English Literature Research Events: Nadia Butt In brief Guest speaker - Dr Nadia Butt (University of Giessen) Chair - Dr Ines Aščerić-Todd (University of Edinburgh) Title - Islam on the Move: Transnational Connections in Arab and African Anglophone Literatures Venue - 50 George Square This seminar is held jointly with the department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES), and is a part of both the English Literature Research Events series and the IMES Seminar Series. Abstract by Nadia Butt This lecture seeks to examine Islam as a travelling concept in relation to transnational connections in Arab and African Anglophone Literatures. My contention is that since Islam is on the move, it comes in many forms in a considerable amount of the New Anglophone Literatures by migrant or diasporic writers, conditioned by culture and history as well as gender and nation. I argue that investigating these various representations of Islam refer to it as a notion in flux rather than a fixed entity. Primarily, the lecture sets out to demonstrate that it is a misconception to believe in a singular, authentic Islam, often associated with Wahhabism as practised in Saudi Arabia, in Afghanistan or Pakistan, when Islam is as diverse as Muslim communities and cultures around the globe. Indeed, investigating Islam on the move in relation to transnationalism sheds ample light on not only the connection between Islam and the West, but also on Islam and individual life, Islam and the diasporic condition and Islam and transcultural connections. Significantly, examining these diverse forms of Islam in literature presents not only ‘counter travelling and histories’, but also makes us think of literature as a repository of multiple encounters between Islam and the global world. About the speaker Nadia Butt is Senior Lecturer in English in the department of British and American Studies at the University of Giessen. Having gained her MPhil degree in English at the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, she completed her PhD at the University of Frankfurt and her post-doctoral degree at the University of Giessen in Germany. She is the author of Transcultural Memory and Globalised Modernity in Contemporary Indo-English Novels published in 2015. Her next book, Mapping Other Routes: The Travelling Imagination in Anglophone Literatures from the 18th Century to the Present, will be out in 2023. She has taught British and postcolonial literatures at the University of Frankfurt, the University of Muenster and the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin. In 2019, she was awarded the Stolzenberg Prize by the University of Giessen for her outstanding achievements in teaching. Her main areas of research are transcultural theory, memory studies, world anglophone literatures and travel literatures. Her research has appeared in journals like Prose Studies, Journal of Aesthetics and Culture, Postcolonial Text and Postcolonial Interventions. 'Islam on the move', which is the topic of this lecture, is also the focus of her third book (forthcoming), and she is currently working on a collection of essays, Twenty-First Century Anglophone Novel, which will be out in March 2023. About the events series Each year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues. Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature? We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature Apr 04 2023 16.00 - 18.00 English Literature Research Events: Nadia Butt Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Nadia Butt (University of Giessen) on the diverse representations of Islam in Anglophone Arab and African literature. Project Room 1.06 University of Edinburgh 50 George Square EH8 9LH Edinburgh Find the venue: 50 George Square
English Literature Research Events: Nadia Butt In brief Guest speaker - Dr Nadia Butt (University of Giessen) Chair - Dr Ines Aščerić-Todd (University of Edinburgh) Title - Islam on the Move: Transnational Connections in Arab and African Anglophone Literatures Venue - 50 George Square This seminar is held jointly with the department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES), and is a part of both the English Literature Research Events series and the IMES Seminar Series. Abstract by Nadia Butt This lecture seeks to examine Islam as a travelling concept in relation to transnational connections in Arab and African Anglophone Literatures. My contention is that since Islam is on the move, it comes in many forms in a considerable amount of the New Anglophone Literatures by migrant or diasporic writers, conditioned by culture and history as well as gender and nation. I argue that investigating these various representations of Islam refer to it as a notion in flux rather than a fixed entity. Primarily, the lecture sets out to demonstrate that it is a misconception to believe in a singular, authentic Islam, often associated with Wahhabism as practised in Saudi Arabia, in Afghanistan or Pakistan, when Islam is as diverse as Muslim communities and cultures around the globe. Indeed, investigating Islam on the move in relation to transnationalism sheds ample light on not only the connection between Islam and the West, but also on Islam and individual life, Islam and the diasporic condition and Islam and transcultural connections. Significantly, examining these diverse forms of Islam in literature presents not only ‘counter travelling and histories’, but also makes us think of literature as a repository of multiple encounters between Islam and the global world. About the speaker Nadia Butt is Senior Lecturer in English in the department of British and American Studies at the University of Giessen. Having gained her MPhil degree in English at the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, she completed her PhD at the University of Frankfurt and her post-doctoral degree at the University of Giessen in Germany. She is the author of Transcultural Memory and Globalised Modernity in Contemporary Indo-English Novels published in 2015. Her next book, Mapping Other Routes: The Travelling Imagination in Anglophone Literatures from the 18th Century to the Present, will be out in 2023. She has taught British and postcolonial literatures at the University of Frankfurt, the University of Muenster and the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin. In 2019, she was awarded the Stolzenberg Prize by the University of Giessen for her outstanding achievements in teaching. Her main areas of research are transcultural theory, memory studies, world anglophone literatures and travel literatures. Her research has appeared in journals like Prose Studies, Journal of Aesthetics and Culture, Postcolonial Text and Postcolonial Interventions. 'Islam on the move', which is the topic of this lecture, is also the focus of her third book (forthcoming), and she is currently working on a collection of essays, Twenty-First Century Anglophone Novel, which will be out in March 2023. About the events series Each year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues. Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature? We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature Apr 04 2023 16.00 - 18.00 English Literature Research Events: Nadia Butt Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Nadia Butt (University of Giessen) on the diverse representations of Islam in Anglophone Arab and African literature. Project Room 1.06 University of Edinburgh 50 George Square EH8 9LH Edinburgh Find the venue: 50 George Square
Apr 04 2023 16.00 - 18.00 English Literature Research Events: Nadia Butt Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Nadia Butt (University of Giessen) on the diverse representations of Islam in Anglophone Arab and African literature.
