Program

SATURDAY, March 4, 2017

9:00 – 9:30 AM – Registration/Breakfast

9:30 – 10:15 AM – Opening remarks, Dr. Juliane Hammer, UNC Chapel Hill

10:15 – 11:45 AM – Panel 1: Cultural and Legal Debates under Colonialism

• “Civilizational Discourse in the Colonial Encounter: Mouridism, Resistance, and French Colonialism”, Cheikh Seye, Emory University
• “Capturing Shadows or Imitating God? The Islamic Law of Imagery in the Early Twentieth Century”, Wasim Shiliwala, Princeton University
• Faculty Respondent – Cemil Aydin, UNC Chapel Hill

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM – Lunch

1:15 PM – 2:45 PM – Panel 2: Political Transformations in the Modern Nation State

• “Landscaping Democracy in Tunisia: Or How Landscapes Resist Power”, Justin Malachowski, UC Davis
• “The Hate and Fear of ‘Trump’ Politics: Navigation of Affective Politics by Muslim-Americans in a Post-9/11 Era”, Hinasahar Muneeruddin, Columbia University
• Faculty Respondent – Charlie Kurzman, UNC Chapel Hill

2:45 PM -3:15 PM – Coffee Break

3:15 PM – 4:45 PM – Panel 3: Spatial and Gendered Narratives

• “Ali Shariati and the Limits of Gender Based Reform om the Islamic Revolution of Iran”, Shireen Smalley, University of Michigan
• “Muslim Women in the Sacred Space: Beyond Dusty Curtains and All-Female Mosques”, Seyda Nur Karaoglu, George Washington University
• Faculty Respondent – Claudia Yaghoobi, UNC Chapel Hill

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM – Coffee Break

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Dinner

SUNDAY, March 5, 2017

9:30 AM 10:00 AM – Breakfast

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – Panel 4: Identity/Politics/Identity Politics Among American Muslims

• “Betwixt & Between: Shifts in Religious Identity Amongst Muslim American Youth”, Yasmine Flodin-Ali, Harvard Divinity School
• “Social Justice Advocacy and Muslim American Youth”, Salua Fawzi, McGill University
• Faculty Respondent – Banu Gokariksel, UNC Chapel Hill

11:30 PM – 12:30 PM – Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM – Closing Remarks/Discussion