Date/Time
Date(s) - 31 Jan 2012
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Columbia University Faculty House
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University Seminars at Columbia University – SEMINAR ON RELIGION AND WRITING
Richard W. Bulliet, Professor of History, Columbia University, will lead a discussion entitled “Arab Dominion, Arabian Faith, Arabic Alphabet.”
How and why did the Arabic alphabet, as opposed to a specific icon or word, come to represent the Caliphate and Islam? The focus will be on
the coinage reform of the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik and the development of Persian as a language using the Arabic script.
Drinks will be available in the Faculty House starting at 5:30 pm, dinner will follow at 6 pm. The talk will begin at 7:00 pm sharp, on
the second floor.
If you would like to attend the dinner prior to Professor Bulliet’s presentation, please confirm by notifying the rapporteur Hannah Barker
([email protected]) no later than TUESDAY, January 24, 2012.
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