A conversation for STATUS/الوضع, between Esra Özyürek of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Nazlı Özkan, a PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology and Middle East & North African Studies at Northwestern University. Esra Özyürek is the Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is […]Continue Reading →
Race, Secularism and Islam in Europe Date: 23 November 2017 Time: 13.30 – 15.00 Venue: Radboud University Nijmegen Religion and race are important themes in the disputes about Europe’s identity. References to Europe as a modern secular society, a Judaeo-Christian civilization, or a white continent are often expressed but also challenged. Within these debates issues […]Continue Reading →
The Institute for Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies and the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies of the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands cordially invite you to the international conference ‘Europe Contested’. Europe’s identity is often disputed, its boundaries challenged, its authority questioned. This conference addresses these issues by bringinContinue Reading →
De Rakhine State of Myanmar is niet zo bekend in Nederland, toch hebben we er wel een geschiedenis. Tussen 1624 en 1665 zouden de Nederlanders zo’n 11.000 mensen uit dit gebied (dat toen Arakan heette), tot slaaf gemaakt hebben en verscheept hebben naar Pulicat in India. Daar werden mensen verkocht voor een prijs die varieerde […]Continue Reading →
Dr. Benjamin Geer completed his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and his research employs a combination of sociology and cognitive linguistics. In this lecture on the Qur’an and the early history of Islam, he discusses the state of the art of scholarship and the academic debates that come with […]Continue Reading →
Op 23 december jl. was priester Antoine Bodar te gast bij het programma Vijfjaarlater. Hierin kijkt Jeroen Pauw met zijn gast terug op een interview dat hij vijf jaar eerder deed. Met Bodar gaat hij in gesprek over diens geloof in de kerk, de Paus en de rol van het geloof in een snel veranderende […]Continue Reading →
Opmerkingen bij Michael Walzers The Paradox of Liberation (Yale UP 2015) Gastauteur: Pooyan Tamimi Arab Michael Walzer is politicoloog en filosoof en professor emeritus aan het prestigieuze Institute for Advanced Studies van Princeton University. In zijn recent gepubliceerde boek The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions verdedigt hij zijn lang gekoesterde ideContinue Reading →
Herman Westerink, Chantal Bax and Martijn de Koning were invited to discuss the book Faith in the Public Square with Rowan Williams. Continue Reading →