Islam in Africa Brown Bag Series: Muslims Talking Politics: Framing Islam, Democracy, and Law in Northern Nigeria

Date: 

Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Andover Hall 117 - Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

 

Brandon Kendhammer, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of International Development Studies at Ohio University, in Athens, OH will present his book Muslims Talking Politics: Framing Islam, Democracy, and Law in Northern Nigeria, Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, 2016.

Free and open to the public | Lunch is provided

ABOUT

Islam in Africa has become an important and increasingly vibrant sub-field in Islamic Studies, attracting numerous extremely talented students who are conducting fine studies that have great impact in all fields in the humanities and social sciences. Dozens of books are published yearly including through major university presses, and so the goal of Critical Perspectives in the Development and Dynamics of Islam in Africa lecture series is to provide a platform for the discussion of cutting edge research in the field of Islam in Africa and to tap into the best of such new work for Africanists and Islamicists at all schools at Harvard. Every academic year, the Islam in Africa lecture series brings authors of newly published books and advanced Ph.D students to campus to discuss their work.

ORGANIZER: Harvard Divinity School

WEBSITE: https://scholar.harvard.edu/ousmanekane/2018-schedule