Islamic Modernism and the Question of Eurocentric Global Intellectual History

Date:  June 1, 2011

Time:  18:00-19:30

Venue:   Main Meeting Room 1(3rd floor), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (Toyo Bunka Kenkyujo), Hongo Campus, the University of Tokyo

Title:   Islamic Modernism and the Question of Eurocentric Global Intellectual History

Speaker:   Professor Cemil Aydin (George Mason University)

About Speaker:   Cemil Aydin is IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies and Associate Professor of History at the Department of History and Art History, George Mason University, where he also serves as Director of Ali Vurak Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies. Professor Aydin’s numerous publications include:
The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia: Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (New York: Columbia University Press, Global and International History Series, 2007).

Contact Person:   Kazuo Morimoto, morikazu[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Language:   English

Entry:   The lecture is open to public.

Report

About twenty-five people with different interests and areas of specialty gathered to listen to and discuss with Professor Aydin. All the best with the book project, Professor Aydin! (K. Morimoto)