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Economic & Social Implications of Canadian Diversity
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Here is a video from our first lecture at UBC Robson Square.
Global Islam: Past, Present and Future is presented by UBC Continuing Studies, the Department of Asian Studies at UBC, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and the Laurier Institution. It is part of UBC Continuing Studies' Lifelong Learning Series.
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Here is a roundup of the media in connection with the lecture by Farzana Hassan. |
Join us for a series of free public lectures delivered by some of the world’s most renowned scholars in Islamic studies.
LIFELONG LEARNING SERIES
UBC Continuing Studies collaborates with other members of the UBC community to provide an ongoing series of free lectures, dialogues and debates on topics of interest to the general public – locally, nationally and internationally. The Lifelong Learning Series is held in the fall and winter terms and is recorded for podcast.
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Faisal Devji
The Meaning of Global Jihad, March 12, 2011
Michael Laffan
Indonesian Islam: The Modern, Global Shapings of a National Tradition?
Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi
Islam and the Contest of Faculties in Iran, Feb 5, 2011:
