|
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
|
Registration and Continental Breakfast
|
|
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
|
Recitation from the Noble Qur'an
Welcome and introduction of honored guests
Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Director of the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and
Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary
|
|
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m
|
Session 1
The study of Shi'ite Islam in the universities, colleges and seminaries of Europe
and North America
Dr. Andrew J. Newman
Dr. Liyakat Takim
|
|
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
|
Session 2
Shi'i contributions to the disciplines of fiqh and kalam
Dr. Hamid Mavani
Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush
|
|
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
|
LUNCH
His Excellency Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim's message and speech form Najaf
Delivered By Sayyid Haidar Bahar al-Aloom
|
|
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
|
Session 3
Shi'i contributions to the disciplines of philosophy and mysticism.
Dr. Mohsen Kadivar
Dr. Hossein Kamaly
|
|
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
|
Session 4
Launching the chair for the study of Shi'ite Islam at the Hartford Seminary
Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub
Dr. Heidi Hadsell
|
|
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
|
Banquet $40 per person and keynote address by Dr.Sayyed Hossein Nasr, Professor of Islamic Studies
at George Washington University.
|
|
Registration: $15 per person online by october 1st, onsite registration $20. (International
students with ID are free)
|
For reservations at a special group rate, please call the Hartford Plaza Hotel at
1.888.530.9703,
or go to www.hartfordplazahotel.com and use "HAZ" to access this
special rate (subsidise rate of $49.00 plus tax)
|
