(talk + music) Sufism After Rumi

PANEL & PERFORMANCE:  Sufism after Rumi - The Mevlevi Sufi Order

The Islam in the West Lecture Series is proud to present:

Sufism after Rumi:  Past and Present in Turkey and the U.S.

WHEN:  Tuesday, October 28, 2008
              5:30-8:30 PM

WHERE:   Theatre Room, The Harvard Faculty Club
                 20 Quincy Street
                 Cambridge MA

INFO:   617-384-7606   or   cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/research/iw for Islam in the West

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
The Mevlevi Sufi order played an important role for many centuries in advocating for Islam in the West, where their poetry, music and whirling ceremony have always been a source of fascination.

Considering the fact that Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi is one of the best-selling poets in the U.S. and that different groups of Mevlevis frequently tour all around the world today, Mevlevism's influence continues to be preeminent in the West.

A panel of scholars discussing the current role of Mevlevism begins the program, followed by a concert of Mevlevi music by D.U.N.Y.A.