The Ulama between Democracy and Autocracy featuring Dr. Usaama al-Azami
Tue, November 16, 2021 12:30 PM at Online (Zoom)
Dr. Usaama al-Azami will discuss his latest book which considers a relatively understudied dimension of the Arab revolutions of 2011: the role of prominent religious scholars.
Dr. al-Azami is Departmental Lecturer in Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford. He completed his BA in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Oxford, his seminary training at Al-Salam Institute, and his MA and PhD in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He specializes in Islamic political thought.
Organized by the Muslim Studies Program and cosponsored by the African Studies Center, Asian Studies Center, Department of History, Department of Religious Studies, and James Madison College.