Campus Connections and Ruptures: Muslim Students in the United States This seminar is available to attend both in-person and online. Based on the first ethnographic study of Muslim American college students, and one of a few ethnographic works on Muslim Americans, this lecture draws upon Shabana Mir's research findings, asking listeners to reflect on their implications for Muslim belonging, in the United States especially but in Western nations generally. Dr Mir will explore the texture of Muslim women students’ social encounters with peers. Young Muslim women, who have never known any home except the United States, encounter the same old racist tropes at liberal cosmopolitan college campuses. In their encounters with peers, Dr Mir examines the potential for connection and camaraderie, as well as the rupture of connective spaces, all within the larger context of the War on Terror, predatory foreign and domestic policy frameworks, and potent anti-Muslim cultural dynamics in the United States About Dr Shabana Mir Shabana Mir is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Undergraduate Studies at American Islamic College, Chicago. She is the author of the award-winning book Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity, published by the University of North Carolina Press, winner of the Outstanding Book Award from the National Association for Ethnic Studies and the Critics’ Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. Shabana has a Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington, an M.A. in English Literature from Punjab University (Pakistan), and an M.Phil. in Education from Cambridge University (U.K.). She has lived, studied, and taught in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan. She is an international public speaker on gender, religion, education, and politics, and has published well-received journal articles, chapters, and commentaries on contemporary events. Mar 28 2024 16.00 - 17.30 Campus Connections and Ruptures: Muslim Students in the United States A special seminar by Dr Shabana Mir (American Islamic College, Chicago) The Alwaleed Centre 16 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LD Find Venue Register for Free
Campus Connections and Ruptures: Muslim Students in the United States This seminar is available to attend both in-person and online. Based on the first ethnographic study of Muslim American college students, and one of a few ethnographic works on Muslim Americans, this lecture draws upon Shabana Mir's research findings, asking listeners to reflect on their implications for Muslim belonging, in the United States especially but in Western nations generally. Dr Mir will explore the texture of Muslim women students’ social encounters with peers. Young Muslim women, who have never known any home except the United States, encounter the same old racist tropes at liberal cosmopolitan college campuses. In their encounters with peers, Dr Mir examines the potential for connection and camaraderie, as well as the rupture of connective spaces, all within the larger context of the War on Terror, predatory foreign and domestic policy frameworks, and potent anti-Muslim cultural dynamics in the United States About Dr Shabana Mir Shabana Mir is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Undergraduate Studies at American Islamic College, Chicago. She is the author of the award-winning book Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity, published by the University of North Carolina Press, winner of the Outstanding Book Award from the National Association for Ethnic Studies and the Critics’ Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. Shabana has a Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington, an M.A. in English Literature from Punjab University (Pakistan), and an M.Phil. in Education from Cambridge University (U.K.). She has lived, studied, and taught in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan. She is an international public speaker on gender, religion, education, and politics, and has published well-received journal articles, chapters, and commentaries on contemporary events. Mar 28 2024 16.00 - 17.30 Campus Connections and Ruptures: Muslim Students in the United States A special seminar by Dr Shabana Mir (American Islamic College, Chicago) The Alwaleed Centre 16 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LD Find Venue Register for Free
Mar 28 2024 16.00 - 17.30 Campus Connections and Ruptures: Muslim Students in the United States A special seminar by Dr Shabana Mir (American Islamic College, Chicago)
