Memory and Erasure in the Story of the West: Where Have All the Muslims Gone?

’Memory and Erasure in the Story of the West: Where Have All the Muslims Gone?,’ by Dr. Glen Cooper, discusses how the Islamic World has been erased from the foundational strictures of the Western world. Glen Cooper graduated from Brigham Young University in physics and astronomy, and continued his academic career by studying philosophy at Oxford. Later, Dr. Cooper went on to earn his Ph.D. in the history of Islamic science and culture from Columbia University. Additionally, Dr. Cooper has worked on the Islamic Translation series at the BYU Maxwell Institute, taught Middle Eastern history at BYU, and taught history and religion classes and the Claremont Colleges in greater Los Angeles. He has also taught Greek, Byzantine, Jewish, and South Asian history courses. Dr. Cooper is very widely published, especially on the topic of Islamic science, and currently resides in Springville, Utah, where he is working away on his next book. Lecture recording took place on Jan. 10, 2019 (RE-UP