Muslims and Modernity Herman Beck, Tilburg University

Room 9A, Venice International University, Isola di San Servolo

Herman Beck shall analyze and challenge the statement, frequently put forward in the West, that Islam and modernity are incompatible.

Herman Beck from Tilburg University is Professor of Transnational Muslim Movements and Islam and the Making of Europe at Venice International University.

Discussant: Barbara De Poli, Professor of Contemporary History of Islamic Countries at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.