Join authors Dr Karen Bauer and Professor Feras Hamza as they introduce their latest publication, Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the Qur’an: A Patronage of Piety, in conversation with Dr Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Dr Omar Alí-de-Unzaga.
The event will include a discussion followed by questions and answers with the audience. Light refreshments will be available in the atrium after the event.
Time: 5pm – 6:30pm BST
Date: 1 May 2024
Venue: Aga Khan Centre (London) and Online (via Zoom)
Please note: this event is free, but tickets are required for entry. This event will be recorded and published on the IIS YouTube channel.
Speakers
The authors will be joined by Dr Ziba Mir-Hosseini, legal anthropologist and activist, whose work focuses on the interplay between shari’a (lit. the path to be followed; the standard term used for Muslim law) and fiqh (the science of Islamic jurisprudence) and its effects on patriarchy in the Islamic world and by Dr Omar Ali de Unzaga, head of the Qur’anic Studies Unit at the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
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.
About the book
Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the Qur'an offers a fresh perspective on the highly contested topic of women's status in the Qur'an. Using a historical-critical approach, Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza argue that women were integral to the early community of believers, and that households were a major locus of Qur’anic morality, piety, and law. This compelling and original work proposes new paradigms for understanding the Qur’an’s social milieu and its salvific vision for that world.
Interview: Authors Dr Karen Bauer and Professor Feras Hamza share insights from their latest book.
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From the authors' previous work:
An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries, Vol. 2: On Women focuses on women in the Qur’an and traditional Qur’anic commentaries.
Cover image: "February: Kinship" by Joumana Medlej. From A Year With the Earth