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 Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys Book Discussion Series

Camden-Carroll Library is hosting a book discussion series on selected books from the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf collection. To learn more about the Bookshelf collection and programming associated with it, please visit this page.

The March 3 discussion on "The House of Wisdom" has been postponed until March 10 due to the weather.

Connected Histories

Our theme is Connected Histories. Centuries before the dawn of the modern age, the world was already a surprisingly interconnected place. Readings for this theme introduce a way of understanding the past in which Islam and the West are seen as products of a shared, cosmopolitan, and inextricably intertwined past. These books help envision the world of our ancestors, which was as complex and dynamically interconnected as the world we live in today.

Registration is recommended for this program. Registries will receive a folder with materials related to the book and a FREE copy of the book! Participants are encouraged to attend all events and discussions, but it is not required! Registration will be for each individual book, not for the whole series. We recommend that you register by the suggested date listed below.

All events are FREE and open to the public!

 

PARKING: The University Parking/Traffic office has informed me that because of the timing of our book discussions, as long as you do not park in a numbered spot, they will not be giving out tickets. There are a number of lots around the library that provide for convenient parking, if you need a map for parking, please let Sandy know.

 

LTAI: Kick off Event

Date: Monday, February 3
Time: 4:30 pm

This will be our Kick-off Event for this book discussion series. Participants will have read and be ready to discuss the Essay to accompany our theme and books. This will give us an introduction to the books and an introduction to each other! Refreshments will be provided. 

Join this event on Facebook!

 

LTAI: Book 1: When Asia Was the WorldWhen Asia Was the World

Date: Monday, February 17
Time: 4:30 pm

Book Discussion 1 will be on "When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the "Riches of the East"" by Stewart Gordon.  

Amazon description:

While European civilization stagnated in the “Dark Ages,” Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of spiritual, commercial, and intellectual connections, the distant regions of Asia’s vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with trade, international diplomacy, and the exchange of ideas. Stewart Gordon has fashioned a compelling and unique look at Asia from AD 700 to 1500—a time when Asia was the world—by relating the personal journeys of Asia’s many travelers.

Registration: Monday, January 27 - Monday, February 10

 

LTAI: Book 2: House of WisdomHouse of Wisdom

Date: Monday, March 3 - This discussion has been postponed until March 10
Time: 4:30 pm

Book Discussion 2 will be on "The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance" by Jim Al-Khalili

Amazon description: A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance.

Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western Christendom lay in intellectual darkness. Jim al- Khalili, a leading British-Iraqi physicist, resurrects this lost chapter of history, and given current East-West tensions, his book could not be timelier. With transporting detail, al-Khalili places readers in the hothouses of the Arabic Enlightenment, shows how they led to Europe's cultural awakening, and poses the question: Why did the Islamic world enter its own dark age after such a dazzling flowering?

Registration: Monday, February 10 - Monday, February 24

 

LTAI: Book 3: Ornament of the WorldOrnament of the World

Date: Monday, March 31
Time: 4:30 pm

Book Discussion 3 will be on "The Ornament of the World" by Maria Rosa Menocal

Amazon description:

A brilliant and fascinating portrait of medieval Spain explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance. of photos. 3 maps.

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