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presidential LECTURER

October 9 - 10, 2006

Anthropologist, Talal Asad

Thinking About Blasphemy and Secular Criticism

University Distinguished Professor in Anthropology
City University of New York Graduate Center

About the Speaker

Excerpt from the webpage curated by John Eilts on the Presidential Lectures site hosted by Stanford University Libraries:

"Thinking About Blasphemy and Secular Criticism" is the title of the Presidential Lecture to be presented by Talal Asad, the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Living up to his family name (which means lion in Arabic), Asad has been a major force in the field of anthropology, always pushing its boundaries. Read more »

Program

Monday, October 9, 7:00 p.m.

Lecture
School of Education, Cubberley Auditorium
485 Lasuen Mall
Stanford University

Tuesday, October 10, 4:00 p.m.

Discussion
Stanford Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa Street
Stanford University

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