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Hammoudi to discuss Muslim pilgrimage, April 27
Posted April 20, 2006; 10:55 p.m.
Abdellah Hammoudi, Princeton professor of anthropology, will discuss
the Muslim pilgrimage or hajj in a lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April
27, in 219 Burr Hall.
His talk, titled "Portrait of Pilgrimage: The Individual and the
Collective," will be based on his most recent book, "A Season in Mecca:
Narrative of a Pilgrimage."
The book was awarded second prize in the 2005 Lettre Ulysses Award for
the Art of Reportage. According to the international jury for the
award, the book "describes the strong, sensual impressions in Medina
and Mecca, and impressively gives anthropological, historical,
religious and social insights into Islam."
Hammoudi's talk is sponsored by the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia and the Department of Anthropology.