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GTU CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES FIRST ANNUAL STUDENT SYMPOSIUM- MAY 4, 2017
May 4, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
CIS STUDENT SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
MAY 4, 2017 9:00 AM -8:00 PM GTU LIBRARY BOARD ROOM, 3RD FLOOR
9:00-9:30 AM Coffee and Welcome
Dr. Riess Potterveld, President, GTU
Dr. Uriah Y. Kim, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, GTU
Dr. Munir Jiwa, Director of the Center for Islamic Studies and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Anthropology, GTU
9:30-11:00 AM
Panel 1: Studying the Islamic Tradition in Academia
Moderator: Dr. Marianne Farina, C.SC., Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
Al-Ghazālī’s System of Ethics: A Guide on Investigation and Critical Analysis in Islamic Studies
Rania Shah, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2016 and Student Advisor in Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley and Program Assistant in CIS, GTU
The Modernization of Islamic Law
Ahmed Khater, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2015 and PhD Student in Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion, GTU and Lecturer in Arabic, Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley and Adjunct Lecturer in Islamic Studies, GTU
Shibli Nomani’s Contribution to Kalam
Saad Shaukat, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2016 and PhD Student in Near Eastern Studies, UCLA
Deobandi and Barelvi Traditions in Pakistan – Debating Sunni Orthodoxy and History
Mohammad Waqas Sajjad, PhD Candidate in Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion, GTU
11:00-12:30 PM
Panel 2: Researching Muslim Diversity and Identity
Moderator Dr. Munir Jiwa, CIS Director and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Anthropology
“Know Yourself and Do for Self”: Shaping Black Muslim Identity in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam
Rasheeda Plenty, PhD Student in Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion, GTU
Mainstreaming Shia Scholarship Within Academia
Mahjabeen Dhala, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2017 and PhD Student in Sacred Texts, GTU
Exploring Muslim Diversity in Context of Alevi Tradition in Turkey
Dr. Hatice Yildiz, PhD, Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion, GTU, 2017
Lecturer in Islamic Studies, St. Mary’s College
The Role of Islam in Kurdish Cultural Identity in America
Murat Bilici, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2015 and PhD Student in Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion, GTU
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch
2:00-3:30 pm
Panel 3: Teaching and Pedagogy in Islamic Studies
Moderator Dr. Judith Berling, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Religions, GTU
Reflections on Course Design and Islamic Education
Reem Javed, PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies, GTU
The Qur’an’s Christology as Confirmation of New Testament Gospels
Dr. Ali Ataie, PhD, Cultural and Historical Studies in Religion, GTU, 2016
Adjunct Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Zaytuna College and GTU
Sira-Stories: A Gift to Everyone
Rev. Alexis Easton, Certificate in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2015
Retired United Methodist Pastor and Interfaith Facilitator
The Development of Islamic Chaplaincy in the US & Muslim World
Kamal Abu-Shamsieh, Ph.D. Candidate in Practical Theology, GTU
Community Outreach Liaison at Hinds Hospice and International Trainer in Islamic Chaplaincy
3:30-5:00 pm
Panel 4: Engaging the Public Sphere: The Scholar Activist
Moderator Dr. Hatem Bazian, Senior Lecturer in Near Eastern Studies and Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley and co-Founder and Faculty of Zaytuna College
Engaging with Movements & Academia
Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, PhD, Cultural and Historical Studies in Religion, GTU, 2016
Assistant Professor in Islamic Sciences, Zaytuna College and Founder of Lamppost Productions
Roles and Rules: Islamophobia, Securitization, and Navigating the Borders of Scholar-Activism
Paula Thompson, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2016 and PhD Student in Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion
GTU and Coordinator of Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley
From Ikhwanophobia to Islamophobia: Post-Colonial Cultural Nationalism in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
May Kosba, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2016 and PhD Student in Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion, GTU
Seeing Islam Through the Lens of Social Justice
Sundiata Alrashid, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2015
Social Worker in Oakland, CA
5:00-6:00 pm Reception
6:00-7:30 PM
Panel 5: Expressing Faith: Creativity and the Arts
Scholarly Strategies for Survival
Moderator and Talk by: Carol Bier, Visiting Scholar, Center for Islamic Studies, GTU and Curator for current exhibit, Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art, GTU, 2017
Entromancy: Faith and Fiction for Social Justice
Som Pourfarzaneh, PhD, Theology, Anthropology, and Media Studies at GTU, 2013
Digital Marketing Manager, Maximum Games & Novelist
Faith, Painting, Life: A Story of Interaction
Fatemeh Montazeri, MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2013 and PhD Student in Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
James Whipple (Barakah Blue), MA in Islamic Studies, GTU, 2015
Acclaimed Poet, Rapper, and International Performer
7:30-8:00 PM
Keynote
Scholarship, Leadership, Activism, Aesthetics: Islamic Studies at the GTU and in the Public Sphere, Dr. Munir Jiwa, CIS Director
Maghrib Prayers, 8 pm