[Daviscenter-list] Islam in the West, GRADUATE RESEARCH WORKSHOP

*ISLAM IN THE WEST GRADUATE RESEARCH WORKSHOP * *First Meeting on Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 6-8pm Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 208* We are pleased to invite all graduate students as well as young researchers from all departments and schools of Harvard to attend the Islam in the West Graduate Student Research Workshop. The seminar provides a forum for graduate students who are interested in topics related to Islam and Muslim communities in North America and Europe to: 1. Present and discuss their research areas and receive useful feedback from their peers; 2. Discuss relevant topics and new research in this important but still loosely organized research area; 3. Engage in valuable interdisciplinary collaboration; 4. Engage in discussion and cooperation with visiting scholars working on related issues. Graduate students who are interested in participating in this forum are welcome to bring their research projects or ideas to our first meeting and sign up for the workshop which will take place once a month. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to dkespos(a)fas.harvard.edu by Sunday October 28 noon. Coordinators: Diana Esposito (dkespos(a)fas.harvard.edu) Aurangzeb Haneef (ahaneef(a)hds.harvard.edu) David Motadel (motadel(a)fas.harvard.edu) Sponsored by the Islam in the West Program: http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/research/iw ---------------------------------------------- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.4037 Fax: 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu