Reconsidering Marshall Hodgson
Who was Marshall Hodgson and should he have a claim on our attention today?

In a moment of populist nationalisms and deepening Islamophobia, Hodgson’s humanistic vision is once again of interest. Primarily known as the author of the innovative three volume textbook, The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization (Chicago, 1974), Hodgson proposes a vision of the unfolding of Islam that seeks to elude civilizationist essentialisms by inserting Islamic history into the larger history of humanity. Essays in Islam and World History: The Ventures of Marshall Hodgson (Chicago 2018) provide the first critical reassessment of his life and work, while grounding it in the post-World War II efforts by global scholars to devise a new framework for a new post-colonial world.
Date: 7 November 2018, 17:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Speaker: Edmund Burke III (UC Santa Cruz)
Organiser: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: mec@sant.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Kaja Winney