Professor Timur Yuskaev Is University of Denver Visiting Scholar

Timur Yuskaev, Associate Professor of Contemporary Islam, will be the Marsico Visiting Scholar at the University of Denver this week.

While there, Professor Yuskaev will give a lecture titled “The Qur’an as an American Scripture,” which relates to his book, Speaking Qur’an: An American Scripture. 

The lecture will take place Thursday, March 5, in Sturm Hall 286, with a reception at 4 p.m. and the talk at 4:30 p.m. It is organized by the Department of Religious Studies, supported by the Marsico Visiting Scholar Program, and co-sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies & the DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program.