Muslim Studies Program October 1, 2020 News and Events Please share with other faculty, students, and community. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Upcoming events
Sponsored by the Muslim Studies Program
Book Discussion What The Eyes Don't See:
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
Tuesday, October 13, 7:00 pm ONLINE
Discussion led by Prof Stephen Gasteyer
Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water—and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don’t See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself—an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family’s activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice.
Register in advance for this free meeting here: https://bookings.lib.msu.edu/calendar/events/mjf2020
Armenians of Palestine/Israel: The Rise and the Decline of a Community
Webinar lecture by Bedross Der Matossian
Tuesday, November 10 at 12 pm noon
Bedross Der Matossian is an Associate Professor of Modern Middle East History in the Department of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Born and raised in Jerusalem, he is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He completed his Ph.D. in Middle East History in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University in 2008. His areas of interest include ethnic politics in the Middle East, inter-ethnic violence in the Ottoman Empire, Palestinian history, and the history of Armenian Genocide.
Language Accommodation:
Analyzing the Role of Attitudes in Interdialectal Arabic Encounters
Webinar lecture by Brahim Chakrani
Associate Professor of Arabic November 17, 12:00 pm
Brahim Chakrani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Languages. He obtained his B.A. in English Literature from the University of Cadi Ayyad in Marrakech, Morocco and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While completing his graduate work, Dr. Chakrani also obtained a Certificate of Advanced Studies in the program of Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE) at UIUC. Prior to joining MSU, he taught at UIUC and Parkland College in Champaign and served as supervising Teaching Assistant in the African Language program at UIUC.
Register in advance for this free meeting: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAod-GrrzwuE9B7AAsqOtlcENmPJmi04SL6
Muslims of the Midwest
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
I’m delighted to announce the launch of Muslims of the Midwest (muslimsofthemidwest.org). This digital archive features numerous interviews and resources that will surely be of interest to scholars and students alike. The archive is housed at Michigan State University and was largely funded by a University of Illinois Humanities Without Walls grant.
Our team of Big Ten Academic Alliance researchers include the following scholars: Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, Asma Afsaruddin, Emine Evered, Stephen Gasteyer, Salah D. Hassan, Mara Leichtman, Nadine Naber, Junaid Rana, Leila Tarakji, and Chantal Tetreault. For more information about the project and the various individuals involved, please see http://muslimsofthemidwest.org/about.
With warm regards,
Mohammad
Mohammad Hassan Khalil
Professor of Religious Studies
Adjunct Professor of Law
Director of the Muslim Studies Program
Michigan State University
Upcoming events
(not organized by the Muslim Studies Program)
that might be of interest
African Tea Time presented by The African Studies Center and Kongamano Student Group
An opportunity to learn and share about first-hand experiences on the African Continent and the different political, cultural and socio-economic aspects that define Africa locally and globally. The event is open to everyone!
Oct 8, 2020 04:00 PM
Oct 22, 2020 04:00 PM
Nov 5, 2020 04:00 PM
Nov 12, 2020 04:00 PM
Register here: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtdOqhrTkqH9R04JcXkKbL9hKCJceY4Phx
This October, join us virtually every Thursday at 3 pm EST for a deep dive into the research revealed in ISPU's fifth annual American Muslim Poll. Visit www.ispu.org/events for more information and to register!
*OCTOBER 1 @ 3pm EST* - Civic Engagement with Ishraq Ali, and Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui, moderated by Dalia Mogahed
*OCTOBER 8 @ 3pm EST* - Islamophobia with Rabbi Dr. Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Dr. Kayla Wheeler, and Dr. Hatem Bazian, moderated by Dalia Mogahed
*OCTOBER 15 @ 3pm EST* - Political Coalition Building with Asma Uddin and Margari Hill, moderated by Dr. Youssef Chouhoud
*OCTOBER 22 @ 3pm EST* - Discrimination and Bullying with Tahirah Amatul Wadud, Dr. Sonia Ghumman, and Manar Waheed, moderated by Dalia Mogahed
American Muslim Poll 2020: Amid Pandemic and Protest surveys Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Protestants, white Evangelicals, and those that consider themselves non-affiliated to compare attitudes across faith and non-faith groups.
This year’s poll, released shortly before a critical election, was meant to be historic. But when we began planning its release, we could not have imagined just how historic. Our March to April fielding period included the first four weeks of a country-wide shutdown in the wake of dramatically spiking cases of COVID-19.
*More guests to be announced in coming days.*
Cover photo by Syed Yaqeen
Call for Submissions
Courses
Awards/Research Funding/Grant/Job Opportunities
Global IDEAS Funding Opportunities Update
Funding opportunities with international dimensions curated by Global IDEAS in the weekly Funding Opportunities Update are now also available online as a searchable database. Anyone with an msu.edu email address has access to this new database.
New funding opportunities will continue to be disseminated through the weekly Global IDEAS Funding Opportunities Update email. Faculty, staff, and students can sign up to receive these emails on the Global IDEAS website.
Global Virtual Speaker Program
The MSU Asian Studies Center Global Virtual Speaker Program aims to stimulate and increase academic and scholarly interest about Asia at MSU. Faculty members at MSU are invited to apply for funding to invite speakers to share their views on any Asia-focused topic that is likely to be of interest to any section of the MSU community. Possible formats for such an event include, but are not restricted to:
a one-time speaker session with one guest,
a one-time panel session with multiple speakers, or
a series of sessions involving different speakers.
The virtual session(s) may be a part of course instruction (i.e., held during normal instruction times) or as an additional session outside of instruction time. With this in mind, MSU faculty are encouraged to invite authors of books and scholars whose work serves as reading material for a course.
Award & Application Information
Funding is to be used to cover speaker honoraria. The suggested honorarium is $250 per person, and awards will be capped at $1,500 (for multiple invited speakers). Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis.
The Asian Studies Center is entrusted with the management of the Dr. Delia Koo Endowment. Center-affiliated faculty are eligible to submit applications for teaching, research, or outreach. Applications will be accepted on a quarterly basis. The deadlines are January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15. Conference funding is also available for faculty. These applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.
The goals of the Koo Endowment are:
To facilitate the incorporation of international and global studies, especially of Asia, in the areas of teaching, research, or outreach at Michigan State University.
To develop the capability of Michigan State University faculty members to conduct activities related to goal one.
To enhance the standing of the colleges, departments, and the Asian Studies Center and affiliated units at Michigan State University in the area of Asian Studies.
Conference travel funding will be capped at $1,000 per award. Several awards will be made every fiscal year (July to June). Submissions for conference funding will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Faculty teaching/research/outreach funding will be capped at $5,000 per award. Proposals will be reviewed and awarded on a quarterly basis. The deadlines are January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15.
If you have received Koo Teaching/Research/Outreach funding in the past, you must submit a document detailing the outcomes of your project along with your application.
