The Global Lehrhaus Seminar: Topographies of Exile
Readings
Each session, the presenter(s) will recommend a short reading selection. To make the most of the seminar, we highly recommend taking the time to read.
Session 6: Muslim Responses to Pandemic
Review a presentation from Dr. Zeyneb Sayilgan, entitled "Sharia in Practice: The Case of COVID-19."
Consider Dr. Ebrahim Moosa’s NYT Opinion Piece from April 27, 2020, entitled “Saudi Arabia Must Suspend the Hajj.”
Meditate on Imam A. Rashied Omar’s sermon: “Taking the Covid-19 Vaccine is an Act of Sadaqah/Charity.”
Session 5: Christian Responses to the Pandemic
Learn more about Pope Francis’ extraordinary prayer for an end to the pandemic. Click link to access: vaticannews.va
Enjoy the writing of one of our featured guests, Min. Renita Ward, Esq.
Read “Think Again: Religion in the Wake of the Pandemic,” by another of our featured guests, Cynthia G. Lindner. Click link to access: divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings.
Session 3: Literature in the Time of Pandemic
Read selections from Albert Camus’ The Plague.
Enjoy W.H. Auden’s “In Memory of W.B Yeats.” Click link to access: poets.org.
Read “A Tale of Two Classrooms: Impressions of an Academic Year,” by one of our featured guests, Professor Richard Rosengarten. Click link to access: divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings.
Session 2: Poetry in the Time of Pandemic
Consider two William Hogarth etchings.
Read excerpts from Emily Bilman’s Apperception, Troubador Books, 2020, UK.
Read excerpts from Infected City by Esther Cameroon. Also available at: The Deronda Review www.derondareview.org/infectedcity.pdf
*Update Read Naama Gershy’s poetry selections.
*Update Click Here and Here to visit Sarah Sassoon’s work on the web.