Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
This discussion group will follow 5 books over 5 months running from January to May. The meeting for each book will take place the nal Thursday of that month. This group is open to anyone and you dont have to do all 5 books to participate. You may come and go as you please. You will also receive a free copy of each book you choose to participate in!
lecture series
A two-part lecture series Mecca & Medina: The Historical & Future Heart of Islam, led by Dr. Lawry de Bivort, with original photos and video from Mecca and Medina. The two largest public works projects in the world are taking place now in Mecca and Medina, the renovation and huge expansion of the fabled Two Mosques, an extraordinary armation of the world-wide future of Islam. Join us to learn about the historical and contemporary signicance of these two cultural hubs of the Islamic world.
j a n u ary
When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the Riches of the East By Stewart Gordon
meet: thurs, jan 30 | 6pm
may
In An Antique Lane By Amitav Ghos
meet: thurs, may 29 | 6pm
film series
muh ammad:
Legacy of a Prophet Directed by Alexander Kronemer, Michael Wolfe & Michael Schwarz
wed, jan 14 | 6pm
ma rch
The Ornament of the World By Maria Rosa Menocal
meet: thurs, march 27 | 6pm
For three Thursdays in May, join local poet and scholar Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for a three-part series, Where Poetry Meets the Divine: Su Mystics and the State of Your Life. The three poets being studied are Rumi, Haz and Rabia. Though Trommer has led discussions on these same three mystics in the past, this time she will oer new poems and new translators not used in previous classes. This is ecstatic poetry, with its words rooted in the human need for companionship and a longing to connect with the divine. In their poems, we see ourselves and our culture, despite the fact that they are writing to us over centuries and across cultural boundaries. This is poetry to laugh to, to cry with, to memorize and carry with us as we move through the day.Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer