CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed (Calem Institute, Marseille): Islam and the Diversity of Gender and Sexuality
| Dates: | 11 December 2019 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Current University students |
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CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: Islam and the Diversity of Gender and Sexuality
As a queer French Muslim who is trained in cognitive sciences, social psychology, anthropology, and also a qualified Imam, Dr. Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is particularly well placed to analyse the contemporary, socio-political situation of LGBT Muslims as well as the question of gender and sexuality in the Islamic tradition. Trained in Algeria in Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir al-Qur'an) and Islamic orthopraxy (usul al-fiqh), Dr. Zahed holds a master’s degree from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS) and a doctorate from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). He is the author of numerous books, scholarly articles, and newspaper op-eds. He currently the rector of the Calem Institute in Marseille, France. He will be speaking about his book, Homosexuality, Transidentity and Islam: A Study of Scripture Confronting the Politics of Gender and Sexuality (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).
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