Past Events

Sep

18

Lecture

The Praiseworthy One: Devotional Images of the Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Traditions with Christiane Gruber

Location:

Linderman Library, Room 200

September 18, 2023, 4:30 - 6pm

This talk explores a number of paintings of the Prophet Muhammad produced in Persian and Turkish lands from the fourteenth century to the modern day. Ranging from veristic to abstract, these images represent Muhammad’s individual traits, primordial luminosity, and veiled essence…

Apr

25

Lecture

The Women's Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam with Tazeen M. Ali

Location:

STEPS 290

April 25, 2023, 4:30 - 6pm

In this talk, Tazeen M. Ali explores how American Muslim women create and authorize new conceptions of authority at the Women's Mosque of America, a woman-only mosque in Los Angeles. These women form new configurations of religious authority against both the marginalization they…

Mar

27

Lecture

Domesticating the Obscene: Translating Sex and Medicine in the Late Ottoman Empire with Seçil Yılmaz

Location:

STEPS 290

March 27, 2023, 4:30 - 6pm

Feb

20

Lecture

Indian Knowledge and the Making of Modern History with Shahzad Bashir

Location:

STEPS 290

February 20, 2023, 4:30 - 6pm

Nov

15

Lecture

From Culture Wars to a World War: The Allied Occupation of Iran and its Aftermath, 1941-1946 with Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet

Location:

STEPS 290

November 15, 2022, 4:30 - 6pm

Oct

17

Lecture

Qawwali: The Sufi Music of South Asia with Scott Kugle

Location:

STEPS 290

October 17, 2022, 4:30 - 6pm

Sep

29

Lecture

Plenary Speaker at the NAVSA 2022: Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb

September 29, 2022, 5:30 - 7pm

Virtual:

Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Toronto) where she teaches postcolonial literature and theory and poetry. She holds a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and has taught at Bard, Williams College,…

Sep

29

Event

NAVSA 2022 Just Victorian Conference

September 29 - October 2, 2022, All day

Apr

15

Event

Cyber Muslims: Mapping Islamic Networks in the Digital Age Conference

Location:

Williams Hall Global Commons

April 15 - 16, 2022, All day

What is new about "new media"? What are the possibilities (and pitfalls) of digital religion in the twenty-first century? In the Digital Age, the Internet offers tech-savvy Muslims around the globe with alternative pathways for narratives and networking, experience and…

Apr

5

Lecture

Islamophobia, Extreme-Right Politics and the Presidential Elections in France with Yasser Louati

April 5, 2022, 4:15 - 5:15pm

Virtual:

Nov

8

Lecture

Modern Muslims' Digital Struggle: Countering Islamophobia on Social Media with Sahar Khamis

Location:

Linderman Library, Room 200

November 8, 2021, 4:45 - 6:15pm

Virtual:

Apr

6

Lecture

The Inconvenient Muslim with Aaron W. Hughes

April 6, 2021, 4:30 - 6pm

Virtual:

College of
Arts and Sciences

Global Islamic Studies

Past Events

Sep

18

The Praiseworthy One: Devotional Images of the Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Traditions with Christiane Gruber

Apr

25

The Women's Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam with Tazeen M. Ali

Mar

27

Domesticating the Obscene: Translating Sex and Medicine in the Late Ottoman Empire with Seçil Yılmaz

Feb

20

Indian Knowledge and the Making of Modern History with Shahzad Bashir

Nov

15

From Culture Wars to a World War: The Allied Occupation of Iran and its Aftermath, 1941-1946 with Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet

Oct

17

Qawwali: The Sufi Music of South Asia with Scott Kugle

Sep

29

Plenary Speaker at the NAVSA 2022: Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb

Sep

29

NAVSA 2022 Just Victorian Conference

Apr

15

Cyber Muslims: Mapping Islamic Networks in the Digital Age Conference

Apr

5

Islamophobia, Extreme-Right Politics and the Presidential Elections in France with Yasser Louati

Nov

8

Modern Muslims' Digital Struggle: Countering Islamophobia on Social Media with Sahar Khamis

Apr

6

The Inconvenient Muslim with Aaron W. Hughes