Workshop - Charity and Family in Muslim Societies

March 6, -
Speaker(s): Timur Kuran (Duke), Mustafa Batman (Duke), Adam Sabra (UCSB), Sumathi Ramswamy (Duke), and Adam Mestyan (Duke)
March 6, 2025 Thursday 1 pm-5 pm
Charity and Family in Muslim Societies

Duke Islamic Studies Center
Rubenstein Library, Carpenter Conference Room 249

1 pm: Timur Kuran and Mustafa Batman (Duke U), "The State Waqfs of Ottoman Istanbul, 1453-2022: Functions and Evolution"

2 pm: Adam Sabra (UCSB), "Slow Sayyidization: Ideologies of Lineage and Nobility in Ottoman Egypt"

3 pm: Sumathi Ramswamy (Duke U), "The Haji and the Nawab: The Travails of Being a Muslim Benefactor in British India"

4 pm Adam Mestyan (Duke U), "Endowments in Enterprises: The Case of the Daira Sanieh Lands in Egypt, 1860s-1900s"
Sponsor

Duke University Middle East Studies Center

Co-Sponsor(s)

Duke Islamic Studies Center

Contact

Orlando, Griffin
griffin.orlando@duke.edu
919-668-1653