Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.

When: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
Time: 5:30 pm — 7:30 pm
Location:Richcraft Hall, 2220
Audience:Anyone
Cost:Free | Reception to follow

Leonardo da Vinci: from Bagdad to Bayezid

Presented by H Masud Taj

On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci, we look back to an earlier renaissance that occurred in 9th century Baghdad and its impact on the Italian renaissance some 500 years later. This was the context in which Leonardo made a proposal to build a bridge for the Ottoman ruler Bayezid II. We end by examining Leonardo’s references to Islam in his journey to the East, whether feigned or not.

What We Choose to Forget

Presented by Karim H. Karim

The past that we choose to remember and the past that we choose to forget inevitably shape our present. Samuel Huntington’s model of a contemporary clash of civilizations is structured by neglecting the long-standing intellectual and cultural exchanges between Western and Muslim societies and by highlighting their conflicts. Such “organized forgetting” (Henry Giroux) has succeeded in producing a contemporary “clash of ignorance” (Edward Said).

Reception to follow

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H Masud Taj, award-winning Adjunct Professor of Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, delivered the Asian Heritage Month talk last year. He lectures on topics of Muslim Civilization at the Centre for Initiatives in Education at Carleton University and has delivered the Islamic History Month talk since 2017. Last year he went on a two-month round-the-world tour delivering sixteen lectures.

Karim H. Karim, is an award-winning Professor in Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication and Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam. He has delivered several distinguished lectures at venues in North America, Europe, and Asia. Prof. Karim been honoured by the Government of Canada for promoting collaboration between Muslims, Jews, Christians, and other Canadian communities.

This is an FPA Research Series event. It is also part of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam’s contribution to the Islamic History Month and it commemorates Leonardo da Vinci’s 500th anniversary. Additionally, the event has the support of the Centre in Modern Turkish Studies.