Prince Karim Aga Khan IV donated $2 million to fund a visiting professor of Islamic humanities at Brown University. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili branch of Islam, has a "long-standing connection" to Brown, said Vice President for International Affairs Matthew Gutmann.
His son, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, graduated from the University in 1995. Karim Aga Khan received an honorary degree from Brown in 1996, according to a May 1996 University press release. The Aga Khan gave the gift in honor of former University president Vartan Gregorian.
Associate Professor of History Vazira Zamindar is heading the search committee to find the first Aga Khan Visiting Professor of Islamic Humanities. She said the search committee includes two other faculty members, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sherine Hamdy and Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Middle East Studies Melani Cammett.
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His son, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, graduated from the University in 1995. Karim Aga Khan received an honorary degree from Brown in 1996, according to a May 1996 University press release. The Aga Khan gave the gift in honor of former University president Vartan Gregorian.
Associate Professor of History Vazira Zamindar is heading the search committee to find the first Aga Khan Visiting Professor of Islamic Humanities. She said the search committee includes two other faculty members, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sherine Hamdy and Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Middle East Studies Melani Cammett.
More information here.
