Denison: Goodspeed Lecturer Kambiz GhaneaBassiri

The Goodspeed Lecture welcomes Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, professor of religion and humanities at Reed College. An internationally recognized scholar in Islam in America and the Middle East, he was named a Carnegie Scholar for his book “A History of Islam in America” and a Guggenheim Fellow for his current book project on the mosque in Islamic history. He also served as one of five national scholars who developed the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association Muslim Journeys Bookshelf.