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Past Events

Sep

24

Lecture

What is Muslim Cinema? with Kristian Petersen

Location:
STEPS 101
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At a moment when Muslims are so frequently vilified in popular media, what can be learned by focusing on cinema where Muslim creatives are in control and testify to their own self-presentation? In this presentation, Petersen offers an analytical framework that can register and…
May

2

Apr

9

Class/Workshop

Complicating Queerness in the Middle East with Madian al-Jazerah

Location:
Humanities Center
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Presented by Lehigh University Global Studies, the Center for Global Isalmic Studies, the Pride Center, and the Humanities Center, Madian al-Jazerah, activist, entrepeneur, and author of Are You This? Or Are You This? will be joinging us for a dinner conversation around…
Mar

21

Feb

27

Feb

7

Lecture

How to Think About Muslim Difference with Youshaa Patel

Location:
STEPS 101
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Drawing on his recently published book, The Muslim Difference (Yale 2022), Youshaa Patel explores the vexing Islamic discourse of reprehensible imitation (tashabbuh), a discourse that enjoins ordinary believers to embody and display their religious difference from Christians,…
Dec

5

Class/Workshop

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A Teach-In

Location:
Linderman Library, Room 200
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Everyone’s talking about the war in the Gaza Strip, but why did it happen now?Why does it raise such a high emotional response? What can we do about it?Come and hear experts in this teach-in and join the conversation. The event will be divided between three 10-minute…
Sep

27

Lecture

The Idea of Nature with Naveeda Khan

Location:
Linderman Library, Room 200
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This talk Naveeda Khan will present the context and major arguments of her recently published book River Life and the Upspring of Nature based on five years of fieldwork in the riverine chars of northern Bangladesh.  
Sep

18

Apr

25

Mar

27

Feb

20