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Islam and Political Modernity: Some Considerations

A public lecture by Professor Michael J. Thompson, William Paterson University.

Monday, April 10, 2006
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA
Von Grunebaum Library
10383 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

In Spring Quarter 2006, the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Center for European and Eurasian Studies, together with the Department of Sociology, offer a series of public lectures on Muslim Diaspora Communities in Europe and North America.

Michael J. Thompson (Political Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey) is the founder and Editor of Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture.  His scholarly articles have appeared in Critical Sociology, New Politics, Owl of Minerva, European Journal of Social Theory, and Philosophy and Literature.  His most recent book is Islam and the West: Critical Perspectives on Modernity (2003).

For complete schedule go to this page.

Contact Information

  • Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies, 310-825-1455
  • Vera Wheeler and Amanda Mountain, Center for European and Eurasian Studies, 310-825-4060

Cost: All lectures are free and open to the public.

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Eurasian Studies, Center for Near Eastern Studies, Sociology