Islam & Peacebuilding

The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures,

Voices & Visions: Islam & Muslims from a Global Perspective, &

the Center for the Study of the Middle East

Presents;

Dr. Qamar-ul Huda,

Senior Program Officer,

United States Institute of Peace, Washington D.C.

Islam &

Peacebuilding:

Theory and Practice

Monday, October 11, 7:30pm

The Neal-Marshall Center, A201

Copies of Dr. Huda’s book will be available for purchase and

signature by the author at the end of lecture.

Dr. Huda is Senior Program Officer in the Religion and Peacemaking Program at the US Institute of Peace Studies and scholar of Islam. His area of expertise is Islamic theology, intellectual history, ethics, comparative ethics, the language of violence, conflict resolution and non-violence in contemporary Islam. He received his Ph.D. in Islamic Intellectual History from UCLA and is the editor of the recently published The Crescent and Dove: Critical Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam (USIP Press, 2010), which provides a critical analysis of models of nonviolent strategies, peace building efforts, conflict resolution methods in Muslim communities.

Please visit Dr. Huda’s webpage for more information;

http://www.usip.org/specialists/qamar-ul-huda

Graduate students & faculty, please RSVP at  n elc@indiana.edu for the opportunity to meet with Dr. Huda informally over lunch* on

Tuesday, October 12, 11.30-1pm

Ballantine Hall, 004**

*Pizza and beverages will be provided for this event.

** Please note room change!