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Special Lecture on Quranic-Shiite Studies by Prof. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi

  • RCAST Report

August 2, 2021

  • Prof. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
    Prof. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
  • A special lecture by Prof. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi of EPHE (Paris) entitled “The Shi‘is and the Quran: Between Apocalypse, Civil War and Empire” was held on April 25, 2021, as part of the international research project “Humanitas Futura: Constructing an International Research Network for the Study of Philosophy and Religion.”

    Humanitas Futura project was initiated by the Religion and Global Security Division, Ikeuchi Laboratory, of the RCAST of the University of Tokyo, with Dr. Koji Yamashiro as curator/coordinator, for the purpose of reforming the field of Humanities, both in method and substance.

Based on the comprehensive agreement between the University of Tokyo and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Humanitas Futura project is in progress of integrating specialists in diverse areas of the study of philosophy and religion around the world. In this connection, Humanitas Futura project periodically organizes seminar/lecture/workshop series.

Prof. Amir-Moezzi’s lecture, which discussed the formation history of the Quran and the place of Shiism therein from an original point of view, attracted around thirty specialists from different fields of research. Intensive discussions followed the lecture.

This special lecture was held under the auspices of ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) and jointly funded by the Religion and Global Security Division,This special lecture was held under the auspices of ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) and jointly funded by the Religion and Global Security Division, Ikeuchi Laboratory of RCAST, the University of Tokyo and the Institute for Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), the University of Tokyo.

Date and Time:
Sun. April 25, 2021 21:00-23:00

Venue:
Online (Zoom meeting)

Speaker:
Prof. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, EPHE (Paris)

Curator:
Dr. Koji Yamashiro, Project Researcher, the Religion and Global Security Division (Ikeuchi Laboratory) of RCAST, the University of Tokyo

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