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Past Events

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

Nov

15

Oct

17

Sep

29

Lecture

Plenary Speaker at the NAVSA 2022: Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb

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Virtual:
On
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

Apr

15

Event

Cyber Muslims: Mapping Islamic Networks in the Digital Age Conference

Location:
Williams Hall Global Commons
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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…