In 1957, a young, scrappy Pakistani journalist named Abdul Basit Naeem showed up at the doors of the Nation of Islam's headquarters in Chicago with a mission to meet the Supreme Leader, Elijah Muhammad, himself. Naeem was the publisher of a small...
By Dr. Rasul Miller, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at UC Irvine. Dr. Youssef Carter, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will provide an introduction and moderate...
Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
In Peaceful Families, Juliane Hammer chronicles and examines the efforts, stories, arguments, and strategies of individuals and organizations doing Muslim anti-domestic violence work in the United States. Looking at connections among ethical...
This talk explores the analytical opportunities afforded by a methodological focus on genre and what Talal Asad calls "the sensible body" for critically examining the Islamic discursive tradition in colonial India. To deploy a trans-genre...
Engaged scholarship on women and gender in Islam, and particularly in the Qur'an, has typically concentrated on prescriptive passages - first and foremost those that are legal in nature, and secondarily those that are ethical in nature. Such...
Acclaimed poet, activist, recording artist, and filmmaker Amir Sulaiman will read from and discuss his work, which viscerally and spiritually confronts themes of race, identity, suffering, healing, and love. Sulaiman's reading caps a week of...
Dima Ayoub, Ph.D. (McGill University) is an Assistant Professor of Arabic and Director of the Middle East Studies Program. Her research focuses on the importance of paratexts in the production, circulation, and reception of Arabic literature in...
Burak Erdim is an associate professor of architectural history and design at North Carolina State University. He teaches studios and courses on the global history of architecture and urbanism from the mid-19th Century to the present. Landed...
