Conversations Across the HumanitiesUSC Society of Fellows

Mostafa HusseinUSC Society of Fellows in the Humanities

“Planting a Culture: Islam and Jews

in Pre-state Palestine”

Friday, January 18, 201912noon to 2:00pmDML 241

Join us for a discussion of a work-in-progress from Mostafa Hussein’s ongoing book project, Islam and the Construction of a Jewish Culture in

Prestate Palestine, 1881-1948. This project relates a story about the nature of Jewish-Muslim relations in the modern Middle East and explores the place of

Arabo-Islamic knowledge in the formation of a Jewish culture in late Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine.

Complete the RSVP form by 1/16 to receive the pre-circulated readings.

Image Credit: Ibn al-Baytar (1197-1248), Jâmi' mufradat al-adwiya wa-'l-aghdiya (Compendium on Simple Medicaments and Foods )

The USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities is sponsored by the USC Office of the Provost and the USC Office of the Dean of Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. We thank the Sidney Harman Academy of Polymathic Study for hosting this event.