European Islam. Lessons from China: Why the Muslim History of China matters to Europe

13/03/2008 - 15:00

13 March 2008
15.00 - 17.00 hrs
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Lecture by Dr. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite (New York University)

Venue: ISHSS Building, room A. Prins Hendrikkade 189-B, 1011 TD Amsterdam

For directions please see: http://www.ishss.uva.nl/Contact/directions.htm

Outline:

The lecture will survey 1300 years of Muslim migrations to China and Muslim presence in this country: covering issues such as science, technology, the military, culture and politics.  It will then draw some lessons from this experience to the European context in various locations: France, Britain and Germany. 

Biodata:

Dr. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite is a historian who works on World history; Chinese History; Islam in Asia; Religious Minorities in World History; Exile; Diaspora and Historiography; Comparative Human Rights; Chinese Muslim history. Among his major publications is: The Dao of Muhammad: A Cultural History of Muslims in Late Imperial China.  Harvard University Asia Center, 2005

Asian Studies in Amsterdam (ASiA) is an initiative of the Board of the University of Amsterdam and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden. ASiA's goal is to stimulate, facilitate and broaden research activities pertaining to Asia in Amsterdam, and also aims to make the outcomes and insights generated by this research accessible to a wider audience.