Prof. Tasar will discuss the second chapter of
his book in progress, Muslim Atheism in
Central Asia. The chapter, entitled
"Expansion," charts the dramatic growth in
atheistic literature in languages spoken by
Central Asian Muslims throughout the 1960s,
a decade that witnessed Khrushchev's
antireligious campaign as well as a
subsequent effort to rein in that campaign's
excesses.
Friday, October 18
4:00 p.m. HSSB 4020
Eren Tasar is Associate Professor of History at UNC Chapel Hill.