Past Event Category: Global Islam

Campus Speech: Defining Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

Professors Peter Beinart (CUNY), and Sahar Aziz (Rutgers)

April 21, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm WI Idea Lounge, Pyle Center (reception to follow) Register

Universities are now at the center of societal debates about Islamophobia, antisemitism, and freedom of expression. Antisemitism and Islamophobia are real. Increasingly, however, voicing support for Palestinians is cast as antisemitism or as a form of support for terrorism. This panel examines the controversy from a critical perspective. What are the limits of pro-Palestinian speech? …

Religious Studies Brown Bag & Book Talk featuring Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson

April 25, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Religious Studies Conference Room Link

We are pleased to support our Global Islam partner, Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson from African Cultural Studies and Faculty Affiliate to the Religious Studies Program, with the release of their new book! Dr. Thompson will discuss their upcoming book Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America, coming in April from NYU …

Pedagogical (Re)Encounters: Enacting a Decolonial Praxis in Teacher Professional Development in Pakistan, with Dr. Khoja-Moolji

September 17, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Register Here In this talk, Professor Khoja-Moolji reflects on the complexities as well as the promises of enacting a decolonial praxis in the context of teacher professional development. Focusing on a specific case of teacher professional development workshops in Pakistan, and drawing on the methodology of narrative inquiry, she will outline some of the pedagogical …