By: Malu Halasa By translating the work of the Persian scholar Abdolkarim Soroush, the dissident journalist Akbar Ganji and many other censored Iranians, my friend Nilou Mobasser gave voice to a complex culture, particularly in the US, where these authors were published in English for the first time. In 1997, she translated Ghazi Rabihavi’s Look Europe, […]
On 15 March, the Iranian intellectualAbdolkarim Soroush (real name: Hosein Haj Faraj Dabbagh) delivered the Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture 2012, at the London School of Economics (LSE). Although he has never directly studied under Popper, Soroush memorated that he was studying philosophy of science at Chelsea College (later absorbed into King’s College London) when Popper was teaching at LSE. […]
Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture Date: Thursday 15 March 2012 Time: 6-7.30pm Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building Speaker: Professor Abdulkarim Soroush Chair: Professor John Worrall Update, Monday 19 December: Please note, this event will be ticketed. For further details see ‘Ticket Information’ below. Professor Soroush will discuss the role of philosophy – and Popper’s thought […]
On 15 March, the Iranian intellectualAbdolkarim Soroush delivered the Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture 2012, at the London School of Economics. Although he has never directly studied under Popper, Soroush memorated that…
Done and Un-done in Islamic Reform
