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Monday, February 29, 2016 at 12:15pm to 1:10pm
Uris Hall, G08
Central Campus
In this South Asia Program (SAP) Seminar Series talk Professor Manan Ahmed Asif will examine the literary and political genealogy of prophetic thought— focusing on Prophet Muhammad— in contemporary Pakistan. He will trace the ways in which the Prophet has been used in political speech and in everyday practices – such as divination, dream-interpretation, etc. He will examine the mercantile and political interests that have sustained the presence of the Prophet in contemporary discourses—making it a greatly variant and powerful vehicle for political thought. From assassinations for blasphemy to the persecution of Ahmadis for being adherents of a false prophet, this talk reformulates Pakistan through a prophetic lens.
Biography: Manan Ahmed Asif, Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University, is interested in the relationship between text, space and narrative. His work on Islam’s arrival to Sindh in the 8th century traces the longue durée history of contestations among varied communities in South Asia.
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, South Asia Program
Durga Bor
607-255-8493
Manan Ahmed Asif
Department of History Columbia University
Public
Ankur Mathur 1/19/2016
The timing of this programme mentions that it shall run until 7:00pm. Could someone validate or refute this claim? If this isn't true, what is the duration of the talk?