On Wednesday, January 25th, AIC welcomed Dr. Yousef Casewit of the University of Chicago Divinity School to speak at its Academic Lecture Forum. Dr. Casewit presented an intriguing discussion on the Names of Allah that precipitated deep reflection and critical thinking regarding the "self", "God", and tawhid. If you missed this thoughtful lecture, you may watch the recording below.
Dr. Yousef Casewit is an Assistant Professor of Qur’anic Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He specializes in the Qur’anic Studies, Andalusi and Maghribi intellectual history, and Sufism. He has several publications, the most recent (co-edited with Gerhard Bowering) is a critical edition of the Qurʾān Commentary by Ibn Barrajān of Seville (Brill TSQ Series, 2015). His study of Ibn Barrajan, The Mystics of al-Andalus, is forthcoming in April 2017. He is currently working on a critical edition, translation, and analytical examination of the “Commentary on the Beautiful Names of God” (Sharḥ asmāʾ Allāh al-ḥusnā) by the celebrated North African poet and gnostic ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī (d. 690/1291). Born in Egypt and raised in Morocco, he is fluent in Arabic, French and Spanish. Yousef has traveled throughout the Islamic world, and has studied with Muslim scholars in Morocco, Syria, and Mauritania.
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