LECTURE – Divine Man or Man of God? by Professor Mushegh Asatryan, Trinity College, USA

| November 10, 2011

Department of Language and Culture Studies
Trinity College
presents
Professor Mushegh Asatryan
Visiting Lecturer, Trinity College


“Divine Man or Man of God?
Early Islamic Sources on the Idea of the Divinity of the Imams.”
Monday, November 14, 2011
4:15PM
Rittenberg Lounge

Mushegh Asatryan is a visiting Lecturer in Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College. His research interests include early Islamic religious history, with special focus on Shi’a sectarian movements and theologies. He has several publications on Islamic thought in academic journals and encyclopedias. His current research project is an article about the role of the network of ‘money-changers’ in medieval Iraq, and about their role in early Shi’ism. He is currently completing his PhD degree in Religious Studies at Yale University. From March 2012, he will begin work as a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London.

Divine Man or Man of God? Early Islamic Sources on the Idea of the Divinity of Imams by Mushegh Asatryan
Event Type: Lecture
Location: Mather Hall Rittenberg Lounge
Monday, November 14, 2011
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
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