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The Islamic Roots of Dune (the movie and book)



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November 13, 2021 Zoom and YouTube Live.
Register: https://go.unc.edu/DuneIslamWebinar

The webinar is free. $10 suggested donation: https://go.unc.edu/PeckFundDonation
Original Preview @ UNC Religious Studies.

Frank Herbert's Dune is inspired by themes from the history of Islam that are both direct and subtle. Carl Ernst and Michael Muhammad Knight will discuss the new film and the book it is based on and explore how Islam is part of its foundation.

Carl Ernst is a leading scholar of Islamic Studies and Sufism and William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at UNC Chapel Hill.

Michael Muhammad Knight is Assistant Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Florida and the author of several books, most recently Muhammad's Body: Baraka Networks and the Prophetic Assemblage.

The live webinar is a fundraiser to benefit the Peck Fund for Teaching Excellence, which is devoted to supporting and recognizing teaching among graduate students in the Department of Religious Studies at UNC, Chapel Hill.

The webinar is free. A $10 donation is suggested. 100% of your tax deductible gift goes graduate students in the Department of Religious Studies through the Peck Fund for Teaching Excellence.

https://go.unc.edu/PeckFundDonation


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History
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