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SUMMARY:Children of Abraham: the story of Jewish-Muslim relations
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (LSE campus\, 
 venue tbc to ticketholders)
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 20 October 2026 5.30pm - 7pmSpeakerMarc David BaerDisc
 ussantTim WinterChairProfessor Larry KramerJoin us for the book launch of 
 Marc Baer's new book Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relat
 ions.Muslims and Jews have lived together for more than 1\,400 years\, in 
 relationships shaped by cooperation and conflict. Yet contemporary debate 
 often reduces this complex history to antagonism alone.Marc David Baer dis
 cusses his latest book\, Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim R
 elations\, his timely new account of two groups whose intertwined historie
 s continue to shape our world.From seventh-century Arabia to medieval Spai
 n to the Modern Middle East\, Baer challenges myths and counter-myths\, of
 fering a vital conversation about history\, memory and understanding.To at
 tend this event\, please ensure you register via the link provided.We also
  welcome all attendees to join us for a catered reception directly after t
 he event.Meet our speaker:Marc David Baer is Professor of International Hi
 story at LSE\, and the author of six books\, including The Ottomans: Khans
 \, Caesars and Caliphs\, short-listed for the prestigious Wolfson Prize\; 
 Honored by the Glory of Islam: Conversion and Conquest in Ottoman Europe\,
  winner of the Albert Hourani Book Award\; and Sultanic Saviors and Tolera
 nt Turks\, winner of the Dr Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Arme
 nian Studies.Meet our discussant:Tim Winter is Senior Lecturer in Islamic 
 Studies at the Faculty of Divinity\, University of Cambridge\, and an imam
  at the Cambridge Central Mosque. He is the editor of the Cambridge Compan
 ion to Classical Islamic Theology\, and the author of several books\, most
  recently Piper at the Gates: A Theology of the Embodied Muslim Subject.Me
 et our chair:Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE si
 nce April 2024. A constitutional scholar\, university administrator\, and 
 philanthropic leader\, he was previously the President of the William and 
 Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.From time to 
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