⭐️ Presented by the Departments of Middle East / South Asia Studies, Comparative Literature, French and Italian, Religious Studies, German And Russian and the Jewish Studies Program.

Reception: 5 p.m.

Lecture: 5:30 p.m.

Please join Professor Leora Batnitzky, Princeton University and Professor Anver Emon, University of Toronto for a discussion "Jews, Muslims & the Challenges of Western Modernity" on how Jewish and Muslim thinkers navigate their rich legal and religious traditions in response to Enlightenment ideas about statehood, secular law, identity, and morality. This panel explores the dialogue between premodern religious thought and modern Western concepts.