Islam, Islamism and Post-Islamism in Africa

The Center for Global Islamic Studies presents "Islam, Islamism and Post-Islamism in Africa, a lecture focusing on the interface of Islam and politics in Africa by Professor Benjamin Soares on Tuesday, December 1, 4:15 pm, in Linderman Library, Room 200. 

Professor Benjamin Soares, an anthropologist, is Senior Research Fellow at the African Studies Centre in Leiden, The Netherlands.  He has recently been a visiting professor at the University of Cape Town and at Northwestern University.  His publications include Islam and the Prayer Economy (2005) and the co-edited volumes, Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa (2007), Islam, État et société en Afrique (2009), and Islam, Politics, Anthropology, a special issue of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2009).

This talk is co-sponsored by Africana Studies and the Departments of Anthropology/Sociology and Religion Studies.  This lecture is free and open to the public.  For more information call 610-758-3353 or email meg4@lehigh.edu.

Richard O. and Cindy F. Connell Lecture
The Richard O. and Cindy F. Connell Lecture series presents Prof. Philip Jenkins, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of the Humanities at Penn State University, on March 31, 2010.  More information will follow.