The Commander of the Faithful in Islamic History and the Taliban-Islamic State Rivalry

Professor Neil Krishan Aggarwal

March 23, 2017 · 12-1PM

Columbia University, Fayerweather Hall, Room 411

The Committee on Global Thought (CGT) Lunchtime Seminars are a forum for Columbia University faculty and visiting scholars to discuss current research characterizing and assessing issues of global importance. Open to Columbia affiliates only. No registration is required. Light lunch will be available.

About the speaker

Neil Krishan Aggarwal is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His areas of research interest are cultural psychiatry, cultural-competence training, and psychiatric anthropology. He is especially interested in conceptions of mental health and illness among South Asian and Middle Eastern populations.

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Spring 2017 Schedule

Below is the schedule for Spring 2017. The seminar takes place on Thursdays from 12-1pm in Fayerweather Hall, Room 411 unless otherwise noted. Please check back for updates to the schedule.

February 23

Reinhold Martin on "The Urban Apparatus: Mediapolitics and the City"

March 23

Neil Krishan Aggarwal on "The Commander of the Faithful in Islamic History and the Taliban-Islamic State Rivalry"

April 6

Weiping Wu on "China's Urban Transformation"

Directions

The seminar takes place on Thursdays from 12-1pm in Fayerweather Hall, Room 411 unless otherwise noted. Please check back for updates to the schedule.