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Alberto Tiburcio, ‘Interreligious Polemics, Anti-Sufism and Shī‘ī Intellectual History in Late Safavid Iran: The Contribution of ‘Alī Qulī Jadīd al-Islām’

Murphey Hall, Room 115 UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States

Interreligious polemics, especially those from the post-classical period, are often dismissed as formulaic and unoriginal, with no more than a fringe testimonial value. In this talk, Alberto Tiburcio will argue that the polemical work of the Portuguese-born convert ‘Alī Qulī … Read more

Alberto Tiburcio, ‘Interreligious Polemics, Anti-Sufism and Shī‘ī Intellectual History in Late Safavid Iran: The Contribution of ‘Alī Qulī Jadīd al-Islām’

Murphey Hall, Room 115 UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States

Interreligious polemics, especially those from the post-classical period, are often dismissed as formulaic and unoriginal, with no more than a fringe testimonial value. In this talk, Alberto Tiburcio will argue that the polemical work of the Portuguese-born convert ‘Alī Qulī … Read more

Virtual: Roundtable Discussion: Love, Laws and Changes

Online

This webinar is part of the series, “Revisiting Discourses of Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Iran and Diaspora: A Symposium in a Series of Panels.” Register in advance: go.unc.edu/Iran From their mundane to their sublime forms, love and desire have … Read more