Islam in Global Perspectives: Previous Speakers

The Department of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University offers the Islam in global Perspectives speaker series. 

Past series

Forthcoming - Spring 2015 videos

• Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Michigan State University, “Muslim Expressions: A Tour of the Muslim World through Music Videos.”
• Ahmed El Shamsy, University of Chicago, “Reconfiguring the Classics of Islamic Thought in Early Twentieth-Century Egypt.”
• Zarinah El-Amin Naeem, Niyah Creative Living and Beautifully Wrapped, “American Muslim Identities and the Cultural Wombs that Bore Them.”
• Sally Howell, University of Michigan-Dearborn, “Building on Difference: Detroit's First Mosques, 1912-1962.”
• Dawud Walid, Council of American Islamic Relations-Michigan, “Challenges of Racism and the Acculturation of American Muslims.”
• Nathan Tabor, University of Texas, “Ethical Publics and Urdu Poetics in Muslim North India.”
• Tabassum Ruby, Western Michigan University, “The Power of Images and Muslim Women: A Critical Reflection on Sharia in Canada.”