People of the Book

Broaden your understanding of the issues that cut across religious lines and hear the diverse multiple viewpoints that exist within and among these faiths.

Moderated by John L. Esposito, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Panelists include James Allan, Professor of Eastern Art, The Khalili Research Centre for the Art and Material Culture of the Middle East, University of Oxford; Reuven Firestone, Professor of Medieval Judaism and Islam, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and Co-Director, Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement, University of Southern California; and Suleiman A. Mourad, Professor, Department of Religion, Smith College.

This program is generously supported by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

In conjunction with the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.