Join us for a comparative analysis of the doctrines of jihad and just war in the Islamic and international legal traditions. How did each legal framework develop the grounds for going to war and the conduct in war? How did the Islamic and Western civilizations influence the other’s ethics surrounding war? How have contemporary Muslim societies, state and non-state actors, responded to classical notions of jihad and current provisions of international Law? We will explore these questions and more with Dr. Sohail Hashmi, Author/Editor, Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Encounters and Exchanges (Oxford University Press, 2012).

Dr. Sohail Hashmi is a professor of International Relations on the Alumnae Foundation and Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College, where he has taught since 1994. His research and teaching focus on comparative international ethics, particularly concepts of just war and peace, and on the study of religion in politics, particularly Islam in domestic and international politics. He has published on a range of topics in Islamic ethics and political theory, including sovereignty, humanitarian intervention, tolerance, civil society, and the theory of jihad. He is currently working on a book analyzing Muslim responses to the rise of international law.

Hashmi received a B.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Harvard and an M.A. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton. He has been awarded fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the W. Alton Jones Foundation.

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