BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:35691@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20260115T143000 DTSTAMP:20260113T173421Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/emir-abd-el-kader-legacy-and-impact -on-global-affairs/ SUMMARY:Emir Abd El-Kader: Legacy and Impact on Global Affairs DESCRIPTION:\n\nWASHINGTON\, DC\nEmir Abd El-Kader: Legacy and Impact on Gl obal Affairs\nThursday\, Jan 15\, 2026 | 12:00pm EST | Riggs Library\n \n\nThe Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding cordially inv ites you to celebrate the launch of the John W. Kiser Research Initiative on the life and legacy of the 19th-century Algerian anti-colonial leader\, the Emir Abd El-Kader. The event will take place on Thursday\, January 1 5th at noon in Riggs Library.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDescription\n\nJoin us with Dr. John Esposito\, Dr. Josef Meri\, and Dr. Nader Hashemi to learn more abou t the Research Initiative\, Abd El-Kader’s remarkable legacy\, and his e nduring relevance to international affairs. Among other exciting opportuni ties for scholars and students\, the event will also announce the launch o f a grant prize competition which will award ten generous scholarships to eligible students at Georgetown University.\nSpeakers\nJohn Esposito is D istinguished University Professor\, Professor of Religion and Internationa l Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University and the Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. Past President of the American Academy o f Religion and Middle East Studies Association of North America\, Esposito has served as consultant to the U.S. Department of State and other agenci es\, European and Asian governments\, corporations\, universities\, and me dia worldwide and ambassador for the UN Alliance of Civilizations and was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders and E. C. European Network of Experts on De-Radicalisation. He has received honorary doctorates from St. Michael’s College\, University of Toronto\, the Uni versity of Sarajevo\, University of Florida and Immaculata University as w ell as the American Academy of Religion’s Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion\, Pakistan’s Quaid-i-Azzam Award for Ou tstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies\, Georgetown University’s Sch ool of Foreign Service Outstanding Teacher Award and Georgetown’s Career Research Achievement Award. Esposito’s more than 50 books have been tra nslated into over 45 languages.\n\nJosef Meri was most recently a visitin g professor at Georgetown University’s branch campus in Qatar and served as a research affiliate at the Alwaleed Center from 2021 to 2024. In June 2024\, he was appointed Senior Fellow with ACMCU’s Bridge Initiative. H is extensive background in the academic study of interfaith relations in p ast and present in the Middle East and global contexts\, Middle Eastern an d Islamic history\, and the history of religions has led him to hold vario us academic positions. Meri has lived in various cities around the world\, including Amman\, Berkeley (California)\, Binghamton (New York)\, Cairo\, Cambridge (UK)\, Damascus\, Doha\, Jerusalem\, London\, Munich\, and Oxfo rd (UK). He has taught in institutions in London\, Cambridge\, Munich\, an d Doha. His teaching encompasses themes of identity and belonging\, histor y and autobiography\, memory\, religious pluralism\, interfaith and inter- spiritual relations\, religious experience\, the sacred and the secular\, comparative religion\, the history of religions\, and applied research met hodologies in the humanities and social sciences.\nModerator\nNader Hashem i is the Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understandi ng and an Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the E dmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is t he author of Islam\, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democrati c Theory for Muslim Societies (Oxford University Press\, 2009) and co-edi tor of The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran ’s Future (Melville House\, 2011)\, The Syria Dilemma (MIT Press\, 20 13)\, Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East (Oxf ord University Press\, 2017) and a four-volume study on Islam and Human R ights: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies (Routledge\, 2023). He is fre quently interviewed by PBS\, NPR\, CNN\, Al Jazeera\, Pacifica Radio\, Alt ernative Radio and the BBC and his writings have appeared in the New York Times\, Newsweek\, Wall Street Journal\, The Nation\, Al Jazeera Onlin e\, CNN.com among other media outlets.\nRSVP Here\n \;\n\nPainting of Emir Abd El-Kader superimposed over maps of France and Algeria\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/01/4619_Emir_Abd_El-Kader_DIGITAL_USE.rev_.1767887880.webp CATEGORIES:#arabic,Arab,Community,culture,Education,Educational,Foreign Policy,Global Issues,Global Politics,Lecture LOCATION:Riggs Library Healy Hall\, 3700 O St NW\, 3700 O St NW\, Washingto n\, DC\, United States GEO:38.9076708;-77.07157519999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3700 O St NW\, 3700 O St NW \, Washington\, DC\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Riggs Librar y Healy Hall:geo:38.9076708,-77.07157519999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250906T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR