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SAP Seminar Series -- A Long History for a Prophetic Pakistan by Manan Ahmed Asif

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.

BiographyManan 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. 

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Event Type

Lecture

Departments

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, South Asia Program

Contact E-Mail

durgabor@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Durga Bor

Contact Phone

607-255-8493

Speaker

Manan Ahmed Asif

Speaker Affiliation

Department of History Columbia University

Open To

Public

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Ankur Mathur

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?