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William Graham Receives Journal of Law and Religion Lifetime Achievement Award

William Graham Receives Journal of Law and Religion Lifetime Achievement Award

December 13, 2012

The Journal of Law and Religion presented its 15th annual Lifetime Achievement Award to William A. Graham, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, at the journal's 21st annual symposium.

Graham, whose scholarly work has focused on early Islamic religious history and textual traditions and problems in the history of world religion, served as dean of Harvard Divinity School from 2002 to 2012.

The Journal of Law and Religion Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to honor persons who have devoted a...

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Exploring Islam in Nigeria

Exploring Islam in Nigeria

September 27, 2011

A panel of experts convened at HDS for a discussion on Islam in central Africa in preparation for the visit the Sultan of Sokoto.

Sultan of Sokoto, Religious Leader of Nigeria’s Muslim Community, to Visit Harvard

Sultan of Sokoto, Religious Leader of Nigeria’s Muslim Community, to Visit Harvard

September 15, 2011

by Jonathan Beasley
jbeasley@hds.harvard.edu
617.496.6004

His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, will make his first visit to Harvard University on October 2–3, 2011. He will deliver the Samuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi Lecture, one of the most distinguished lectures at the University, on October 3.

The Sultan of Sokoto is the religious leader of Nigeria's Muslim community, which consists of approximately half of the country's nearly 160 million inhabitants, and of millions of Muslims in...

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