2021 Lowe Family Conference | Jewish-Muslim relations through the ages: co-existence and conflict
Jews and Muslims in the Early-Modern Period: Continuity and Change
presented by
Yaron Ayalon | College of Charleston
respondent
Matthias Lehmann | University of California-Irvine
Since the rise of Islam in the seventh century, Jews and Muslims have lived in close proximity, collaborating, interacting and cross-influencing each other. This conference examines the development of Jewish-Muslim interaction over time, with special attention to the difference between pre-modern and modern periods, and highlighting the confluence of social, economic, political, cultural, and religious dimensions. The conference contends that understanding the past is conducive to addressing the challenges of the present and the future. World-renowned historians, sociologists and scholars of religious studies will examine the past and present of Jewish-Muslim relations.
Organized by ASU Jewish Studies. Sponsored by The Lowe Family Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowment and the Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism at Arizona State University, in partnership with The Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies.
additional information available at jewishstudies.asu.edu/lowe
