An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries, Volume II: On Women (Oxford University Press and The Institute of Ismaili Studies, November 2021), edited by Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza is the long-awaited and highly anticipated second volume in the Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries series.
This work offers a thematic overview of the subject of women in the Qur’an and in the commentarial tradition known as tafsir. Join us at the book launch event, taking place in-person at the Aga Khan Centre with the editors, Dr Karen Bauer and Dr Feras Hamza, and the panel of discussants Dr Sarah Savant, Dr Walid Saleh, Dr Yasmin Amin and Dr Anna Chrysostomides. The panel event will run from 5:00-6:30pm, followed by a reception with refreshments from 6:30-7:15pm.
Attendees are invited to join in-person and online; please note registration is essential, via Eventbrite or Zoom respectively. The event will be filmed, live-streamed, and the recording may be edited and used by The Institute of Ismaili Studies for marketing, educational and archival purposes. By registering for this event you consent to these terms.
Watch book launch event here
Speakers
Dr Karen Bauer
Associate Professor
Dr Karen Bauer (PhD, Princeton) is an Associate Professor in the Qur’anic Studies Unit at the IIS. Dr Bauer’s research centres on the Qur'an and its reception history, the history of emotions in Islam, and gender in Islamic history and thought. Dr Bauer’s publications include An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries, Vol II: On Women (2021, with Feras Hamza), Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (2015), Aims, Methods, and Contexts of Qur’anic Exegesis (2013), and numerous articles.
Professor Feras Hamza
Senior Research Fellow and Anthology Coordinator
Professor Feras Hamza (PhD, Oxford) is a Senior Research Fellow and Anthology Coordinator, and Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE. His publications include An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries, Vol I: On The Nature of the Divine (2009, with Sajjad Rizvi), An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries, Vol II: On Women (2021, with Karen Bauer) and numerous articles.
