Apr
19
2023
Shari‘a, Inshallah - A Book Discussion with Mark Fathi Massoud
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
This is a hybrid event. No registration is needed to attend in person. Register here to attend by Zoom. Lunch will be s...
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Upcoming Events
Apr
24
2023
Arabic and Islamic Manuscripts Day
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston
Explore Arabic and Quranic Manuscripts at the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, located in the Main Lib...
May
3
2023
Bringing Transnationalism Back In in the Comparative Politics of Africa and the Middle East: Labor Migration, Remittance Flows and the Politics of Trust - A Book Discussion with Khalid Medani
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston
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Past Events
Jan
27
2023
Translation Practices Across Institutional Borders From the Scholar to the Public
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM, Evanston
Comparative Literary Studies presents Translation Practices Across Institutional Borders: From the Scholar to the Public...
May
26
2022
Returning to Luqmān: Wisdom, Subjectivity, and Islamic Tradition (Dahlia E.M. Gubara)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
This is a hybrid event. No registration is needed to attend in person. Location: Forum Room (2nd Floor), University Li...
May
24
2022
Literary Authority in West African Islam (Charles Stewart)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
This is a hybrid event. No registration needed to attend in person. Location: Forum Room (2nd Floor), University Library...
May
12
2022
An Uneasy Embrace: Africans, Indians, and the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam (Shobana Shankar)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
This is a hybrid event. No registration needed to attend in person. Location: Forum Room (2nd Floor), University Libra...
May
3
2022
Da'wa as Development: Kuwaiti Islamic Charity in Africa (Mara Leichtman)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
This is a hybrid event. No registration is needed to attend in person. Register here to attend by Zoom. Da'wa as Develop...
Apr
19
2022
The Masjid in Contemporary Islamic Africa (Michelle Apotsos)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
This is a hybrid event. No registration is needed to attend in person. Catered lunch served at 12:30 pm. Register here...
Apr
1
2022
Miracles, Science, and Sorcery: The Sufi Texts of the Kunta Scholars (Ariela Marcus-Sells)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
This is a hybrid event. No registration needed to attend in person. Register here to attend by Zoom. Miracles, Science, ...
May
19
2021
Mosques, Culture Clubs, and Embodied Ritual Debates: Re-making Islam in a New African Diaspora (Michelle Johnson)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Online
Mosques, Culture Clubs, and Embodied Ritual Debates: Re-making Islam in a New African Diaspora Join ISITA for a talk by ...
May
5
2021
Ajami Archives of Muslim Africa: Their Significance in African Studies (Fallou Ngom)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Online
Ajami Archives of Muslim Africa: Their Significance in African Studies Join ISITA for a talk by Fallou Ngom (anthropolog...
Apr
21
2021
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel: Local Politics and Rebel Groups (Alexander Thurston)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Online
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel: Local Politics and Rebel Groups Join ISITA for talk by Alexander Thurston (poli...
Apr
7
2021
The Khōjā of Tanzania: Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity (Iqbal Akhtar)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Online
The Khōjā of Tanzania: Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity Join ISITA for a talk by Iqbal Akhtar (relig...