About the Event
Keynote Speaker
Professor Fred M. Donner
Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern History, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
The title of his presentation is:
“Rediscovering Early Islam from Literary and Documentary Sources”
Professor Donner is known for the publication of the following, as well as other, books:
Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, Belknap Press, 2012.
Narratives of Islamic Origins: The Beginnings of Islamic Historical Writing, Gerlach Press, 2021.
The Early Islamic Conquests, Princeton University Press, 1981.
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