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Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts KARACHI
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts KARACHI
invites you to a discussion and question/answer session on
Sufi Mediation of the Sunni-Shi'ite Divide: Premodern Precedents, Contemporary Articulations
Dr. Syed Rizwan Zamir (Assistant Prof.,
Religion Department, Davidson, NC, USA)
Sunday, 3rd April 2016
7:00 pm
Karachi Venue Address:
F-36/5, Park Lane Villas, Block 5 Clifton, Behind Karachi Grammar, Near
Masjid-e-Siddiq
Dr. Syed Rizwan Zamir’s scholarly interests in
Islamic studies include Shi'ite thought and spirituality, Sufi metaphysics,
cosmology and psychology, transcendent theosophy of Mulla Sadra, virtue and
narrative ethics within the Islamic intellectual context, varieties of Islamic mystical
expressions, contemporary debates and trends in Muslim thought, and mystical
and intellectual traditions of South Asian Islam. Aside from numerous encyclopedia entries and
book reviews, he has written "Descartes and al-Ghazali: Doubt, Certitude
and Light" (Islamic Studies, 2010) and "Tafsir al-Qur'an bi 'l
Qur'an: The Hermeneutics of Imitation and Adab in Ibn 'Arabi's Interpretation
of the Qur'an" (Islamic Studies, 2011), and a book chapter for The
Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies (ed. Clinton Bennett, 2013) that
surveys the western academic study of Shi'ite Islam. Since March 2012 he
co-chairs the Study of Islam section of the American Academy of Religion,
Southeast Region (SECSOR).
Directions: Coming from the Forum/Delawala
towards Boat Basin, take a left before the traffic light that goes to Mai
Kolachi, which is the stretch of road that lead to BBQ Tonight. Immediately
after making the left, turn into the service road going towards Karachi Grammar
School, take the first left between Karachi Grammar Senior Campus (brown
building) and the open drain. Then take third right. Gate for F36 is 50 meters
down on the left; House number 5 in this block of town houses.
For any clarifications please call 0321 2027779.
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