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The Politics of Gender & Islam: New Approaches in Middle East and South Asian Studies (re-scheduled)

Time: April 20, 2018, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Location: 060 Eggers Hall

REVISED DATE! (This event was originally scheduled for March 2, but postponed due to weather-related closures.)

10 a.m. – “New Approaches in South Asian Studies”

Katherine Lemons (McGill)
Fareen Parvez (U Mass–Amherst)

11:15 a.m. “New Approaches in Middle East Studies”
Begüm Adalet (Cornell)
Natalie Khazaal (Texas A&M)

The Middle Eastern Studies Program’s Spring Symposium is a two-part interdisciplinary exploration of the politics of gender, Islam, and Islamophobia. This (rescheduled) gathering features exciting research by scholars from the United States and Canada in conversation with Syracuse faculty members.

This finale to the Spring Symposium picks up on discussions held on March 30.


Additional supporters:

  • History Department
  • International Relations Department
  • Maxwell School
  • Religion Deptartment
  • South Asian Center
  • Women and Gender Studies
  • Sociology Department

Osamah Khalil, History