Debating Reform in Islamic Thought
Conversation with
Mohsen Kadivar
Friday,
April 25, 2014
1:00-4:00pm
De Certeau Room
Department of Literature
UCSD
1:00-1:10pm
Introduction
Babak Rahimi (UC San Diego)
1:10-1:45 pm
Mateo Farzaneh (Northeastern Illinois University)
“Placing Shi’ite Jurisprudence in Iranian Historiography”
1:45-2:15pm
Bahar Davary (University of San Diego)
“Egalitarian justice in lieu of deserts-based justice”
2:15-2:30pm
Coffee break
2:30-2:45pm
Introduction
Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego)
2:45-4:00pm
Mohsen Kadivar (Duke University)
“Between Tradition and Modernity: Reforming Islamic Thought through Structural Ijtihad”
Sponsored: Program for the Study of Religion
Co-sponsored by Burke Lectureship and UCSD Center on Global Justice
Open to the public