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May
May 3, 2009, 1:30 PM-3 PM
"Perspectives on American-Iranian Cultural Relations"
NC Society for Ethical Culture
200 S. Elliot Rd., Chapel Hill, NC

May 21-22, 2009
"Islamic Studies Programs in American Universities" (with Charles Kurzman)
Workshop on "The Production of Knowledge on World Regions: The Middle East"
Social Sciences Research Council, Brooklyn, NY

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August
August19, 2009
"Islamic Studies Programs in American Universities" (with Charles Kurzman)
Duke and UNC Middle East Studies Reading Group
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

September
September 1, 2009, 9:30 AM
"Reflections on the Early Meccan Suras"
Timur Yuskaev's class RELI 584, "The Qur'an As Literature"
Peabody 311, UNC campus

September 25, 2009, 5-6 PM
"Middle Eastern Sufi Groove" with Joe Hendrix and Carl Ernst
"Global Music" radio program on WXYC 89.3 FM

September 30, 2009, 9 AM
"Qawwali Music in South Asia"
Prof. Marzanna Poplawska's class MUSC 355, "Topics in the History and Culture of Music"
Hill Hall 207, UNC Campus

October
October 10, 2009
Induction ceremony, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, MA

October 15, 2009, 6 pm
“Reconfiguring the Relation between Religion and World in South Asian Islam since the 18th Century”
Prof. Sarah Shields & Prof. Banu Gokariksel's Sawyer Seminar on "Diversity and Conformity in Muslim Societies"
4003 Global Education Center, UNC Campus

October 31, 2009, 8 pm
"The contributions of the Shia Imams to Islamic Civilization and World Culture"
Imam Ali Cultural Center
2945 South Miami Blvd., Suite # 107, Durham, NC 27703

November
November 4, 2009, 6-8:30 pm
"Editing and translating Arabic manuscripts: the case of Ruzbihan Baqli's Kashf al-Asrar"
Prof. Mbaye Lo and Mohammad Habib's class, Arabic 193S.01, "Arabic and Islamic Studies"
Trent 223B, Duke University, Durham NC

November 7-10, 2009
Islamic Mysticism Group
American Academy of Religion Conference
Montréal, Quebec, Canada

November 12, 2009, 8 pm
"Sufism and Spirituality"
Religion as Explorative Learning Integrated in our Community (RELIC)
Grimes Hall, UNC campus

December
December 7, 2009, 12-12:50 pm
"Jews as the Other: Jews and Jewishness in the Eyes of Muslims"
Prof. Jonathan Boyarin's class, RELI 123, "Introduction To Jewish Studies"
1015 Global Education Center, UNC Campus

December 11-17, 2009
"Shams-i Tabrizi and Bayazid Bistami"
Conference entitled “Enlightened by the Sun: International Symposium on Shams-i Tabrizi”
Istanbul-Konya, Turkey

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