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The Two Year Initiative on Islam and Other Religions
Visiting Scholars
Visiting Scholars on Islam Lecture Series
- 1:00 p.m. or 5:30 pm in Lane’s Center for Meeting and Learning
- Varies by lecture, listed on each scholars page
- Free and open to the entire community.
The leadership team of the Islam and Other Religions two-year initiative invites you to participate in our Visiting Scholar On Islam lectures, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the CML, Room 220.
This free lecture series is the outcome of months of collaborative work by Lane religious and peace studies faculty, staff, and administrators in partnership with the University of Oregon, and is open to the entire community. View Event Poster
Event Dates:
March 8, 2011 | April 7, 2011 | May 19, 2011 | October 13, 2011 | November 17, 2011 | February 2, 2012 | March 8, 2012 | April 12, 2012
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If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and I don’t know the kind of person you are
a pattern that others made may prevail in the world
and following the wrong god home we may miss our star.
from “A Ritual to Read to Each Other”—William Stafford
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 Date: March 8, 2011
Introduction:
The first lecture provided an overall introduction to the subject of Islam using an historical approach that provided context for certain key contemporary issues.
The speaker was Professor Carl Ernst, a leading scholar of Islam who teaches at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
More on Professor Carl Ernst here...
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 Date: April 7, 2011
Muhammad and the Qur’an:
For over one hundred years academic scholars have applied their historical, linguistic, and literary tools to the study of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Only in recent decades have academic scholars of Islam begun to bring these tools to bear on Muhammad and the Qur’an.
Dr. Stephen Shoemaker, Associate Professor at the University of Oregon, applied the methodology of biblical criticism toward the Qur’an in order to elucidate what this source tells us about the historical Muhammad.
More on Dr. Stephen Shoemaker here...
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 Date: May 19, 2011
Islam in America:
Islam has existed in America since Colonial times, particularly among the African slaves that were brought here. Since then it has become quite diverse in its forms and populations. Presently there are about as many Muslims as Jews in the United States.
Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Associate Professor at Reed College, who has written a book entitled Islam in America, was our lecturer.
More on Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri here...
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 Date: October 13, 2011
American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism: More Than a Prayer:
Dr. Hammer holds an MA and PhD in Islamic studies from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. She specializes in the study of Muslims in America, contemporary Muslim thought, women and gender in Islam, and Sufism. Dr. Hammer has previously taught at Elon University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as well as at Princeton University. She was also a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and a research fellow in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
Her publications include Palestinians Born in Exile: Diaspora and the Search for a Homeland (University of Texas Press, 2005), a co-edited volume on “Critiques of the West in Iran, Turkey and Japan” in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 26:3 (Fall 2006), and another volume on Muslims and Media in Contemporary Islam (Fall 2009), as well as articles in Islam and Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Muslim World, and Contemporary Islam.
More on Dr. Juliane Hamer here...
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 Date: November 17, 2011
Armies, Democracy and Suggestions for US Policy in the Middle East (afternoon lecture)
Egyptian Spring: Desperately Seeking Revolution (evening lecture)
Ellis Goldberg, (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1983) is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. He specializes in the study of Middle Eastern politics. From 1995-1999 he chaired the Middle East Center of the Jackson School of International Studies. His first book, Tinker, Tailor and Textile Worker (University of California Press, 1986), deals with the Egyptian labor movement. His most recent book is Trade, Reputation and Child Labor in 20th Century Egypt (Palgrave/MacMillan, 2004).
More on Ellis Goldberg here...
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 Date: February 2, 2012
Race in America:
More on Dr. Jamillah Jarim coming soon...
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Date: March 8, 2012
Dialog of the Heart: Sufism and the Unity of Diverse Faiths:
More on Dr. Irfan Omar coming soon...
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Date: April 1, 2012
Buidling Failth Neighbors Between Muslims and Christians:
More on Dr. Amir Hussain coming soon...
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Visiting Scholar Presentations for Fall 2011-Spring 2012:
Topics presently being considered are: issues pertaining to gender and to race, religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue, Sunni and Shi’i Islam, views on democracy and human rights, modern and progressive Islamic movements, and mysticism. The list is still in the process of formulation.
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