November 14, 2011
Leila Ahmed, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity at HDS, spoke about her recent book, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America, published in April by Yale University Press.
Panel discussants were Susan Abraham, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies and associate director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at HDS; and Jane I. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Divinity and associate dean for faculty and academic affairs at HDS.
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions at HDS and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard.
See also: Faculty Book, Hijab, Islam, Jane I. Smith, Kecia Ali, Muslim Women, Women and Gender in Religion, Video