<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Dear colleagues, the seminar below may be of interest to some.</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria">Best wishes, Dagmar Riedel</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria">----</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria">Dear colleagues,<br></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria">The next ZOOM meeting of the Columbia University Seminar
on Religion and Writing will be held via Zoom on <b>Thursday, October 29^th at 12pm</b> (EST). Our guest will be
Adday Hernández López, from the <span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in Madrid. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria">Dr. Hernández López’s talk, “<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">A Late Manuscript, an Old Debate: A Juridical Question of Abū Isḥāq
al-Shāṭibī (d. 1388) about Economy, Society and Political Authority in the
Premodern Islamic West,” will discuss the origins, development, and
implications of </span><i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">istighrāq al-dhimma</span></i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (Ar. , literally “total negation of the legal personality”),
an Islamic principle of jurisprudence. More information may be found on our </span><span style="color:blue;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://researchblogs.cul.columbia.edu/islamicbooks/religionwriting/" target="_blank">Seminar Blog</a>.</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">If you are interested
in attending, please RSVP to </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:abw2163@columbia.edu" target="_blank">abw2163@columbia.edu</a></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> by <b>Thursday, October 24th. </b> </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Cambria">Columbia University encourages persons with disabilities
to participate in its programs and activities. University Seminar participants
with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations may contact the Office
of Disability Services at 212.854.2388 or <span style="color:blue"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="mailto:disability@columbia.edu" target="_blank">disability@columbia.edu</a></span></span>. Disability accommodations,
including sign-language interpreters, are available on request. Requests for
accommodations must be made two weeks in advance.<br>
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We are obviously sad not to conclude this announcement with an invitation to
join us for dinner with Dr. Hernández López at the Faculty House after her talk.  There will be
plenty of time, however, for lively discussion! <br>
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We look forward to seeing you on October 29^th.</p>

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Elizabeth Powers and Dagmar Riedel, co-chairs<br>
Anya Wilkening, rapporteur</p></div></div></div></div></div>
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