BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250515T185148EDT-3408UR4kcU@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250515T225148Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Public Lecture\n\n“Decolonizing the Study of Isla m in Africa” \n\nGuest Speaker: Professor Ousmane Kane\n\nProf Kane is the emeritus and inaugural Alwaleed bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islam ic Religion and Society at Harvard Divinity School and the world’s leading scholar of Islam in Africa. He is a specialist in the history of Islamic religious institutions and intellectual history in Africa and has publishe d a number of groundbreaking publications on a range issues including migr ation\, modernity\, politics\, Sufism\, Islamic education and intellectual traditions\, and most recently pilgrimage. Some of his most prominent boo ks include Muslim Modernity in Postcolonial Nigeria (2003)\, Non-Europhone Intellectuals (2012)\, Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa (2016)\, and Islamic Scholarship in Africa: New Directions an d Global Contexts (2021). He was recently awarded the African Studies Asso ciation’s prestigious “Distinguished Africanist Award” in 2024 for his wor k uniting\, transforming\, and advancing the fields of African Studies and Islamic Studies.\n DTSTART:20250408T193000Z DTEND:20250408T210000Z LOCATION:Birks Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2A7\, 3520 rue Universit y SUMMARY:Decolonizing the Study of Islam in Africa URL:/religiousstudies/channels/event/decolonizing-stud y-islam-africa-363843 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR