ISLAM, POLITICS, AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: A Dr Mumtaz Ahmad Memorial Symposium
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad is organizing a Dr Mumtaz Ahmad Memorial Symposium titled ‘Islam, Politics, and Contemporary Society’ on October 30, 2019, 03:30 PM (sharp).
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr Tamara Sonn
Georgetown University,
Washington D.C.
CHAIR
Dr Anis Ahmad,
Vice Chancellor,
Riphah International University (RIU)
DATE AND TIME:
Wednesday, October 30, 2019,
03:30 PM (sharp)
VENUE:
IPS Seminar Hall
Nasr Chambers,
1, MPCHS Commercial Centre,
E-11/3, Islamabad.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PARTICIPATION IS THROUGH REGISTRATION ONLY *
FOR REGISTRATION OR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Sardar Ali Yousafzai
aliyousafzai@ips.net.pk
051-8438391-3
SPEAKERS’ PROFILES
Dr Tamara Sonn
Dr Tamara Sonn is a renowned academic from the US who specializes in Islamic and religious studies. She is the director of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, and a Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in the History of Islam at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Earlier, she has most notably been associated with the College of William and Mary, University of South Florida and Temple University.
Sonn has also served as the editorial board member of various journals including as a senior editor of Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Religion (2003) and the founding editor-in-chief of Religion Compass (2005) and Studies in Contemporary Islam (1995).
A Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago, Sonn studies Islam from historical, political, regional and other contemporary contexts and perspectives. She has 14 publications and over 100 chapters and articles to her credit, and her work has been translated into Arabic, Bengali, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Russian languages.
Prof Dr Anis Ahmad
Prof Dr Anis Ahmad is a renowned academic and a social scientist of international repute. He carries a Ph.D. from the Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA and has held numerous academic leadership positions both nationally and internationally. Currently he is the vice chancellor of Riphah International University (RIU). Previously he has served as the vice president of International Islamic University, Islamabad and dean of Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, International Islamic University, Malaysia. He has authored and edited a number of books and articles and writes on contemporary social, political and cultural issues.
