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Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, and WondersDr. Asa Mittman Art and Art History Department CSU, Chico In this unique presentation, Dr. Asa Mittman closely analyzes a medieval map with students and colleagues. What are they analyzing?…
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What Happened to Venezuela’s Bolivarian RevolutionDr. Stephen Lewis Chair, History Department California State University, Chico Twenty years ago, Hugo Chávez became president of Venezuela and launched what he called the Bolivarian…
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Auto-Orientalism and TraumaAlexandre Dorriz BA University of California Berkeley MFA Candidate University of Southern California Alexandre Dorriz revisits Edward Said’s definitions around latent Orientalism…
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Folktales of the Afghani JewsAudrey Armstrong Undergraduate Anthropology California State University, Chico Audrey Armstrong presents her findings from an interview with the son of an Afghani Jew. She explains how the common…
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Injustice Against Humanity- An Islamic PerspectiveSheikh Faiyaz Jaffer Associate Chaplin & Assistant Research Scholar New York University Early in his presentation, Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer declares, “Every human being desires justice,”…
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What Constitutes Scripture?Dr. David Bertaina Chair, History Department University of Illinois-Springfield Dr. Najm Yousefi Faculty, History Department CSU, Chico In the first part of this presentation, Dr. Bertaina…
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Islamophobia: The New Anti-SemitismDr. Amin Asfari Faculty, Wake Technology College & North Carolina Wesleyan College Dr. Amin Asfari has a deeply personal reason for working to educate people about prejudice. His cousin was…
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The Interaction of Religion, Science and Technology As a Global IssueDr. Greg Cootsona Department of Comparative Religion and Humanities CSU, Chico Dr. Greg Cootsona’s presentation is divided into three parts. He begins by focusing on the so-called…
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Global Policy Series: US-Israeli RelationsDr. Jed Wyrick Faculty, CSU, Chico Comparative Religions and Humanities Department Dr. Wyrick discusses the role of Israel in U.S. Foreign Policy and in the 2016 Presidential election from a…
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Islam and Fashion in a Transnational ContextAllison Brooke Yates Student, Indiana University Ms. Yates explains how a group of Muslim women living in the United States interpret Muslim fashion. She interviewed those women, as well as Muslim…
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From Chico to SharjahDr. Gayle Hutchinson Dean, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, CSU, Chico Dr. Gayle Hutchinson shares highlights from two recent trips to Sharjah, the third largest Emirate in the United…
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The Syrian Muslim BrotherhoodJonathan Miller & Seth Thomas Portland State University Students The presenters give a history of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, from its roots in the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early…
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Narrative and Agency: Beyond the ‘Invention’ of the Middle EastMehdi Beyad Student, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London “The Middle East,” as a region and as a concept, is a relatively modern invention, according to the…
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Iraq: Looking Backward, Moving ForwardDr. Allen Weiner Stanford University, School of Law, Senior Law Lecturer and Co-Director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law Dr. Allan Stam University of Virginia, Dean,…
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Islam, Feminism, and Western Assumptions: Early 20th Century Women’s Activism in Iran and TurkeyZavier Christian Wingham Student, University of Texas, Austin Mr. Wingham asserts that the Western news media portray all Muslim women as being the same, and also in a stereotypical, patriarchal…
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