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The Critical Reading Group engages with the writing of thinkers, scientists, philosophers and theologians – some well-known, others not so well-known – who have had or continue to have a profound, perhaps surprising influence in the world of ideas as we experience it today. We anticipate that the group will consist of Muslims who take seriously but critically the undeniable edifice of most, if not all, great civilizations: fellowship, faith, learning and scholarship. Please have a look below for our weekly topics and discussions
The group will meet weekly and, following a main presentation by a convener, discuss and debate the issues contained in and raised by readings from a core set of texts. We also hope that the secondary, transferable skills of critical thinking, systematic enquiry and collaborative learning are developed along the way. Above all, participants should bear in mind that neither agreement nor closure on subjects will be given much weight. The details of the meetings are as follows: VENUE: King’s College London (Strand Campus), Room 4A, Chesham Building (Map) TIME: 6.30pm until 8pm DAY: Every Tuesday CONVENORS: Dr Usama Hasan (Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University) & Dr Mahbub Gani (Lecturer, King’s College London) CONTACT: mahbub.gani{at}kcl.ac.uk Lists of previous and upcoming themes and subjects in chronological order: Belief in God in an Age of Science: John Pilkinghorne 30th October 2007 - 6th November 2007 Convenor: Dr Usama Hasan Philosophy of Science: Do facts precede theory? Inductivism 13th November 2007 Convenor: Mahbub Gani Philosophy of Science: Falsificationism. Theories as structures and Kuhn 20th November 2007 Convenor: Mahbub Gani Wittgenstein I: Introduction to "Tractatus Logico Philosophicus" 27th November 2007 Convenor: Iman Poernomo Wittgenstein II: Life after "Tractatus" 4th December 2007 Convenor: Iman Poernomo The Captive Mind: Syed Hussein Alatas 11th December 2007 Covenor: Fuad Ali Ethics: Abortion 22nd January 2008 Kantian Ethics (Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals) 5th February, 19th February, 26th February 2008 Ad Hoc Theme: Archbishop Speech 12th February 2008 Ethics: Al-Ghazali 4th and 11th March 2008 Post-Colonial Studies: Edward Said's Orientalism 18th March - 1st April 2008 Convenor: AbdoolKarim Vakil Political Economy 22nd and 19th April 2008 Convenor: Tayeb Sherif History of Muslim Science 6th and 13th May 2008 Convenor: Dr Saira Malik Applied Sociology: Poltical and Technological Change in Indonesia 20th May 2008 Convenor: Hassan Hoque Application of Maqasid ul-Shari'ah 27th May 2008 Convenor: Fuad Ali Philosophy of Science: Quine and the Two Dogmas of Empericsim 3rd June 2008 Convenor: Dr Mahbub Gani Post-Colonial Studies: Fanon and Hijab 10th June 2008 Convenor: Dr Mahbub Gani Development: Exporting MIT to India and Iran 24th June 2008 Convenor: Dr Mahbub Gani How to Study the Futuhat: Ibn Arabi’s Own Advice 1st and 8th July 2008 Convenor: Dr Mahbub Gani, Lecturer of Engineering at King's College London Critical Discussion on Maqasid ul-Shari’ah 15th July 2008 Convenor: D. Mahub Gani, Lecturer of Engineering at King's College London Primer on Evolution: Clarification, Controversies and Myths (IMASE Evolution Initiative I) Convenor: Aalaa’ Al-Shamaaee, PhD student in Paleobiology at Univeristy College London 22nd July 2008 Theology and Evolution: Reconciliation and Possibilities (IMASE Evolution Initiative II) Convenor: Aalaa’ Al-Shamaaee, PhD student in Paleobiology at Univeristy College London 29th July 2008 A critique of Muslim Style: Intelligent Design (IMASE Evolution Initiative III) Convenor: Salman Butt, PhD student in biology at Imperial College London 5th August 2008 |
