UBC Continuing Studies, the Dept. of Asian Studies at UBC, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and the Laurier Institution present Global Islam: Past, Present and Future, a series of free public lectures delivered by some of the world’s most renowned scholars in Islamic studies.
As part of this series, Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, a professor of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto and the chair of the Dept. of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto – Mississauga, will be giving a free talk on Feb. 5 at UBC Robson Square. He is the author of numerous articles and two books, including Refashioning Iran: Orientalism, Occidentalism and Nationalist Historiography (2001).
Date: Feb. 5
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Place: Theatre, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street
Info: http://cstudies.ubc.ca/community/courses.html
