well known for his edited volumes, among which are The Qurʾān: Style and Contents (2001) and The Blackwell Companion to the Qurʾān (2006). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006.

The University of Victoria Retirees Association and the Centre on Aging�with support from the university�presents Masterminds 2014, a free lecture series running each Wednesday evening from April 9 to April 30.

Please register by calling 250-721-6369 or emailing [email protected].