EDMUND A . WAL SH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSIT Y
Celebrating 20 Years of Building Bridges of Understanding
A n n ua l R e p o r t
2010–2011
ANNUAL REPORT 2010−2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS History and Mission............................................................................................. 1 Academic Programs ............................................................................................ 2 Academic Council 2010–2011 ................................................................................ 3 Center Faculty .................................................................................................. 4 Center Staff, Consultants, and Fellows .................................................................... 5 Visiting Researchers and Alwaleed Bin Talal Scholars ................................................. 6 Center Courses 2010−2011 .................................................................................. 7 Programs and Events 2010−2011 ....................................................................... 8–21
Year−End Faculty Reports John L. Esposito, University Professor and Founding Director ............................... 22−32 John O. Voll, Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director ........................... 33−37 Yvonne Y. Haddad, Professor of the History of Islam and Christian−Muslim Relations ......................................................................... 38−44 Jonathan A.C. Brown, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Understanding ......................................................................................... 45−47 Shireen T. Hunter, Visiting Professor ............................................................. 48−50 Diane Apostolos−Cappadona, Adjunct Professor ............................................... 51−58 Susan Douglass, ACMCU Education Consultant .................................................. 59−73
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HISTORY AND MISSION The Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, renamed The Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) in 2006, was founded in 1993 by an agreement between the Fondation pour l'Entente entre Chretiens et Musulmans, Geneva and Georgetown University to build stronger bridges of understanding between the Muslim world and the West as well as between Islam and Christianity. In 2006, the Center was renamed The Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in recognition of a generous gift from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to guarantee the future of the Center and to support its mission and activities. The Center’s mission is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West and enhance understanding of Muslims in the West by addressing stereotypes of Islam, warnings of a clash of civilizations, and questions regarding the compatibility of Islam and modern life, from democratization and pluralism, to the status of women, minorities, and human rights. Since the renaming of the Center in 2006 through the end of the 2010-2011 Academic Year, Center faculty have published 31 books and monographs, 469 articles and chapters, given 800 presentations outside of the classroom, and participated in over 1,035 media interviews. During that time the Center has organized and run over 206 programs, issued five new installments of its Occasional Papers series, and hosted 23 fellows and researchers from Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Spain, Canada, China and the USA. In the 2010-2011 Academic Year, ACMCU faculty published seven books, 80 articles and chapters, gave 109 presentations outside of the classroom and participated in 142 media interviews. The focus of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, both national and international in scope, is achieved through teaching, symposia, international conferences and briefings. In the 2010-2011 Academic Year, we hosted 51 conferences, meetings and symposia. Center faculty and visiting faculty offer courses on Islam and the history of Muslim-Christian relations for undergraduate and graduate students. In the 2010-2011 Academic Year, ACMCU offered 20 courses comprised of 310 students, and advised or mentored 47 independent studies and theses. In addition, Center faculty members serve as consultants to government leaders, diplomats, policymakers, corporate executives, and members of the media.
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS The Center currently offers two academic programs: Certificate Program in Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations The certificate program is a defined, but flexible academic program for undergraduate students in the School of Foreign Service. To obtain the certificate, students must complete two foundation courses, three elective courses, and complete advanced research in one capstone course. The program has completed its thirteenth year, with three students receiving certificates in 2011.
Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies, Concentration in Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations Students in the program may focus on: The Religion of Islam, Muslim Belief and Practice; The History of Muslim-Christian Communities, as they have developed and interacted through the centuries; and Muslim-Christian Encounters Today, globally and in the United States, where Muslims constitute an important minority. In 2010-2011, five students in the Liberal Studies program pursued a concentration in Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations.
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ACMCU ACADEMIC COUNCIL 2010–2011 J. Bryan Hehir—Co−chair
Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, Kennedy School of Government Harvard University
Sulayman Nyang—Co−chair
Professor, Department of African Studies Howard University
Hibba Abugideiri
Assistant Professor of History Villanova University
Asma Afsaruddin
Rosalind Hackett
Professor of Religious Studies University of Tennessee
Muqtedar Khan
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations University of Delaware
Thomas Michel, S.J.
Tuohy Chair of Interreligious Studies John Carroll University
James Piscatori
Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Indiana University
Professor of International Relations and Head of School, School of Government and International Affairs Durham University
Charles Butterworth
Emad Shahin
Professor of Government and Politics University of Maryland
Juan Cole
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History University of Michigan
Leila Fawaz
Henry R. Luce Associate Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding University of Notre Dame
Tamara Sonn
William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Humanities College of William & Mary
Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies, and Founding Director of Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Tufts University
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CENTER FACULTY Alwaleed Bin Talal Professors
Adjunct Professors and AAPs
John L. Esposito
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
University Professor and Founding Director
John O. Voll
Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director
Yvonne Y. Haddad
Professor of the History of Islam and Christian−Muslim Relations
Adjunct Professor
Max Gross
Adjunct Professor
Louay Safi
Common Word Fellow
Full-Time Professors Jonathan A.C. Brown
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Understanding
Amira El-Azhary Sonbol
Professor of Islamic History, Law, and Society
Shireen T. Hunter Visiting Professor
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CENTER STAFF Alexa Poletto
Adam Holmes
Saurav J. Thapa
Mona Mogahed
Associate Director Executive Assistant
Program Coordinator Common Word Conference Coordinator
CONSULTANTS Susan Douglass
ACMCU Education Consultant
FELLOWS Margot Badran
Senior Fellow; Independent Scholar
Osman Bin Bakar
Senior Fellow; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur; Deputy CEO, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Malaysia
Anwar Ibrahim
Senior Fellow; former Malaysia Chair; former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Ibrahim Kalin
Senior Fellow; Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey
Ali Mazrui
Senior Fellow; Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, SUNY
Louay Safi
Common Word Fellow; Associate faculty, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; non-resident fellow, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
Imtiyaz Yusuf
Senior Fellow; Program Director, Dept of Religion, Graduate School of Philosophy and Religion, Assumption University
Dan Madigan
Senior Fellow; Associate Professor, Theology Department
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VISITING RESEARCHERS Monoar Bhuian Kabir
Sheila Lalwani
Bangladesh
United States
ALWALEED BIN TALAL SCHOLARS Abdullah Al-Arian
Georgetown University
Mohammed Ezzeldin Georgetown University
Celeste Holmes
Georgetown University
Roshan Iqbal
Georgetown University
Margaret Linehan
Georgetown University
Younus Mirza
Georgetown University
Melanie Trexler
Georgetown University
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ACMCU COURSES 2010−2011 Fall 2010 • Arab Intellectuals in the Modern World, Yvonne Haddad (HIST 564) • Images of Eve, Mary, and Fatima, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (INAF 399) • Islam and Gl0bal Terrorism, John L. Esposito (INAF 407) • Islam and Politics, Shireen Hunter (INAF 393) • Islam and the West, Jonathan Brown (INAF 100) • Islam in the West, Yvonne Haddad (HIST 363) • Islamic Movements, John Voll (HIST 761) • Muslim-Christian Relations in World History, John Voll (INAF 441) • Religion and Modern Politics of Iran, Shireen Hunter (INAF 421) • The Islamic World, Max Gross (HIST 109)
Spring 2011 • History of Islam in Africa, John Voll (HIST 462) • Islam and the Study of Muslim-Christian Relations, Yvonne Haddad (INAF 473) • Islam, Politics, and Security in Modern Central Asia, Shireen Hunter (INAF 442) • Islamic Theological Texts, Jonathan Brown (INAF 468) • Miracles in Islam and the West, Jonathan Brown (INAF 457) • Movements of Islamic Renewal, John Voll (HIST 368) • Religion and International Affairs, Shireen Hunter (INAF 455) • Religion and Peace, Louay Safi (INAF 409) • Revolutionary Thought in Islam, Yvonne Haddad (HIST 364) • War, Peace, and Violence in Global Visual Culture, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (INAF 492)
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ACMCU PROGRAMS AND EVENTS June 20, 2011 – Workshop: Police-Community Engagement and Counter-Terrorism. Efforts to counter jihadist and other forms of terrorism are increasingly drawing upon community-based initiatives underpinned by engagement and partnership work between police officers and community members, in the UK and across other international contexts. Communities can potentially be key partners in countering the threat from terrorism, and community policing models are increasingly being drawn upon and utilized in order to work towards countering terrorism-related crime. This workshop, part of an ongoing research project, brought together police and other practitioners, policymakers, community members and researchers who are involved in issues relating to police-community engagement and counterterrorism. This event was co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Economic and Social Research Council, the University of Birmingham. June 12 - June 18, 2011 –Institute on Muslim-Christian Relations for Pastors, Pastoral Workers, Imams, and Muslim Community Leaders. Georgetown University offers this intensive, six-day institute on its historic campus in the nation’s capital. The institute is ecumenical in its scope and outreach and interreligious in its structure. It is ecumenical because Christian pastors and pastoral workers from all churches are welcome to learn about Islam. It is interreligious because imams and Muslim community leaders are welcome to learn about Christianity and to join Christian participants in study and discussion of Christian-Muslim relations. This event was co-sponsored by ACMCU and Hartford Seminary’s Duncan Black MacDonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. June 7, 2011 – Conference: “The Changing Middle East: New Challenges, Players and US-Iran Relations.” Experts from the academic and policy communities joined diplomats and military leaders to discuss the changing Middle East landscape and the future of U.S.-Iran relations. The conference was keynoted by the Honorable Admiral William J. Fallon, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command. This conference was co-sponsored by ACMCU, the American Iranian Council (AIC), and The Institute for Global Challenges at Rutgers University. May 24- 25, 2011 – Conference: “Our Shared Future: Deconstructing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Towards a New Paradigm.” An international symposium jointly organized by the British Council and the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, this two-day event brought together opinion leaders, academics, researchers, commentators and journalists to reflect on relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in the US and Europe. The aim of the meeting was to move beyond the “Clash of Civilizations” or Clash of Cultures narrative Page 8
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in order to identify and outline the basic components of a new paradigm that helps us understand the common values that bind us together. Participants explored such questions as: What is the body of scholarship that supports such a paradigm? What kind of language is needed to describe this new “we”? What new ways must be devised to teach our children history? What new awareness must we create among journalists, opinion leaders and policy makers? In addition to a series of closed sessions, the conference featured a large public event entitled From “Us and Them” to “We are Them”: Rethinking Muslim-West relations and our Common Identity with panelists John L. Esposito, ACMCU Founding Director, Deborah Amos, NPR reporter, Gallup Senior Analyst Mohamed Younis, and a representative from the U.S. Department of State. The discussion was moderated by Emel Magazine’s Sarah Joseph. April 22, 2011 – Event: “xChange: Rising Muslim Voices” at Busboys and Poets. The American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute (AMCLI) is housed at the University of Southern California's Center for Religion and Civic Culture and works in partnership with ACMCU. This program aimed to empower emerging American Muslim civic leaders between the ages of 25 and 40 to engage their communities and organizations in effective civic participation and to bring their community organizations into broader coalitions. The program included lectures by scholars, experts, and practitioners from across the country in the areas of civic participation from an Islamic perspective. April 15, 2011 – Panel Discussion: “The People's Revolution in the Middle East: FUNATICAL Panel” Georgetown hosted members of the FUNATICAL comedy tour for a panel discussion on the recent protests in the Middle East and comedy as cultural diplomacy. The event featured Georgetown Arab studies professor Adel Iskander, Mariam Nawabi, Ahmed Ahmed, and Maria Shehata, as well as Ambassador Cynthia Schnieder, who served as the moderator. FUNATICAL is an intercultural, interfaith comedy tour that breaks stereotypes and bridges gaps between Muslims, Jews, Christians and other faiths from the Middle East and South Asia. This event was co-sponsored by ACMCU, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, the Mortara Center for International Studies, the Department of Culture and Politics, the Communication, Culture & Technology Program, and the Department of Performing Arts. April 13, 2011 – Briefing: “Democracy Made in Egypt” with Sahar El-Nadi. As a writer, photographer, and instructor on interpersonal skills, communication, and women's leadership, as well as an eyewitness to the Egyptian revolution, Sahar El-Nadi offers international audiences a deeper perspective on Egypt and its people. By using exclusive photos and videos taken from the heart of the action in Tahrir Square, she presented a fresh perspective about the human and social aspects of the revolution, the pivotal role of women, and the use of creativity as a tool for change.
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April 12, 2011 – Meeting with Moroccan delegation from the International Observer Program. Four religious scholars from Morocco led by Imam Arafat, met with Dr. John L. Esposito on April 12th following "The Common Word" conference which they attended. Dr. Esposito give the Moroccan delegation an overview of ACMCU’s activities, talked about his own work, and engaged in a discussion about Islam’s place in the world today. April 11 and April 12, 2011 – Conference: “A Common Word: Responding the Challenges of Religious Pluralism and Conflict Resolution.” As the official representative of A Common Word in North America, ACMCU hosted a follow-up meeting to its successful conference A Common Word: A Global Agenda for Change, held in October of 2009. This year’s conference explored concrete initiatives undertaken by practitioners from Muslim and Christian faith communities, in hopes of going beyond theological discussions and highlighting the “so-what” factor of this important initiative. Participants presented significant projects taking place on both a local and international scale, demonstrating the breadth and success of outcomes that can emerge as a result of multi-faith cooperation and the key principles outlined in A Common Word. April 7, 2011 – Film Screening: “Budrus.” As part of a jointly-sponsored film series, ACMCU and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies hosted a screening of Budrus, an awardwinning feature documentary film that chronicles the inspirational story of Ayed Morrar, who, with the help of his teenage daughter, mobilized a successful nonviolent protest campaign to defend his village against Israel’s encroaching Separation Barrier. April 6, 2011 – Book Launch: “Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction” by Jonathan Brown. ACMCU Professor Jonathan Brown presented a discussion on his latest book Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction recently published as part of the “A Very Short Introduction” book series. As the founder of Islam, Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in history. Our knowledge of his life has come mainly from the biography written by his followers, but Western historians have questioned the reliability of this story in the quest to uncover the ‘historical Muhammad’. As modern controversies such as the Satanic Verses and the Danish cartoon crisis have shown, whatever the truth about Muhammad’s life, his persona has taken on numerous shapes and played a crucial role in Muslim life and civilization. Providing both the Muslim and Western historical perspectives, Jonathan A.C. Brown’s book explores Muhammad’s role in both the medieval world and the world today.
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March 31, 2011 – Briefing: “The Egyptian Revolution and Social Justice” with Margot Badran. Following Egypt’s historic events, activists are hoping the revolution in Egypt will eventually lead to the promotion of social justice. ACMCU Senior Fellow Margot Badran visited the Center to discuss the prospects for social justice and reform after the recent Egyptian revolution. She considered both the obstacles as well as the immense possibilities posed by the new state of Egypt. March 29, 2011 – Briefing: “The Other Face of Yemen: The Religious World of Yemeni Sufism” with Habib Umar. Attention to Yemen in media, government, and academic circles has tended to center on political turmoil and social unrest in an unstable state. The Hadramawt valley of southern Yemen, however, is a different world, largely hidden to most observers. In this discussion, the founder and head of a large madrassa in the Hadramawt town of Tarim, Habib Umar bin Hafiz, introduced this world to the Georgetown community. Oriented towards the world of the Indian Ocean, the region has been home to an influential and venerated Sufi order for centuries. Today, as in the past, the religious world of Hadramawt is as compelling as it is important for understanding this complex country. March 28, 2011 – Film Screening: “The Time That Remains.” Co-Sponsored by ACMCU and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, The Time That Remains is a semi biographic film that attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained in their land and were labeled “Israeli-Arabs” living as a minority in their own homeland. March 26, 2011 – Event: “Does Social Media Help Bring True Democratic Reform to the Middle East?” This event, a pilot episode for internet broadcast, was hosted by Sarah Sayeed of Oneblue.org and featured guest speaker Aziz Abu Sarah, who is Director of Middle East Projects at the George Mason University Center for World Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution. The event was co-sponsored by ACMCU, Mason Cable Network, George Mason Student Media Center, Oneblue.org and Bollywood Bistro. March 23, 2011 – Briefing: “The Costs of Not Engaging Hamas” with Jeroen Gunning. In this lecture, Dr. Gunning focused on the question of engaging Hamas and the consequences of non-engagement. He examined critically the arguments against engaging Hamas before showing how non-engagement, coupled with the international blockade of Gaza, has served to strengthen the hardliners within the organization, to expand Hamas’ control over Gaza, and to deepen the fragmentation of the Palestinian territories. He then looked at an example of engagement by the Swiss government before concluding that, given the costs of non-engagement, the potential benefits of engagement outweigh any negative effects.
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March 16, 2011 – Film Screening: “Lion of the Desert.” Co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Lion of the Desert, directed by Moustapha Akkad, tells the story of the Libyan hero Omar Mukhtar. Played by the Oscar award-winning actor, Anthony Quinn, Mukhtar forms and leads the Libyan resistance against the invasion of the Italian army. Although Mukhtar and his bedouin troops are forced to fight Mussolini's tanks on horseback, he and his forces succeed in turning back the Italians for twenty years. March 16, 2011 – Briefing: “Religious Authority and Protests” with Jonathan Brown, Yvonne Haddad, and Gregoire Delhaye. Presented on the heels of unprecedented protests across the Arab world, this panel examined the stances of influential Muslim and Christian religious figures responding to anti-government movements in the region. The dramatic successes of protests in Egypt and Tunisia forced religious figures to state their positions about how their respective traditions view political activism in general, and how they conceive of their relationship with the state specifically. The panelists considered positions from state-approved clerics, exiled religious intellectuals, and third-country scholars, explaining how this historic occasion has forced religious figures to revise their opinions and challenge decades-old assumptions. March 2, 2011 – Briefing: “Nigeria’s Religious Leaders in an Age of Radicalism and Neoliberalism” with Rosalind Hackett. In her remarks, Professor Hackett examined the religious leadership in Nigeria, which has a population of nearly an equal number of Muslims and Christians, and how it has related to outbreaks of religious activism and violence. The talk analyzed critically those areas that are proving conducive to cooperation and conflict management among Nigeria’s religious leaders, contrasting them with those that generate disagreement, if not outright hostility. Particular attention was given to proselytizing in the Nigerian context, and the increasing influence of modern media. February 24, 2011 – Briefing: “Interfaith Dialogue/Trialogue in Jerusalem” with Mustafa Abu Sway. This lecture looked at the history, issues, and political implications of interfaith dialogue/trialogue in the city of Jerusalem and its vicinity, broadly-defined. Though it could be said that it has limited its scope, the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank in 1967, including East Jerusalem, has not prevented interfaith trialogue among Jews, Christians, and Muslims from taking place. Professor Abu Sway’s presentation highlighted the organizations involved in this effort, their agendas, and their relationship to local, regional and international political players.
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February 14, 2011 – Panel Discussion: “The Great Game and the Theater of War Afghanistan: Past, Present and Future.” The Great Game is a series of plays from London’s Tricycle Theatre which traces the history of foreign involvement in Afghanistan from 1842 to the present day. The trilogy of plays introduces audiences to Afghanistan’s history and culture and features a wide cast of characters -- from foreign soldiers, diplomats and aid workers to local school teachers, Mujahideen, Taliban, and deposed Afghan leaders. Ambassador Cynthia Schneider moderated a discussion with panelists Nicholas Kent, Director of the Tricycle Theater and The Great Game; Sharon Memis, Director of the British Council in the US; and Paula Newberg and Colonel Walter Piatt of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. The discussion tried to answer questions about this unique trilogy and about Afghanistan more broadly. This event was co-sponsored by ACMCU, The Mortara Center for International Studies, the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs, the World Faiths Development Dialogue, the Theater and Performance Studies Program, the South Asian Society, and the International Relations Club at Georgetown University. February 10, 2011 – Briefing: “Revolution and Democracy and the Muslim World” with Anwar Ibrahim. Dr. Anwar Ibrahim delivered an enlightening presentation on the role of democracy in Muslim-majority countries today, offering reflections on the anti-government protests taking place across the Middle East. From August 2005-December 2006, he was the Malaysia Professor of Islam in Southeast Asia at ACMCU, where he lectured on contemporary politics in Southeast Asia focusing on the role of Islam in shaping the region’s political evolution. He remains involved in the Center’s activities as a Senior Fellow and lectures on American campuses during his frequent visits to the United States. February 9, 2011 – Briefing: “Reform or Transformation? Arab Politics and Islamic Movements” with John L. Esposito, Nathan Brown, and John Voll. During the Spring of 2011, anti-government demonstrations flared up across the Arab world, dramatically challenging established political systems. In this discussion, three leading experts on the region shed light on this potentially transforming moment in the history of the modern Middle East. They examined events in Tunisia and Egypt and how these developments might affect other Arab states, especially in the Gulf region. The panelists discussed the nature of relations between political institutions and religious organizations, noting the impact of new social media on the methods of political opposition. January 26, 2011 – Briefing: “Yemen: Why it Matters to the U.S. and How We Get it Right” with Ambassador Stephen Seche. Yemen, the poorest country in the Arab world, has become a key area of concern for the United States, given the terrorist threat emanating from its
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territory directed at both key regional ally Saudi Arabia, and the American homeland itself. Ambassador Seche gave a detailed description of the current state of Yemen, underscoring the importance the U.S. attaches to its relationship with the government of long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who confronts a litany of serious internal challenges to the country's stability, including an armed insurgency in the north, an increasingly secessionist-minded protest movement in the south, and a debilitated economy. This event was co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. January 24, 2011 – International Visitor Program: Fatih University Turkey delegation led by Erdoan Shipoli – closed meeting with Dr. John Voll. January 14, 2011 – East Coast launch of “The Domestic Crusaders” at Busboys & Poets. Playwright Wajahat Ali and artists, musicians, and performers from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area came together to celebrate the publication of “The Domestic Crusaders”, the landmark play about American Muslims which received standing ovations at its sold out performance at the Atlas Theater and the Kennedy Center. This dynamic event was part culture show, art celebration, party, and talent show, featuring live performances, spoken work, music, and poetry. This event was presented by Busboys and Poets Cafe, McSweeney's, and The Before Columbus Foundation, and co-sponsored by ACMCU, OPEN, MPAC, M-100 and Parwaz Playhouse. January 13, 2011 – International Visitor Program: “Community Projects and Interfaith Relations with Australian Imam Mohamed El-Leissy” - closed State Department meeting with Dr. John Voll. January 4, 2011 - January 8, 2011 – International Conference and Research Project: “The Resurgence of Religions in Southeast Asia: 1997-2011” Organized by ACMCU, the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS-Yogya), the Center for Religious and CrossCultural Studies (CRCS) at Gadjah Mada University, and the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (ICRWA) at Boston University, this international conference marked the beginning of a two-year project that explores the relationship between religious revitalization and dramatic social, political and economic changes across the region of Southeast Asia over the past 15 years. The giant four-day conference brought together a group of 30-40 international scholars to serve as the main presenters and engage with an audience that included 60 Indonesian scholars and activists, 80 local graduate students, faculty members, and members of local religious communities, and 20 media representatives. In addition to two full-years of research, the project includes plans for a follow-up conference to discuss results of the research, a workshop with
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policy makers and grass-roots leaders to advocate changes that are supported by the research, professional production of a DVD film, extensive media coverage, and the publication of one or more books by Oxford University Press. December 1, 2010 – Film Screening: “Persepolis.” Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl coming-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power - forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran/Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable. Film screening co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. November 16, 2010 – Book Discussion: “Crescent and Dove: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam.” Dr. Qamar ul-Huda of the United States Institute of Peace discussed his new book, Crescent and Dove: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam in Dr. John L. Esposito’s class, Islam and Global Terrorism. The book addresses both theory and practice by delving into the intellectual heritage of Islam to discuss historical examples of addressing conflict in Islam and exploring the practical challenges of contemporary peacemaking in Arab countries, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Indonesia. These groundbreaking essays offer possibilities for nonviolent interventions, peacemaking, the implementation of human rights, the reinterpretation of texts, peace education instruction, and employing successful mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills in an Islamic context. November 15, 2010 – ACMCU Panel: “Somali Youth Radicalization in the United States.” Experts Cawo Abdi (Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, U Minnesota), Sahar Aziz (Legal Fellow, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding) and Abdirizak Farah (Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties) addressed the question of Somali youth radicalization in the US. To what extent is this a serious challenge, what is the nature of this challenge, and how should it be treated? This panel aimed to bring together voices and expertise from the Somali community, the US policy perspective and the civil rights perspective. Moderated by ACMCU Assistant Professor Jonathan Brown. November 11, 2010 – Book Discussion: “Home Boy” by H.M. Naqvi. Naqvi discussed his debut novel, Home Boy, which was published in 2009 by Random House. The New York Times hailed it as a “remarkably engaging novel that delights as it disturbs.” Discussion of the book was moderated by ACMCU Assistant Professor Jonathan Brown.
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November 10, 2010 – Luncheon Briefing: “Explaining the Middle East to American Audiences” with Andrea Rugh. American officials now recognize the importance of culture in dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet their attempts to deal with the issue are hampered by a lack of reliable information, and the difficulty of sensitizing diplomats and the military in brief training sessions. The American public similarly relies for information on distorted images conveyed in current literature and through print and television media. The scholarly groups that might shed light on culture are conspicuously silent, and in certain disciplines largely ignore culture in providing advice to policy makers. Rugh described why she thinks American ignorance of culture is a problem, reviewed some of the biases in existing sources of information, and gave examples from her two latest books that attempt to convey more nuanced views of the region to scholarly and general audiences. November 8, 2010 – “A Leading Islamic Authority Takes on the Radicals: A Major Fatwa Against Terrorism” with Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri. In recent years, the world has witnessed tragic terrorist attacks across the globe, including the US, justified through the misinterpretation of Islamic teachings. Such events have widened the gap between Islam and the West. Consequently it has left many in confusion about key concepts of jihad, the Islamic legal stance on suicide bombings and terrorism, and it has caused another threat of homegrown terrorism. On the 2nd March 2010, Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri issued a comprehensive 600-page 'Fatwa' (religious ruling) condemning the perpetrators, which is regarded as one of the most comprehensive condemnations of terrorism to date by any leading Islamic authority. This Fatwa is a direct refutation of the ideology of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. It is one of the most extensive rulings, an "absolute" condemnation of terrorism without "any excuses or pretexts" which goes further than ever and declares terrorism as kufr (disbelief) under Islamic law. This ruling aims to help guide those who have been misled to the path of terrorism and clarify key concepts. Its implications are critical for the Muslim world and the West alike. Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri’s talk highlighted its applicability, clarified key concepts of jihad, suicide bombings, dar al-harb (Abode of War) and dar al-Islam (Abode of Peace) and why terrorism is in fact continuity of Kharijites (Khawarij) or rebels. November 3, 2010 – Discussion and Book Launch: “Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World” with Nir Rosen. Recently returned from a six-week trip to seven of Iraq's provinces, Rosen discussed post-civil war Iraq as well as his experiences reporting on Sunni-Shiite strife in Lebanon and the situation in Afghanistan. Moderated by ACMCU Visiting Professor Shireen Hunter.
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November 2, 2010 – Hassib Sabbagh Memorial. A group of prominent diplomats, policymakers, colleagues, family and friends gathered to honor the life and legacy of Hassib Sabbagh. The Program featured an opening and introduction by Carol J. Lancaster (Dean and Professor of Politics, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University) a filmed interview with the Honorable Jimmy Carter (39th President of the United States of America), remarks by the Honorable James A. Baker, III (61st U.S. Secretary of State), Under Secretary William J. Burns (Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs), Ambassador Richard Murphy (Ret.), Ambassador Robert Pelletreau (Former Assistant Secretary of State), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi (Member, P.L.O. Executive Committee), Dr. John L. Esposito (University Professor & Founding Director, ACMCU), Mr. Henry Siegman (President, US/Middle East Project), and Dr. Peter Krogh (Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University). Dr. John Voll (Professor and Associate Director, ACMCU) was the Master of Ceremonies. Co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Georgetown University Office of the President. October 28, 2010 – Book Event: “Cutting the Fuse” with Robert Pape. Professor Pape presented his powerful new research from the University of Chicago which explains why the War on Terror has done more to scare Americans than terrorists. Specifically he argued that suicide terrorism is strongly correlated to military occupation. Professor Pape offered policies that America should pursue to move beyond the War on Terror. Moderated by Dr. John L. Esposito. October 18, 2010 – Briefing: “Facing the Challenge of Turmoil in Kashmir.” This luncheon briefing featured a candid discussion on the current situation in Kashmir, particularly with regard to the latest cycle of violence and anti-government demonstrations that occurred in the Summer of 2010. Rebecca Byerly and Hafsa Kanjwal, who both recently returned from Kashmir, discussed the situation on the ground as witnessed during their time in the region. Ms. Byerly's presentation focused on her experience as an international correspondent in Kashmir, as well as her views on the role of student participation in the demonstrations. Ms. Kanjwal, cofounder of KashmirCorps, an organization which aims to promote public service in Kashmir, shared her experiences living in Srinagar during the height of the conflict. Finally, Ambassador Schaffer's presentation, entitled "Kashmir: What Should the U.S. Do?" offered some insight into the role of U.S. policy in the region, particularly in light of the stories of challenge and conflict shared by his fellow panelists. This event was co-sponsored ACMCU, the Asian Studies Program, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. October 13, 2010 – Luncheon Briefing: “Arabized Jews in Christian Spain” with Jonathan Ray. Arabic culture had an important impact on the Jews of al-Andalus who adapted certain elements of it to fit their own needs while maintaining their distinct cultural and religious
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identity. Examples of such cultural borrowing and adaptation include from their vernacular and written language, to an interest in Greek-style science and philosophy and devotion to poetry. As the Jews resettled in the Christian territories of medieval Iberia, they retained much of the cultural profile they had developed in al-Andalus. Professor Ray discussed how we are to understand this phenomenon. Was the persistence of an “Arabized” Jewish identity in Christian Spain proof of a greater affinity between Jewish and Muslim cultures, or was it part of a more complex set of circumstances that governed the development of Jewish society in the medieval world? October 8, 2010 – ACMCU Academic Council Meeting. October 7, 2010 – ACMCU Conference: “Rethinking Shariah: Who Speaks for Islam?” This conference consisted of three panels addressing central issues related to Islamic Law. As a religious and legal system, Islam influences the lives of Muslims and non-Muslims alike around the world. Yet in the fourteen centuries since Muhammad’s life, there has never been one single Muslim voice that can unequivocally define what Islam is or what Islamic law decrees. Instead, Muslim scholars have engaged in a process of debate, consensus building and consensus breaking that has spanned centuries and continues today. With modernity came the emergence of the nation state, the establishment of secular legal systems and the primacy of Western thought-all of which brought serious challenges to the authority of the traditional Muslim ulama. On issues ranging from extremist violence to women’s rights, both Muslims and non-Muslims interested in the effects of Islamic law on issues of state and society are faced with the question of who speaks for Islamic law today. October 4, 2010 – “The Politics of Religious Freedom and the Minority Question: A Middle Eastern Genealogy” with Saba Mahmood. The right to religious freedom is widely regarded as a crowning achievement of secular-liberal democracy, one that guarantees the peaceful co-existence of religiously diverse populations. Enshrined in national constitutions and international laws and treaties, the right to freedom of conscience is seen as a key mechanism for ensuring that religious minorities are able to practice their traditions freely. Through a focus on the history of the Middle East and Egypt in particular, Professor Mahmood’s talk problematized this account of religious liberty by analyzing the structure of inequality that characterizes the relationship between First and Third World sovereignty within international law, and how the historical development of the practice and concept of religious liberty has been intertwined with the exercise of Western power. Co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.
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September 22, 2010 – International Visitor Leadership Program – Aya Burweila, Senior Analyst, Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS). Closed State Department sponsored meeting with Dr. John Esposito. September 18, 2010 - September 19, 2010 – Conference: “The Future of Faith in the Age of Globalization.” In Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The phenomenon of globalization has unleashed unprecedented forces in the spheres of politics, culture, economics, science and technology, and international relations. First and foremost, the evolution of the nation-state and its institutions as the most dominant dynamic in global politics and economics - and with national and international security as its overriding interest or motive - poses a major challenge to faith communities around the world. Second, dynamics such as the homogenization of culture, the operation of market forces and the continuous advent and proliferation of new technologies, particularly in the sphere of communication, have created a new form of consumerism that is global in scope, with its own logic of operation and its own secularized value system. These unprecedented dynamics pose multifaceted challenges to faith communities around the world, and arguably, to the future of faith in a new, globalized world. This conference was organized to address these challenges. Co-sponsored by ACMCU, the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS UK), the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Sarajevo, the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), in cooperation with HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, (University of Cambridge), the Centre for the Study of Democracy (University Of Westminster) and the Center for Advanced Studies in Sarajevo. September 16, 2010 – Book Event: “Iran's Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era: Resisting the New International Order.” ACMCU Visiting professor Dr. Shireen Hunter explained that the main thesis of her latest book Iran's Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era: Resisting the New International Order is that Iran's leadership has not adequately realized the dimensions of changes which the collapse of the Soviet Union has caused in the character of the international political system and have thus failed to adjust Iran's foreign policy to the new systemic realities. September 15, 2010 – Workshop: “Creating a Course or a Syllabus from Scratch: A workshop for graduate students.” Dr. John Voll led a short workshop that suggested ways of preparing a course syllabus for a new course. Often in the process of applying for a faculty position, an applicant is asked to provide a syllabus for a course that the applicant might possibly teach. Similarly, faculty are sometimes asked to teach a section in a course that may be part of a regular curriculum, but which that particular person has not taught before – and the person is expected to develop a new syllabus. One example might be organizing one of the SFS freshmen
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seminars. While developing a new course is always challenging, this workshop discussed ways that the preparation process could be made more efficient and enjoyable. September 9, 2010 – MSA Iftar: Dr. Jonathan Brown. ACMCU Assistant Professor Jonathan Brown spoke at a Muslim Student’s Association Iftar, co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Georgetown University MSA. September 8, 2010 – Film Screening: “Amreeka.” Amreeka chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois. In America, as her son navigates high school hallways the way he used to move through military checkpoints, the indomitable Muna scrambles together a new life cooking up falafel burgers as well as hamburgers at the local White Castle. Film screening co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. September 8, 2010 – Briefing: "Islam in China: Past and Present.” ACMCU Visiting Researcher Yujie Wang’s presentation provided an introduction to Islam as practiced by Chinesespeaking Muslims. The topics discussed included a general overview of Islam in China, the characteristics of Muslim communities in present day China, and some of the challenges that these communities and the Chinese government face. September 7, 2010 – Panel Discussion: “Park 51 Islamic Center near Ground Zero: Issues in Conflict.” This panel examined the controversy aroused by the proposed construction of an Islamic community center near ground zero in lower Manhattan. ACMCU brought together experts to discuss issues of religious freedom, national security, memories and legacies of 9/11, Islamophobia, and their impact on interreligious relations and civil liberties. Panelists included Intisar Rabb, John L. Esposito, Bishop John Chane, and Thomas Farr. The panel was moderated by John Voll. September 3, 2010 – International Visitor Program: “Interfaith Dialogue and Community Activism: A Project for Czech Republic.” - Closed State Department sponsored meeting with Dr. Shireen Hunter. September 1, 2010 – Book Launch: “Sharing Mary - Bible and Qur’an Side By Side.” Author Marlies ter Borg introduced audiences to her new book, Sharing Mary: Bible and Qur’an Side by Side. The book provides a unique, non-partial collection of similar stories and characters shared by the Bible and the Qur’an. Verse by verse, Sharing Mary argues the Bible and the Quran's commonalities in stories ranging from Adam's expulsion from Eden, Noah and the
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great flood, to the angel announcing Jesus' birth. While the anthology has passages relevant to terrorism and prejudice, the focus is on the commonalities between both Divine attributes and human values in both books.
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JOHN L. ESPOSITO University Professor and Founding Director
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 407: Islam and Global Terrorism
Advising and Mentoring PhD advisor, Abdullah Al-Arian DLS mentor, Rachel Sag MA mentor, Michael Adamski CULP thesis advisor, Damien Peiretti MALS mentor, Michael Worysz MALS mentor, Natalie Eft MALS mentor, Omid Townsend PhD mentor, Sanae El Mellouki (University of Mohammed V, Morocco)
HONORS AND AWARDS 2011 Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, University of Florida at Gainesville 2011 Vice President, American Academy of Religion 2012 President Elect, American Academy of Religion
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2010−2011 Books • John L. Esposito and Ihsan Yilmaz, Islam and Peacebuilding (Blue Dome Press, 2010) • John L. Esposito, The Future of Islam, Bahasa Indonesia edition (Mizan Media Utama, 2010) • John L. Esposito, What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2011) • John L. Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin, eds. Islamophobia: The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 2011)
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Articles • John L. Esposito and Ihsan Yilmaz, “Transnational Muslim Faith-based Peacebuilding: Initiatives of the Gülen Movement,” European Journal of Economic and Political Studies, Vol 3, 2010 • John L. Esposito, “American Foreign Policy and the Muslim World,” in Islam and Muslims in America, American Islamic College Publication No. 1 (2011): 32-35
Books and Articles in Press Books • John L. Esposito and Emad Shahin, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2011) Articles • John L. Esposito, “American Muslims and the Future of American-Islamic World Relations,” International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Malaysia, 2010, Occasional Paper
Current Publishing Projects • Series Editor, Oxford Library of Islamic Studies, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Finance, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Science and Technology
Newspaper and Web Articles • June 1, 2010 “White House Needs to Rethink Weak U.S. Response to Israeli Attack” The Huffington Post • July 13, 2010 “The Future of Islam” The Christian Century • July 14, 2010 “Violent ‘Muslims’ distort the tradition” The Washington Post On Faith • July 19, 2010 “Islamophobia and the Muslim Center at Ground Zero” CNN • August 1, 2010 “GOP Candidates’ Viral Fear Mongering” The Huffington Post • August 4, 2010 “Do Muslims have equal rights?” The Washington Post On Faith • August 10, 2010 “Islamophobia: A Threat to American Values?” The Huffington Post • August 12, 2010 “Islamophobia: A Threat to American Values?” Iran Times International (Iran) • August 13, 2010 “Ramadan Translated,” The Washington Post On Faith • August 22, 2010 “Islamophobia in America: Where Do We Go from Here?” The Huffington Post • September 4, 2010 “Honor Killing: Is Violence against Women a Universal Problem, not an Islamic Issue?” The Huffington Post • September 6, 2010 “An ugly rhetoric – again,” Journal Sentinel - Co-authored with Sheila Lalwani
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• September 9, 2010 “The Reality of Islamophobia in America,” Los Angeles Times – Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • September 10, 2010 “Fighting Islamophobia: Come, Let Us Reason Together” The Huffington Post • September 10, 2010 “Fighting Islamophobia: Come, Let Us Reason Together” Religion News Service • September 25, 2010 “Religious Land Use Protection and Mosques: No Reason to Celebrate This Anniversary” The Huffington Post • September 28, 2010 “Ignorance, Not Islam, Is the Enemy” The Huffington Post • September 30, 2010 “Mr. President: Seize the Opportunity in the Middle East” The Huffington Post • October 16, 2010 "Bigotry and Islam: Bill O'Reilly's at it again" The Huffington Post, Coauthored with Sheila B. Lalwani • October 22, 2010 "Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims" The Huffington Post, Coauthored with Sheila B. Lalwani • October 25, 2010 "Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims" Middle East Online (United Kingdom), Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • October 31, 2010 "Domestic violence: a global problem, not a religious one" Los Angeles Times, Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • November 11, 2010 "The Dark Side of American Politics and Religion" The Huffington Post, Coauthored with Sheila B. Lalwani • November 18, 2010 "Safeguarding the Rights of Christians" The Huffington Post, Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • December 6, 2010 "An Islamic sermon for the world" Washington Post On Faith, Co-authored with Mustafa Abu Sway • December 13, 2010 "Media Commentators and Islam: Why do they get it wrong and what is the cost?" The Huffington Post • January 27, 2011 “Christians Under Siege: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism in the Muslim World” The Huffington Post - Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • February 4, 2011 “Mr. President: The Whole World is Watching” The Huffington Post - Coauthored with Sheila B. Lalwani • February 11, 2011 “No, Muslims are not taking over the world” The Guardian (U.K.) - Coauthored with Sheila B. Lalwani • February 14, 2011 “Does the New Dawn in Egypt Require a New Framework for U.S.-Middle East Relations?” The Huffington Post - Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • February 15, 2011 “Time to walk the talk in Mideast” The Washington Post On Faith - Coauthored with Sheila B. Lalwani
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• February 28, 2011 “Arab youth want democracy, not theocracy” CNN International • March 6, 2011 “Peter King’s hearings: Islamophobia draped in the American flag” The Washington Post On Faith • March 16, 2011 “Conservative Republicans and Islam: A New Crusade for Votes and Funds” The Huffington Post – Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • March 25, 2011 “Fear of Sharia in Tennessee” The Guardian (U.K.) – Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • April 28, 2011 “Resisting the French Resistance” The Malta Independent Online (Malta)- Coauthored with Sheila B. Lalwani • April 28, 2011 “Burqa ban a blow to integration” Gulf Times (Qatar) - Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • May 2, 2011 “The death of Osama bin Laden: end or turning point?” The Washington Post On Faith - Co-authored with Dr. John O. Voll • May 4, 2011 “Bin Laden and the Arab Spring: A Turning Point in U.S.-Muslim World Relations?” The Huffington Post, Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • May 9, 2011 “Osama’s dead. Now what?” Oxford University Press Blog • May 18, 2011 “Obama’s Unique Opportunity To Redefine U.S.-Muslim World Relations” The Huffington Post • May 20, 2011 “Obama’s Middle East speech: a significant step forward but a long way to go” The Washington Post On Faith • May 31, 2011 “Getting it right about Islam and Muslim Americans” Common Ground News Service - Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • June 4, 2011 “Muslim Americans Deserve a Break” OnIslam – Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani • June 16, 2011 “Student Freedom of Speech and Dissent Under Siege: The Irvine 11” The Huffington Post • June 16, 2011 “The U.S. requires a new narrative in responding to the Arab uprising,” Asharq Al-Awsat – Co-authored with Dalia Mogahed • June 17, 2011 “Muslim bashing by GOP candidates? Nothing new here” The Washington Post On Faith • June 22, 2011 “Let’s Get It Right: the Arab Spring Requires a New Narrative” The Huffington Post - Co-authored with Dalia Mogahed
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • May 15, 2010 “CAIR New York speech: I am Muslim, I am American,” Columbia University, New York
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• May 26, 2010 “How does Growing Religiosity Impact Islamic Activism?,” Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program, CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia • June 6, 2010 “Keynote Address,” The International Institute of Islamic Thought, London, United Kingdom • July 24, 2010 “Muslims in America and the Legal Challenges They Face,” Muslim Legal Fund of America, Hickory Hills, Illinois • September 1, 2010 “Public Address With Q&A,” CENTCOM Headquarters, Tampa, Florida • October 14, 2010 “Opening Keynote Address for Fares Academic Committee’s Annual Meeting,” Fares Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts • October 19, 2010 “Conference for Interfaith Dialogue: Raising the New Generation with a Foundation of Values and Traditions – Challenges and Opportunities,” Doha, Qatar • November 8, 2010 “Islamophobia and What to do About It?,” American Muslim Alliance Foundation, Washington, D.C. • November 12, 2010 “Perceptions of Islam in the West and How it Affects us Globally,” Keller, Texas • November 27, 2010 “Keynote speech for Annual Board Meeting,” European Muslim Research Center, University of Exeter, London, United Kingdom • January 5, 2011 “The Future of Political Islam,” Islamic University of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia • January 6, 2011 “Power, Religious Pluralism, and Politics,” Islamic University of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia • January 7, 2011 “The Future of Islam in the Absence of Muslim Reformers,” State Islamic University of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia • January 8, 2011 “Multiculturalism and New Identity in the Changing World,” University of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia • January 18, 2011 “The Future of Islam and Muslim-West Relations,” World Affairs Council, Washington, D.C. • January 30, 2011 “The Role of Common Values in Building Human Relations,” Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat, Oman • February 16, 2011 “The Future of Islam and Islam-West Relations,” Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana • March 2, 2011 “The United States and the Muslim World,” Texas A&M University, Austin, Texas • March 8, 2011 “Year in review presentation to Alwaleed Centers directors and Alwaleed Foundation representatives,” Edinburgh, United Kingdom • March 12, 2011 “6th Annual Al Jazeera Forum presentation: Recent Developments in the MENA Region Related to Democratization,” Doha, Qatar • March 22, 2011 “Future of Islam,” Ministry of Awqaf, Kuwait City, Kuwait Page 26
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• April 4, 2011 “Islamophobia and the Challenges of Pluralism in the 21st Century,” The College of St. Rose, Albany, New York • April 14, 2011 “Annual Thulin Lecture: Understanding Islam and Muslim Politics,” University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois • April 15, 2011 “Congressional Briefing: Libya and Beyond,” U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. • April 20, 2011 “The Future of Islam and the Challenges of Religious Pluralism in the 21st Century,” University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma • May 7, 2011 “Future of Islam and Muslims as Part of the Solution,” Muslim Public Affairs Council of Western New York, Buffalo, New York • May 11, 2011 “Clergy Institute Day Lecture: The Future of Islam and the West – Crisis and Cooperation,” Temple de Hirsch Sinai, Seattle, Washington • May 11, 2011 “The Gulen Movement: Engaging Modernity and the West,” Acacia Foundation, Seattle, Washington • May 12, 2011 “Arab Spring: a panel discussion,” U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. • June 7, 2011 “The Role and Future of Political Islam in a Changing Middle East,” Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. • June 18, 2011 “Dr. John L. Esposito Stands With the Irvine 11 fundraising event,” University of California Irvine, California
MEDIA • July 20, 2010 "The Future of Islam, the Future of Humanity” Religion Dispatches • July 31, 2010 "American Muslims: Reformers v. Revivalists" The National Journal • July 29, 2010 "Too many Christians exhibit insecurity in their own faith" Standard Times • August 12, 2010 "Crece el rechazo a las mezquitas en Estados Unidos" El País (Spain) • August 12, 2010 "Ground Zero mosque plans 'fuelling anti-Muslim protests across US' " The Guardian (U.K.) • August 12, 2010 "Religious Leaders Declare Support for Ground Zero Islamic Center" Ecumenical Press • August 18, 2010 "As GOP and Some Top Dems Unite in Opposing NY Islamic Community Center, a Roundtable Discussion with Mother of 9/11 Victim, Rabbi, Muslim Lawmaker and Islamic Scholar" Democracy Now • August 22, 2010 "Taxi ads stir controversy: Ads imply leaving Islam is dangerous for women" Chicago Tribune • August 23, 2010 "L'ultime victoire de ben Laden" La Presse (Canada)
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• August 23, 2010 "La construction d’une mosquée à New York fait débat" Afrique Actu Net (Cameroon) • August 25, 2010 "One Church’s Reasons to Hate Islam, Challenged by an Expert" The New York Times • August 26, 2010 "Quran burning raises fear of violence here, elsewhere" The Gainesville Sun • August 26, 2010 "Siddiqui: American anti-Muslim prejudice goes mainstream" The Star (Canada) • August 28, 2010 "¿Islamofobia en aumento?" BBC Mundo (United Kingdom) • August 29, 2010 "Why so many Americans are hostile toward Islam" McClatchy Newspapers • September 2, 2010 "Is America Islamophobic?" CNN • September 6, 2010 "Tracing the roots of Islamophobia" Miami Herald • September 8, 2010 "Who is Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf?" CNN • September 8, 2010 "Park 51 controversy: Symptom of a larger problem?" Palestine Note • September 8, 2010 "Muslims Are Just The Latest American Scapegoat" TPM Muckraker • September 9, 2010 "Die Sündenböcke der Vereinigten Staaten" Deutsche Welle (Germany) • September 9, 2010 "La islamofobia ¿institucionalizada?" Nueva Tribuna (Spain) • September 9, 2010 "El pequeño sucio secreto de EEUU" La Capital (Argentina) • September 9, 2010 "El pequeño sucio secreto de EEUU" El País (Costa Rica) • September 10, 2010 "City Disavows Pastor’s Talk of Burning Koran" The New York Times • September 10, 2010 Interview regarding the wave of Islamophobia in America for "Journal Télévisé, 20h" France 2 (France) • September 11, 2010 "Muslims try to turn hate and fear to tolerance" Los Angeles Times • September 11, 2010 "EE.UU. conmemora los nueve años del 11- S con el temor de un ascenso de la islamofobia" RTTV.ES (Spain) • September 11, 2010 "La mezquita de la discordia" Tiempo (Honduras) • September 11, 2010 "El 11 de septiembre y el lunático Terry Jones" Terra (Argentina) • September 11, 2010 "Le 11 septembre et l’islamophobie aux Etats-Unis" Afrique-Actu • September 12, 2010 "This Week with Christian Amanpour" ABC • September 16, 2010 "L’islamophobie: Cessez le délire!" L'Expression (Algeria) • September 23, 2010 "Beyond Belief: Islam and America" BBC Radio (United Kingdom) • September 21, 2010 "Por qué la lapidación es la peor ejecución" El País (Spain) • September 21, 2010 "Muslims Tackle Misconceptions" The Hoya • October 25, 2010 "Esposito Elected VP of American Academy of Religion" The Hoya • November 3, 2010 "John Esposito on Islam and the West" OnIslam.net • November 30, 2010 "L'éducation fait reculer les stéréotypes" Emarrakech.info (Morocco) • December 5, 2010 "Minorities: Easy targets" The Charleston Gazette
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• December 16, 2010 "Viewpoint with James Zogby: John Esposito, Amjad Atallah, Jordan Eizenga" Abu Dhabi Television • January 27, 2011 “Interview with John Feffer” Foreign Policy in Focus • January/February 2011 “Coverage about a presentation by Dr. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed of Gallup,” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs • February 1, 2011 “Two Cheers for the Brotherhood,” The Huffington Post • February 1, 2011 “Common Religious Values,” Times of Oman • February 2, 2011 “Egypt’s Islamist Riddle: Muslim Brotherhood Says It Seeks Limited Role, but Its Radical Roots Spur Questions,” The Wall Street Journal • February 11, 2011 “Friday prayers helped fuel Egyptian Revolution,” CNN Belief Blog • February 23, 2011 “Interview with Dr. John L. Esposito,” The Fairness Doctrine: Left, Right, Uncensored • February 24, 2011 “Experts Assess Future Role of Islam in Nations Torn by Uprisings,” Voice of America • March 7, 2011 “White House praises Muslims ahead of hearing” The Christian Century • March 7, 2011 “Turmoil in Arab World Opening New Opportunities for the West?” Voice of America News • March 7, 2011 “Republican urges Islam terror hearings amid ‘McCarthyite’ witch-hunt claims” The Guardian (U.K.) • March 12, 2011 “Interview about the outlook for U.S. policy change in light of recent events” Al Jazeera English • March 13, 2011 “Al Jazeera Forum: Arab revolts herald a new world order” Doha Press • March 14, 2011 “Mideast Expert: Fox News Panders to Muslim-Bashers” Media Matters Blog • March 15, 2011 “Congress Fuels Islamophobia” Al-Bayan (Dubai) • March 19, 2011 “Another error in the “war on terror” University of Notre Dame Blog Network • April 10, 2011 “Professor John Esposito Speaks at Saint Rose About Islamophobia” The Saint Rose Chronicle • April 24, 2011 “Interview about CIA covert operations” Voice of America Indonesian Service • May 2, 2011 “Bin Laden’s death may ease anti-Muslim sentiment in U.S.” The Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2011 “U.S. Muslims hope for better days after bin Laden” Reuters • May 2, 2011 “Growing up Muslim American: Anti-Muslim sentiment drives some Muslim Americans to hide their identity” American University School of Communication Publication • May 4, 2011 “Bin Laden’s theology a radical break with traditional Islam” CNN • April 2011 “Esposito Discusses ‘Islamophobia-Global Implications’” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs • May 7, 2011 “Why did they bury bin Laden at sea?” Macleans (Canada)
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• May 8, 2011 “Muslims encouraged to reach out” Buffalo News • May 13, 2011 “War for American hearts and minds rages over Islam” MSNBC • May 20, 2011 “Il Docente Americano: Una cambiamento radicale che elimina molte ambiguita” Avvenire (Italy) • May 20, 2011 “After protests, a new beginning for Obama and the Arab world” PBS Need to Know • May 25, 2011 “Panelists: Arab Spring Could Improve Muslim-Western Relations” Georgetown University News
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES 2012 – President Elect, American Academy of Religion 2011 – Vice President, American Academy of Religion 2011 – Advisory Board, Our Shared Future, British Council 2009 – Executive Board, C-1 World Dialogue 2008 – Member of the European Commission’s European Network of Experts on Radicalization 2008 – Board of Advisors, Ciudad de las Ideas (Mexico) 2007 – Advisory Board, Peace X Peace 2005 – Gallup Senior Scientist 2005 – Board of Advisors, Unity Productions Foundation 2004 – President, Scientific Executive Committee of the Fondazione Laboratorio Mediterraneo
EDITORIAL BOARDS 2009 - Series Editor, Oxford Library of Islamic Studies 2009 - Katha: Journal of Civilizational Dialogue 2007 - International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs 2007 - International Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Islamic Economics 2007 - Co-editor, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 2006 - Edinburgh History of Islamic Empires 2006 - Religion Compass 2005 - Editor in Chief, Oxford Online Resource Center for the Islamic World 2004 - Muslim World Journal of Human Rights 1999 - Studies in Contemporary Islam 1999 - International Encyclopedia of Islamic Economics 1998 - General Editor, Religion and Global Politics Series, Oxford University Press 1998 - Global Dialogue 1998 - American Muslim Quarterly 1997 - Discourse: An Iranian Quarterly
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1995 - Journal of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs 1994 - Middle East Policy 1994 - Journal of Church and State 1993 - Islamic Studies 1990 - The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Columbia University, Harvard University Press, University of Edinburgh Press, University of California Press, Palgrave, Hurst, I.B. Taurus, Hurst, Journal of APSA, World Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Journal of the American Historical Association, Comparative Politics, Journal of International Law, Journal of Church and State, RAND Corporation, The Historian, Review of International Studies and others.
COMMUNITY SERVICE • Ambassador, UN Alliance of Civilizations • Executive Board, Abu Dhabi Gallup Center • Chair, Fares Center Board of Advisers, The Fletcher School at Tufts University • Chair and Facilitator, UN Foundation – State Department Conference with UN, EU, OIC and American representatives regarding defamation of religion resolution • Board of Advisers, Muslim-West Engagement Project, Search for Common Word • Presentations for NGOs and keynote addresses at fundraisers and other events across the United States and Europe
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • September 16, 2010 ACMCU event with Dr. Shireen Hunter: “Iran’s Foreign Policy in the PostSoviet Era: Resisting the New International Order,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • October 7, 2010 “What is the Future Role of Islamic Law in the Muslim World and in the West Among Muslim Minority Communities?,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • October 8, 2010 Annual Presentation of ACMCU Director’s Report, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • February 9, 2011 ACMCU Briefing with Dr. John L. Esposito, Dr. John O. Voll, and Dr. Nathan Brown: “Reform and Transformation – Arab Politics and Islamic Movements,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • April 12, 2011 A Common Word conference welcome speech, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • May 24, 2011 Welcoming remarks for “Deconstructing the Clash of Civilizations: Towards a New Paradigm” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
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• May 24, 2011 “From ‘Us and Them’ to ‘We are Them:’ Rethinking Muslim-West Relations and Our Common Identity,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • June 20, 2011 Welcome address at the “Workshop on Police-Community Engagement and Counter-Terrorism,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
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JOHN OBERT VOLL Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall HIST 761: Islamic Movements INAF 441: Muslim-Christian Relations in World History
Spring HIST 368: 01/02 Movements of Islamic Renewal HIST 462: 01/02 History of Islam in Africa HIST 902: 35/36/37 Graduate Research Tutorials
Advising and Mentoring Doctoral: Dissertation Advisor (PhD and DLS): 5 Dissertation Committee Member: 10 Comprehensive Exam Committee: 4 Master’s: Thesis Advisor/Mentor: MAAS: 3 MALS: 3 Other: 1 MAAS Comprehensive Exams: 1 Senior Honors Thesis Advisor: 1 Other Institutions: Dissertation Committees: 2
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2010−2011 Book Chapters • “Dialogue Between Islam and the West: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?” Occasional Paper Series 2, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Malaysia, 2010. 43 pp. • “Reform and modernism in the middle twentieth century,” in The New Cambridge History of Islam. Volume 6: Muslims and Modernity, Culture and Society since 1800. Ed. Robert W. Hefner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 148-172. • “Modern Movements in Islam,” in Innovations in Islam: Traditions and Contributions. Ed. Mehran Kamrava. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011, pp.213-238.
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• “The Middle East in World History,” in The Oxford Handbook of World History. Ed. Jerry H. Bentley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 437-454. Articles • The Challenge of the Believing Intellectual: Religion and Modernity,” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, No. 3 (Summer 2011).
Books and Articles in Press Books • The World in the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press. Book Chapters • “Ali al-Mirghani,” al-Khatm al-Mirghani,” “Hasan al-Mirghani.” Entries in Dictionary of African Biography, ed. Henry Gates and Emmanuel Akyeampong. Oxford University Press December 2011.
Current Publishing Projects • “The New Activist Sufi Aggregations,” a chapter in The Wiley-Blackwell History of Islam and Islamic Civilization, edited by Armando Salvatore. • “The Middle East in World History Since 1750,” in a volume in The Cambridge History of the World, edited by Ken Pomeranz and John R. McNeill. • “Networks of Revolutionary Discourses in Global Perspective,” paper for a conference of “Atlantic Networks and the Problem of Liberty in the Age of Revolutions, 1776-1815.”
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES Formal Conference Papers and Major Addresses • With Michael O. Voll, “Muslim Activism and Social Movement Theory for the 21st Century,” American Political Science Association annual meeting, Washington, DC. 3 September 2010. • “Islamic Movements and New Media,” Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies Lecture, John Carroll University, Cleveland, 4 November 2010. • “Religious Resurgence and Multiple Modernities in Southeast Asia,” presented at “The Resurgence of Religions in Southeast Asia, 1997-2011,” Conference hosted by Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 7 January 2011. • “Re-framing the Narratives of Muslim Societies in World History Literature,” in NEH Forum, “Beyond Golden Age and Decline,” George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 14 March 2011. • “New Religion, New Secularism, and New Politics in Our Global Age,” Plenary address in the Belief in Dialogue Symposium, British Council, at the British Academy, London, 29 March 2011.
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Programs and Lectures • Park 51 Islamic Center: Issues”. Chaired panel sponsored by ACMCU, 7 Sept. 2010. • “Islam in China.” Chaired presentation by Yujie Wang, ACMCU, 8 September 2010. • “Islam in Southeast Asia: Doctrines and Expansion,” lecture in Southeast Asia Seminar, Foreign Service Institute, 9 September 2010. • “Personalities & Middle East Negotiations,” dinner talk for the Global Living and Learning Community, Georgetown. 24 Sept 2010. • Master of Ceremonies for Hassib J. Sabbagh Memorial Service, Georgetown University, 2 November 2010. • Concluding Observations, NEH Forum on “Beyond Golden Age and Decline,” George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 15 March 2011. • Discussed contemporary trends in the Muslim world with Muslim students’ residential group, Georgetown University, 17 March 2011. • “The Future of Extremist Muslim Groups in the New Middle East,” Staff Brown Bag Lunch Talk, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1 April 2011. • “Religion & Conflict Resolution in Nigeria,” Panel Respondent, Conference on “A Common Word: Responding to the Challenges of Religious Pluralism and Conflict Resolution,” Georgetown University, 12 April 2011. • “Critical Debates on the Future of Political Islam,” PISAP Islamic Realities Course, McLean, VA. 4 May 2011. • “Justice, equality, freedom: reclaiming our shared heritage,” in conference on “Deconstructing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Towards a New Paradigm,” co-sponsored by British Council and ACMCU, 24 May 2011. • “Islam in Southeast Asia,” “Islamic Realities Seminar,” Foreign Service Institute, Virginia. 9 June 2011. • “Muhammad and the Early Muslim Community,” and “Islamic Civilizations.” Lectures in Institute on Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations, Georgetown University, 13-14 June 2011. • “Islamic Realities and Diverse Revolutions,” in World Affairs Council of DC Institute for Educators, “The New Middle East? Power Shifts and Global Implications,” 28 June 2011. • “The Independent South Sudan,” presentation on panel organized by Asylum Division, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, 7 July 2011.
MEDIA It is impractical to list every contact that I have had with news media requesting interviews and information. The following list can provide information about the range of media contacts: Journalist interviews for information and quotation: WTOP (on air 7 September 2010); WUSATV (on air 9 September 2010); Icelandic Broadcasting Service; Correio Braziliense; El Mercurio ALWALEED BIN TALAL CENTER FOR MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING
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(Chile); Creative Loafing (North Carolina); Shari’a 10; New York Times; Washington Post; Catholic News Service.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship Program, Application Review. Emory University, Institutional Review of the Islamic Studies Program. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, Socio-Cultural Program Review. Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Defense Counsel. Presented declaration in United States of America v. Noor Uthman Muhammad. National Endowment for the Humanities, “Bridging Cultures,” National Program Review Committee. National Endowment for the Humanities, Bridging Cultures Bookshelf Project, Advisory Board.
EDITORIAL BOARDS The Oxford Islamic Studies Online Resource Center (Editor-in-chief, John L. Esposito; Oxford University Press). Senior Editor. Oxford Bibliographies On-Line (Editor-in-chief, Tamara Sonn; Oxford University Press). Consultant, then Advisory Editor, 2008-. IAIS Journal of Civilization Studies (Kuala Lumpur). Advisory Board, 2008-. Al-Shajarah (ISTAC, Kuala Lumpur). Advisory Board, 2008-. Middle East Policy. Advisory Board. Berkshire Encyclopedia of Religion and Social Justice (Berkshire Publishing Group. In Preparation). Editorial Advisory Board.
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Oxford University Press, World Wisdom Publishers, Blackwell, Berkshire Publishing Group, Princeton University Press, Islamic Law and Society journal, International Journal of Middle East Studies.
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY General university: Bioethics Advisory Board Executive Board of the Program in Jewish Civilization School of Foreign Service:
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African Studies Faculty Culture & Politics Field Committee Luce/ SFS Steering Committee Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding: Associate Director Director, Certificate in Islam and Muslim-Christian Understanding Director, Liberal Studies Graduate Programs in Muslim-Christian Relations (MALS, DLS) Regional & Comparative Studies Field Committee Peer Review for Samer Shehata (Semester 2) School of Continuing Studies, Liberal Studies Program: Liberal Studies Core Faculty
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YVONNE HADDAD Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall HIST 363: Islam in the West HIST 564: Arab Intellectuals in the Modern World
Spring HIST 364: Revolutionary Thought in Islam INAF 473: Islam and the Study of Muslim-Christian Relations
Advising and Mentoring MALS thesis advisor “The Influence of Pre-Millenial Dispensationalism on Evangelical Perceptions of Muslims Post-9/11” Grayson Robertson PhD thesis second reader, “Toward a Muslima Theology of Religious Pluralism: the Qur’an, Feminist Theology and Religious Diversity” Jerusha Tanner Lamptey, Theology Department PhD thesis advisor, “Immigrant Middle Eastern Baptists in Washington Area” Melanie Trexler, Theology Department Outside Evaluator: PhD Thesis “Economic Policies of the Islamic Society of North America” Shariq Siddiqui, IUPUI, advisor David Craig
HONORS AND AWARDS 2011-2012 Research grant from the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University – for ongoing research for a book on “The Americanization of Islam,” in collaboration with Jane I. Smith (Harvard Divinity School) Fall 2011 Faculty Research Grant, SFS, Georgetown University Spring 2011 Faculty Research Grant, SFS, Georgetown University Summer 2010 Faculty Research Grant, SFS, Georgetown University
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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2010−2011 Books • Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today, co-authored with Jane I. Smith and Kathleen M. Moore, (paper edition) Oxford University Press, 2011, 190 pp. • Becoming American? The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America, Baylor University Press (Publication date October 1). Book Chapters • “Muslims, Human Rights, and Women’s Rights,” in Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights, edited by Thomas Banchoff and Robert Wuthnow, Oxford University Press, 2011. pp. 7197. • “Islamist Perceptions of US Policy in the middle East,” revised and updated chapter for the 5th edition of The Middle East and the US: A Historical and Political Reassessment, edited by David Lesch and Mark L. Haas, Westview Press. Articles • “The Anti-Christ and the End of Time in Christian and Muslim Eschatological Literature,” coauthored with Jane I. Smith, Muslim World, volume 100 (October 2010) pp. 505-529.
Books and Articles in Press Book Chapters • “Afterlife in Christian-Muslim Relations” co-authored with Jane I. Smith in the Cambridge Dictionary of Christian-Muslim Relations. • “Arab-American Women Activists” in Arab Women Activists, edited by Amira Sonbol, Syracuse University Press. • “Muslims and American Religious Pluralism,” to be published in Religious Pluralism in Modern America, edited by Charles L. Cohen, Oxford University Press. • “Christian-Muslim Dialogue in the United States” co-authored with Jane Smith, Cambridge Dictionary of Christian-Muslim Relations. Articles • Monograph "Demystifying the Orient: Arab American Christian Scholars and the Study of the Middle East" Farhat J. Ziadeh Distinguished Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle.
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Newspaper and Web Articles • October 2010 Comments from the English-language version of my essay, “The Space between Image and Word: The Journey from Rogier van der Weyden’s The Descent from the Cross and Walter Verdin’s Sliding Time,” selected for posting on the artist’s website. Awaiting formal permission from Edizione Dehoniane.
Current Publishing Projects • Sayyid Qutb: The Making of an Islamist Revolutionary to be published in (series of Makers of the Muslim World), Oneworld Publications. • The American Engagement with Islam, (Shriver Lectures) to be published by Georgia University Press. • A Vanishing Minority: Christians in the Middle East (An annotated bibliography). • The Oxford Handbook of Muslims in the United States, Oxford University Press, co-edited with Jane I. Smith. • The Americanization of Islam (tentative title) co-authored with Jane I. Smith. • “Western Sources of Sayyid Qutb’s Fi Zilal al-Qur’an.” • “Sojourn in the Land of the White Man: Sayyid Qutb in Washington, D.C.” co-authored with Adam Farrar. • “The American Mosque Post 9/11: Between Tradition and Pluralism.” • “Anglican Approach to Christian-Muslim Relations: A Reassessment” For a symposium on Muslim-Christian Relations Through the Lutheran and Anglican Communion” to be edited in a volume by Joseph Duggan. • “Christian-Muslim Relations in the Middle East Post 1958” in Centennial Celebration for Kenneth Cragg, edited by Clare Amos.
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • September 22 “Islam and Religious Pluralism in the United States,” Al-Hewar Center, Vienna, VA • September 29 “Can the Obama Peace Initiative Resolve the Palestinian-Israeli Impasse?” Princeton University, Princeton, NJ • November 4 “Confronting Islamophobia, Arabophobia and Anti-Saracenism: An Assessment” panel on Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Sentiment in America, Palestine Center, Washington, DC • December 16 “Are Muslims a Threat to American Security?” Seminar on From Newcomers to Citizens: Immigrant Integration in North America and Europe, Center for Continuing and Professional Education, Georgetown University
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• February 23 “Islamophobia and the Reconstruction of American Muslim Culture,” in The Crossroads of Religion and Politics sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. • March 30 “Islam, Gender and the West,” Inaugural Lecture of the Sharjah Chair in Global Islam, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada • March 31 “The Emergence of the New Islamic Generation: The Agenda of Muslim Youth in the Arab World and North America,” Cordoba House, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada • May 6 “Islam and the West: The Burden of the Past and the Challenge of the Future,” Plenary Lecture, Islamophobia Conference, Seattle, Washington • May 6 “The New Fault Line in the Encounter between the Muslims and the West” Islamophobia Conference, Seattle, Washington • June 15 “Christian-Muslim Relations in Historical Perspectives,” Pastors and Imams Conference • June 16 “Diversity Within the American Muslim Community,” Pastors and Imams Conference • June 16 “Christian-Muslim Relations in the United States,” Pastors and Imams Conference • June 16 “Christians and Muslims in the United States: Law and Social Boundaries,” Pastors and Imams Conference • June 17 “Public Life, Gender, and Interfaith: Issues in Christian-Muslim Relations,” Pastors and Imams Conference • July 26 “Emigration and Assimilation of Arabs in the United States,” NEH Landmark Workshop for Community College Teachers, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio • August 3 “Emigration and Assimilation of Arabs in the United States,” NEH Landmark Workshop for Community College Teachers, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
MEDIA • September 2, 2010 “The Establishment of Zaytuna College in Berkeley,” Associated Press, San Francisco, Terry Chea • September 7, 2010 “Rise in Islamophobia in the United States after 9/11,” Pravda, Miloslav Surgos,” • September 7, 2010 “Assessing the Intensification of Islamophobia in the US,”Talking Points Memo, Rachel Slajda • September 13, 2010 “Women in Muslim Leadership Positions in the US,” Forward Josh NathanKazis • September 17, 2010 “Conversion of Latinas to Islam,” Fox News Latino, Alexandra Gratereaux • September 30, 2010 “Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in the Netherlands,” Slate, Christopher Beam • October 4, 2010 “Franklin Graham and Accuracy of Accusations of Muslim Countries,” St. Petersburg Times, Rob Farley
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• October 18, 2010 “The Agha Khan and Pluralism as a Bridge to Christianity,” Macleans Journal, Ottawa, CA, John Geddes • November 8, 2010 “Is the Fethullah Gulen Movement a Terrorist Threat?” Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Andrew Conti • November 12, 2010 “American Muslims and the Challenge of Islamophobia” France Channel 2 TV, Paris, Youssef Elouazzani • January 4, 2011 “Congressman Peter King’s Investigation of Muslim Radicalism,” Religion News Service, Daniel Burke • January 13, 2011 “Developments in the Integration of Muslims in the United States since 9/11” Los Angeles Times. Geraldine Baum • January 28, 2011 “American Muslim Women Taking off the Veil,” NPR, Asma Khalid • January 31, 2011 “Prospects for Democracy in the Arab World,” Al-Jazeera English, Juan Pablo Raymond • February 1, 2011 “The Christians of Egypt in the Current Crisis,” Washington Post, Michelle Boorstein • February 3, 2011 “Muslim Youth in the DC Area,” Kojo Nnamdi Show, NPR, Virginia Paisley • March 7, 2011 “Congressman King’s Investigation of Muslims,” Washington Post. David Fahrenthold • March 18, 2011 “The Concept of Love in the Qur’an” Miami Herald, Leonard Pitt • March 27, 2011 “Yemeni Children Protesting in the Streets of San`a,” Las Ultimas Noticia (Chile), Ignacia Castillo • April 5, 2011 “Representative Berman’s Statements on the Imposition of the Shari`a,” Austin American Statesman • April 29, 2011 “Comments on the recommendation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom to suspend aid to Egypt.” Radio France International, Billie Kadameri • May 3, 2011 “American Muslims and the Death of Bin Laden” McClatchy Newspapers, Halimah Abdullah • May 5, 2011 “Islamophobia and the Danger of a Muslim Backlash,” appeared on “This Morning” program, Q13 TV, Bill Wixey and Lily Jang • May 7, 2011 “Islam and the West” telecast on KCTS 9 (PBS affiliate) Seattle, Washington • June 20, 2011 “Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in the United States,” Soundvision TV, Junaid Ahmad • June 23, 2011 “African American Islam,” Voice of America, Patsy Widakuswara • July 22, 2011 “The United States and Islamophobia since 9/11” Zeitzeichen, Konrad Ege
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Member, International Advisory Council, WOCMES (World Congress for Middle East Studies) Member of Advisory Board, Journal Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Member of Advisory Board, American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies Member, of Advisory Board, Middle East Policy Council Member, Advisory Board, Gulf Studies Center, American University of Kuwait
EDITORIAL BOARDS Member, Editorial Board Contemporary Islam (UK journal) Member, Editorial Board Hawwa (Journal on Women in Islam), published by Brill Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Middle East Studies
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER “Christian-Muslim Reader” Routledge “Islamic Theory of Religion: A Sunni Viewpoint” Versita and de Gruyter "American Muslims and Religious Pluralism" for Religion Compass “Redefining the Term Jihad in the Arabic New Testament: Contested Arab Christian Identity within the Contemporary Islamic Environment of the Middle East” for Islam and Christian Muslim Relations “Early American Perceptions of Muslims,” for History of Religions “Why do western Women Wear Hijab?” For Ethnic and Racial Studies “Islam in U.S. ‘Scientific Religion’ before 1935: The spread of Islamic identity” for Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations “Becoming American In Different Americas: Changes in the Meaning and Process of Assimilation for World War I-Era Germans and 9/11-Era Arabs,” Sociological Forum “Arab Muslim Women Who Study in Canada—An Assessment of the Driving Factors” Hawwa “What Factors Account for Black-White Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the Contemporary United States?” Ethnic and Racial Studies
COMMUNITY SERVICE • Member Dialogue Committee: Archbishop of Canterbury with Sheikh al-Azhar • Member, Advisory Board, Friends of UNWRA Association • Member, Advisory Board, Sabeel (Center for Palestinian Liberation Theology) • Member, Washington, DC Ad Hoc Committee on Arab Culture • Member Planning Committee for Folk Life Festival and Exhibition on Immigration/Migration, Smithsonian Institution
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NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • Member, Regional and Comparative Studies Field Committee • Member, CCAS Executive Committee • Member, Georgetown University Fulbright Committee • Member, Faculty Advisory Board, Berkley Center • Member, admissions committee for applicants for PhD (Middle East), History Department • Consultant, CCAS Symposium Committee • Member CCAS committee to re-evaluate the Visiting Scholar Program • Participated in the Marino Family International Writers’ Academic Workshop • September 7 Chaired Discussion: Symposium on Park 51 Mosque • September 8 Introduced and chaired discussion of the film “Amreeka” • October 6 participated in roundtable “Women in Academia: Reflections,” for Georgetown Women in International Affairs • November 9 “Current research on American Muslims,” presentation to Moroccan delegation from Muhammad V University, ACMCU • November 10 Chaired session on “Explaining the Middle East to American Audiences,” Andrea Rugh, guest lecturer, ACMCU • February 24 Chaired session on “Interfaith Dialogue/Trialogue in Jerusalem: Jews, Christians and Muslims,” Mustafa Abu Sway, guest lecturer, ACMCU • March 16 Chaired session on “Religious Authority and Protests,” Also gave a presentation on “Coptic Concerns in the Aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution” • Organized a film series co-sponsored by ACMCU and CCAS: March 16 Lion of the Desert, March 27 The Time that Remains, April 7 Budrus • “The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm,” in course “War, Peace & Violence in Global Visual Culture” • “Issues in Arab and Muslim Integration in the United States,” Lecture in course on Theology • “New Developments in Women’s Issues in the Arab World,” Lecture in Arabic Department Course
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TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 100: Proseminar – Islam and the West
Spring INAF/THEO 457: Miracles in Islam and the West INAF/ARAB 468: Islamic Theological Texts
Advising and Mentoring PhD Committee Member: Younus Mirza BA honors thesis advisor: “[Egyptian Historiography at the Dawn of the 20th Century]” SFS, Amr Lehata
HONORS AND AWARDS SFS Summer Research Grant for Project: ‘Fallen Saints or Surviving Institutions?: Egypt’s StateAffiliated Religious Scholars after the Revolution’
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2010−2011 Books • Jonathan Brown, Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011). Articles • Jonathan Brown, “Even If It’s Not True It’s True: The Use of Unreliable Hadiths in Sunni Islam,” Islamic Law and Society Vol. 18, No. 2 (2011): 1-52.
Books and Articles in Press Book Chapters • Jonathan Brown, “Scripture in Modern Islam,” Islam in the Modern World, ed. Jeff Kenney and Ebrahim Moosa (Routledge, forthcoming).
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Articles • “The Canonization of Ibn Majah: Authenticity vs. Utility in the Formation of the Sunni Hadith Canon,” Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, special issue on “Écriture de l’histoire et processus de canonisation dans le monde musulman des premiers siècles de l’islam. Hommage à Alfred-Louis de Prémare,” forthcoming. • “Is the Devil in the Details?: Tension between Comprehensiveness and Minimalism in the Shariah,” Journal of Religious Ethics 39, no. 3 (2011), forthcoming.
Current Publishing Projects • Jonathan Brown, Misquoting Muhammad (Oneworld, forthcoming). • Editor in Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law (Oxford U. Press, forthcoming).
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • May 12-13, 2011 “Approaches to Islamic Law and Society,’ invited workshop at New York University • May 8, 2011 ‘Packaging Legal Traditions,’ invited workshop at Yale University, New Haven • April 20, 2011 “Portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad: Controversy and Misunderstanding,” University of Chicago, Chicago • April 17, 2011 “Political Quietism and Non-Violence in Salafi Thought,” conference on ‘Contemporary Muslim Thinkers on Good Governance, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA • April 15, 2011 “What are the Humanities and What Do They Mean to Muslims Today,” Zaytuna Institute, Berkeley CA • March 22, 2011 “Utility vs. Authenticity in the Legal Canon: The Peculiar Case of the Sunan of Ibn Majah,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia • March 8, 2011 “Muslim, Jews and Modernity,” Inaugural Noel King Memorial Lecture, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, LA • February 15, 2011 “Abiding Stereotypes about the Prophet Muhammad in the Medieval and Modern West,” George Mason University, Fairfax VA • January 29, 2011 “A Brief History of Hadith Collection and Criticism,” MCA Islamic Center, San Jose CA • January 28, 2011 “Islam in the West,” MCA Islamic Center, San Jose CA • January 25, 2011 “The Shariah and its Sources,” Foreign Service Institute, US Dept. of State, DC • January 24. 2011 “Critical Methods of Muslim Historians,” Faculty Seminar, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, VA • January 17, 2011 “What Really Happened?: The Complex Question of Historical Criticism in the Islamic Tradition,” York University, Toronto, Canada
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• October 29, 2010 “Modern Perspectives on the Shariah,’ at Workshop on the Shariah for Secondary School Teachers, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University • October 27-28, 2010 Workshop and Islam and Judaism in America, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York • October 7, 2010 Conference on “Rethinking the Shariah: Who Speaks for Islamic Law?,” organizer, Georgetown University
MEDIA • April 16, 2011 Interview on Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World as part of Islam and Authors Series, Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, Oakland CA • March 14, 2011 “The Radical Islam Hearings,” guest on The Platform, Voice of America Urdu Service • September 9, 2010Interview on al-Arabiyya program (in Arabic) “Akher al-usbu’” on Quran Burning
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, EJ Brill.
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • Member of Honor Council
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SHIREEN T. HUNTER Visiting Professor
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 393: Islam and Politics INAF421: Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran
Spring INAF 455: Religion and International Affairs INAF 442: Islam, Politics, and Security in Modern Central Asia
Advising and Mentoring MALS Advisor: “Turkey’s Justice and Development Party,” Brian Altmeyer
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2010−2011 Articles • “Turkey’s Activist Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities for Iran” Journal of Just Peace Diplomacy, No 3, January- March 2011. • “Middle East Uprisings: Impact on US Regional Position and Influence” Journal of Just Peace Diplomacy, no.4, April-June 2011. • Book Review, “The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges: (Eds.) Amanda Wooden and Christopher H. Stefes, Slavic Review, vol.70, no.1, Spring 2011. • “Khatami and Gorbachev: Politics of Change in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the USSR,” Zhand Shakibi, International Journal of Middle East Studies,(IJMES), vol.43, Issue 1, 2011.
Newspaper and Web Articles • April 4, 2011 “Don’t Punish the Shias because of problems with Iran” VOA Persian Website. • January 16, 2011 “Turkish Activism and Iran’s Regional and National Interests” Iranian Diplomacy.
Current Publishing Projects • Book: “Discourse of Reform and Reaction in Post-Khomeini Iran: Recent Developments in Historical Context” expected publication date early 2013.
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• Journal Article: “Iran, Islam and Struggle for Identity and Power in the Islamic Republic” expected publication early 2012.
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • November 22-24, 2010 Presentation on the Athens Dialogues organized by the Onassis Foundation, Athens, Greece • December 1, 2010 “Pitfalls of Using Religion in International Affairs,” Duke University, North Carolina • January 25, 2011 Presentation on the CFR Foreign Policy breakfast Forum for Congressman Theodore E. Deutch, Washington, D.C. • February 4, 2011 Presentation on Europe’s Muslim Communities at the University of Florida, Miami, Florida • May 23, 2011 Briefing for US Intelligence Officers organized by CENTRA • June 7, 2011 Presentation to the AIC-ACMCU Conference on the Middle East and US-Iran Relations • August 9, 2011 Presentation on Iran’s Foreign Policy to the School of Intelligence Studies, National Defense Intelligence College
MEDIA • September 23, 2010 “Iran's Foreign Policy Blunders” National Iranian American Council http://www.niacouncil.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6703&security=1&news_iv_ctrl =-1 • October 16, 2010 “Rev. Franklin Graham says churches and synagogues are forbidden in most Muslim countries” Poltifacts.com http://politifact.com/truth-ometer/statements/2010/oct/06/franklin-graham/rev-franklin-graham-says-churches-andsynagogues-a/ • November 12, 2010 Interview for “The Platform” Voice of America • February 1, 2011 “Proximity Challenges Specified by Ayatollah Tashkiri” Ahlul Bayt News Agency http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=223852 • February 9, 2011 “Behind the Spin, Egypt Gives Tehran Political Heartburn” Barbara Slavin, Inter Press Service http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54415 • April 4, 2011 “American analyst: All frozen territorial disputes and conflicts have the potential of becoming hot again, arms racers further exacerbate tensions” Azeri Press Agency (Azerbaijan) http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=144114 • April 4, 2011 “Interview with Dr. Shireen Hunter (in Persian)” on Bahrain Voice of America Persian News Network http://www.voanews.com/persian/programs/tv/69519982.html (Search under "Emshab dar Khabarha 2," Friday Farvardin 12)
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• April 17, 2011 “Article about Iran’s spy network in Kuwait” Sanlian Life Weekly (China) • April 26, 2011 “Article about unrest in Jordan” Sanlian Life Weekly (China) • April 28, 2011 Interview with the BBC Television Persian Service on Bahrain • May 4, 2011 Outlook in Libya, BBC Radio World Service • May 18, 2011 Interview on President Obama's speech, VOA Russian Service
EDITORIAL BOARDS International Politics, 1999Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 2000Global Dialogue, 2000Just Peace Diplomacy, 2010Advisory editor, Encyclopedia of Islam, 2005-
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • Organized and Chaired ACMCU meeting on Yemen, January 22, 2011 • Chaired the session “How Emerging Muslim American Leaders Understand and are Advancing A Common Word” at the Common Word Conference, April 12, 2011 • Chaired the ACMCU meeting on Egypt with Margot Badran, March 31, 2011
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DIANE APOSTOLOS-CAPPADONA Adjunct Professor
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall CATH 152: Catholics go to the movies: Questioning Catholicism from The Kings of Kings to The Da Vinci Code INAF 399: Images of Eve, Mary, and Fatima
Spring CATH 120: Mary in the Catholic Imagination INAF 492: War, Peace, and Violence in Global Visual Culture LSHV 470: Visual Culture and Terrorism
Advising and Mentoring MALS thesis mentor for Susan E. Carlton, “Beyond Photo Ops and Propaganda: The Role of Visual Culture in the Development of Policy in the Public Sphere.” Proposal accepted Summer 2009. Graduation proposed December 2011. Faculty Advisor for Visual Culture Concentrators, Graduate Liberal Studies Program
HONORS AND AWARDS Fellow, Teaching-Learning-Technology 2011 Summer Institute, Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, Georgetown University
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2010−2011 Books • Space for Faiths: Stephen De Staebler’s Winged Figure edited by Doug Adams and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. Special double-issue of ARTS 22.1 (2010). Trio Bookworks, 2010. Information on this publication can be accessed at http://www.gtuarchives.org/dadams-artdestaebler.html, http://gtuarchives.blogspot.com/2011/02/space-for-faiths.html.
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Book Chapters • “‘I understand the mystery, and I recognize the sacrament.’ On the iconology of Ablution, Baptism, and Initiation” for the collected papers of the 2008-2009 symposia Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism in Early Judaism, Graeco-Roman Religion, and Early Christianity, 3 volumes edited by David Hellholm, Tor Vegge, Øyvind Norderval, Lars Hartman, and Gunnar af Hällström. Berlin: Verlag Walter De Gruyter, (July 2011); II: 1721-1741 plus illustrations in III (1872-1878). Information on this publication can be accessed at http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/at/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110247510-1. • “Costuming Judith in Italian Art of the Sixteenth Century” in The Sword of Judith: Judith Studies Across the Disciplines for the collected 2008 symposium papers, edited by Kevin R. Brine, Elena Ciletti, and Henrike Läehnemann. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, (August) 2010; 325-344. Information on this publication can be accessed at http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product.php/28/. Articles • “Matisse’in Osalikari….’Onlara Yakindan Bakin” (“Look Closely at the Odalisques…’: Color, Light, and the Female Figure in the Art of Henri Matisse“) for P Art and Culture Magazine 52 (Summer 2010): 92-101. Special Turkish-language issue dedicated to “Matisse ve Sanat” (“The Art of Henri Matisse”). Information on this publication can be accessed at http://www.pdergisi.co. • “The angel who comes in the daylight.....Stephen De Staebler’s celestial messenger who resides in a place of wisdom” in Space for Faiths: Stephen De Staebler’s Winged Figure edited by Doug Adams and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. Special double-issue of ARTS 22.1 (2010): 16-21. • Eleven major entries for The New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2011 Supplement on the Arts, Literature, and Music, 2 volumes, edited by Robert L. Fastiggi. Gale/Cengage Learning and The Catholic University of America Press (print and online). I: 22-34, 34-36, 132-135, 201-203, 307309; II: 578-585, 652-657, 738=745, 792-808, 914-815, 824-828. Information on this publication can be accessed at http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/facts/NewCatholicEncyclopedia.pdf. • “Mary Magdalene. III. History of Art” in Religion Past and Present ed. Hans-Dieter Betz et al. Leiden: Brill (2010): VIII: 122-123.
Books and Articles in Press Books • Christianity and the Visual Arts in the Global Perspective (working title) for the series Christianity in the Global Perspective edited by Peter C. Phan. Orbis. • Translator for Encountering Religions by Paul Cardinal Poupard. Georgetown University. 2012. Page 52
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• Seeking the Spirit Within: Emanuel Swedenborg’s Influence on the Visual Arts with Jane Hogan-Williams. Swedenborg Foundation Press. First of a two-volume publication with the second volume dedicated to Literature to be published in 2013. • Serbian language editions of Dictionary of Christian Art; and Art, Creativity, and the Sacred. Gurwmbergova Galaksija. Translator Dubravka Alic. 2012. Book Chapters • “The Space between Image and Word: The Journey from Rogier van der Weyden’s The Descent from the Cross and Walter Verdin’s Sliding Time” for the invited papers to the international Theology and Arts research project Arte, soggesttività e fede edited by Stefanie Knauss and Davide Zordan. Bologna: Edizione Dehoniane (Scienze Religiose Nuova Serie), 2011. Essay was invited for inclusion, has been approved by the editors, and is currently being translated into Italian. • “Religion and the Visual Arts (still)” in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts edited by Frank Burch Brown. Oxford University Press. 2012. • “Seeing into the depths of the soul: Art and Conversion” in The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion edited by Charles Farhadian and Lewis Rambo. Oxford University Press. 2012. Articles • Thirty-four entries for Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, Volume 3. Berlin: Verlag Walter De Gruyter, 2011. • Five entries for Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, Volume 4. Berlin: Verlag Walter De Gruyter, 2011. • Four entries for Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, Volume 5. Berlin: Verlag Walter De Gruyter, 2012. • “Women in Islamic Art” and “Painting: Women’s Representation and Production” for The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women edited by Natana J. DeLong-Bas. Oxford University Press. 2012. • “Art” and “Iconoclasm” in Vocabulary for the Study of Religion edited by Kocku von Stockard and Robert Segal. Brill (print and online). 2012.
Newspaper and Web Articles • October 2010 Comments from the English-language version of my essay, “The Space between Image and Word: The Journey from Rogier van der Weyden’s The Descent from the Cross and Walter Verdin’s Sliding Time,” selected for posting on the artist’s website. Awaiting formal permission from Edizione Dehoniane.
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Current Publishing Projects • “‘The priest offers the gifts....’: Envisioning the Early Roman Liturgy from Fractio Panis to Eukaristia’” in Studia Patristica, special issue on “Early Roman Liturgy” edited by Juliette Day. 2012. • “On the Potentiality of Absence: On the Disappearance of the Haemorrhissa” in The Woman with the Blood Flow (Mark 5:24-34parr) in Christian Exegesis, Art and Culture edited by Barbara Baert and Reimund Bieringer. Brepols. • “Fruit of Pleasure, Source of Sustenance, Object of Shame: On the Naked Breast of the Divine Feminine” in The Sacred Feminine: Prehistory to Postmodernity edited by Benton Kidd. University of Missouri, Columbia, Press 2011/2012. This publication represents the papers presented at the national symposium at the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia in October 2009. • “From Apostola Apostolarum to the Preacher-Evangelist of Provence: On the evolution of a medieval motif for Mary Magdalene” in Where Sacred Meets Secular: The Many Conflicted Roles of Mary Magdalene edited by Peter Loewen and Robin Waugh. 2013. • “The Visual Culture of Islam in America” in The Oxford Handbook of Islam in America edited by Yvonne Haddad and Jane Smith. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. • “Art and Religion: A Bibliographic Survey” in CHOICE, 2014. • Invited by Patrick H. Alexander, Director, Pennsylvania State Press, to develop the first international journal dedicated to visual art and religion(s) with Robin M. Jensen, Vanderbilt University. • The Seventh Veil: Salome Unveiled, Re-Veiled, and Revealed. Exhibition catalogue. MOBIA 2008-2013. Guest Curator with Christine Joynes. Exhibition schedule Winter 2013. • Whatever Became of Sin? Exhibition catalogue. Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia and MOBIA, 2011-2014. Guest Curator with Benton Kidd. Exhibition schedule MAA, UM Columbia, Fall 2013; MOBIA Winter 2014. • Christian Art through the Centuries (working title) with Robin M. Jensen. • Art and Terrorism. • Editor, Sources and Documents in the History of Christian Art. • Editor, Sources and Documents in 19th-century Christian Art in America. • A Companion Guide to Christian Art (revision of Dictionary of Christian Art). • With a book in her hands: Women Readers in Christian Art. • Favored or Fallen: Women in Christian Art and Culture. • Breaking Codes: Iconoclasm in Christianity and Islam. • “A Majestic woman of mature age’: Mrs. Jameson’s Madonna as biblical symbol for Women’s Rights” (article).
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• Current research topics include the iconology of the Magdalene‟s jewelry, especially the transformation of the Byzantine marriage belt and the medieval amulet ring, in the paintings of Rogier van der Weyden; iconological study of the Madonna’s rings in the paintings of Rogier van der Weyden; iconological studies of the Virgin Mary, especially as Maria Lactans, as a reader, with her mother and son, and sewing; and cultural analysis of the life and works of Anna Brownell Murphy Jameson.
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • April 13-14, 2011 Consultation and general discussion of “Sacred Art,” Maria Stein Center, National Shrine of the Holy Relics, Maria Stein, Ohio. • October 31, 2010 – Presented the 2010 AAR Religion and Arts Award to Dr. Ena Heller, Director, MOBIA, at the Awards Ceremony, 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA. • October 31, 2010 – Panelist, “Special Topics Forum: Conversation with Ena Heller, 2010 AAR Religion and the Arts Award Winner”, American Academy of Religion 2010 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. • October 31, 2010 – Chaired the Annual Business Meeting and Steering Committee Meeting of the Arts, Literature and Religion Section, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA. • October 30, 2010 – Presider for the walking tour of the High Museum of Art for members of the American Academy of Religion 2010 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. • October 29, 2010 – Discussant, Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. • October 29, 2010 – Discussant, Wasbash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion invitation-only Teaching Workshop on Theology and the Arts, Atlanta, GA. • October 28-29, 2010 – Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception Editorial Board meetings, Atlanta, GA.
MEDIA • June 28, 2011 – Interview with Carl Franzen, Reporter for The Daily (tablet and smart phone ejournal) for his story of Pope Benedict XVI’s opening of the new Vatican portal news.va. • June 9, 2011 – Interview with Daveeda Shaheen, Director, Bury Kahlifa Artwork Programs, for her new project promoting the history and tradition of coffee in Arab culture. • May 4, 2011 – “Though no van Gogh, Maria Stein Center art collection still impressive” Sidney Daily News http://www.sidneydailynews.com/main.asp?SectionID-4&TH-20229.08. • April 23, 2011 – “Pesquisadores divergem sobre o espaço da blasfêmia na obra de artistas como Lady Gaga, Andres Serrano e Nanni Moretti” [English translation of the Portuguese reads “Researchers disagree about the scope of blasphemy in the works of artists like Lady Gaga,
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Andres Serrano and Nanni Moretti”] O Globo http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/mat/2011/04/22/pesquisadores-divergem-sobre-espaco-daE-mailed interviews with Cristina Tardáguila 21-22 April 2011. • April 22, 2011 – “Sacred art surveyed at Maria Stein’s former convent” The Daily Standard http://www.dailystandard.com/archive/index.php?view_date=2011-04-22. • April 11, 2011 – Interview with Sara Ainsworth, Reporter for Georgetown Counterpoint Magazine, for her article on whether being Catholic and feminist is incompatible. • April 8, 2011 – “Michelangelo’s masterpiece moving Utahns” The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/51575529-80/pieta-michelangelo-says-statue.html.csp Telephone interview with Kristen Moulton, Culture Reporter. • December 24, 2010 – “What’s with the donkey in the parking lot?” CNN Belief Blog http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/24 Telephone interview with Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor. • December 23, 2010 – “Come, all ye faithful.” http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/112410669.html?source=error • Telephone interview with Rose French, Religion Reporter, on December 14, 2010. • December 23, 2010 – “Fine Arts displays haven’t forsaken the Nativity” Houston Chronicle: Belief http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/7352606.html Telephone interview with Menachem Wecker on December 8, 2010 with subsequent (and lengthy) e-mailed correspondence December 8-10, 2010. • December 1, 2010 – “Video of crucifix removed from Washington gallery” CNN Belief Blog http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/01 Telephone interview with Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor, on December 1, 2010. • September 10-12, 2010 Interviewed in Jerusalem and Capernaum for Lost Christianity. Associated Producers for National Geographic, 2010 (for 2011/2012 air date). • July 16, 2010 – “The perfect disciple? Mary Magdalene as a model of devotion and a symbol for change” The Columbus Dispatch http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/faith_values/stories /2010/07/16/ Telephone interview with Meredith Heagney, Religion Reporter, July 14, 2010. • July 10, 2010 Interviewed in Washington, D.C., for Brad Meltzer’s Decoded. GoGoLuckey Entertainment for the History Channel.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Professional memberships: American Academy of Religion; American Studies Association; College Art Association. 2008-2013 - Co-Chair, Arts, Literature and Religion Section, American Academy of Religion. 2006-2013 - Religion and Arts Award Jury, American Academy of Religion.
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2010 - Co-Chair and Steering Committee Meeting for Arts, Literature & Religion Section, 2010. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Georgia (DATES 2010). 2010 - Attended the Editorial Board Meeting for the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception prior to the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta, Georgia (DATE 2010). 2008-2013: Curatorial Chair for the exhibition, The Seventh Veil: Salome Unveiled, Re-veiled, and Revealed and co-author of the exhibition catalogue for MOBIA, New York City. 2012-13. 2010-2014: Curatorial Chair for the exhibition, Whatever Became of Sin? and co-author of the exhibition catalogue for MOBIA, New York City, and Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2013-14.
EDITORIAL BOARDS 2011 – Consulting Editor for the Arts, Dance, and Film & New Media for The New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2011 Supplement on the Arts, Literature, and Music, 2 volumes, edited by Robert L. Fastiggi. Gale/Cengage Learning and The Catholic University of America Press (print and online). Information on this publication can be accessed at http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/facts/NewCatholicEncyclopedia.pdf 2007 to present – Religion and Popular Culture Series, Rowan & Littlefield Publishers 2003 to 2011 – Area Editor for the Cultural Reception of the Bible in the Arts, Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, Verlag Walter De Gruyter 2007 to present – Visual Culture Reviewer, CHOICE
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Australian Religion Studies Review; Journal of Early Christian Studies; Journal of Feminist Studies; Journal of Religion; Journal of Theology and Literature. Baylor University Press; Beacon Press; Brill; Fortress Press; Macmillan Reference, London; Macmillan Reference, USA; Oxford University Press; SUNY Press; Thames & Hudson; University of California Press; University Press of America; CHOICE; Journal of Theology and Literature; Theological Studies.
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • Core Faculty, Visual Culture Concentration, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Georgetown University • DLS Core Faculty, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Georgetown University • Invited participant to the GU Colloquium on Faith and Intellectual Life sponsored by the Office of the President, Georgetown University. This colloquium meets monthly and is chaired by Dennis McAuliffe, Special Adviser to the President
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• October 7, 2010 Powerpoint lecture “Rogier van der Weyden’s Magdalene in the Descent from the Cross, Museo del Prado,” for GU Club of Spain, Palace Hotel, Madrid • October 13, 2010 Member of the faculty jury for the Mitchell Scholarship Mock Interviews • September 14, 2010 Faculty Panel for “College Knowledge” (ATHL-051), The Academic Resource Center for Student-Athlete Services, Georgetown University • October 30 to November 1, 2010 Observer, The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation, Georgetown University • November 15, 2010 Powerpoint lecture and discussion “What is Islamic art? AND what does it have to do with Classical Archaeology and Religion” for CLCS 216: The Archaeology of Religion in the Roman and Late Roman World • November 20, 2010 Powerpoint lecture “Mary in the Catholic Imagination” for Georgetown University Alumni College Day in New York • December 13, 2010 Faculty Participant, Midnight Breakfast sponsored by GU What’s After Dark, Sophomore Class Committee, Freshman Class Committee, and Dining Services • March 23, 2011 Powerpoint lecture and discussion “The Annunciation in Art” for GU Catholic Daughters Annual Lecture, Georgetown University • April 7, 2011 Walking tour-and-lecture of the special exhibition “Heroinas” at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, GU Club of Spain, Madrid • April 28, 2011 Bus tour-and-lecture “Catholic San Francisco” for GU John Carroll Awards Weekend 2011, San Francisco • April 28, 2011 Powerpoint lecture “Mary in the Catholic Imagination” for GU John Carroll Awards Weekend 2011, San Francisco • April 29, 2011 Powerpoint lecture “Art and Terrorism,” for GU John Carroll Awards Weekend 2011, San Francisco • May 12, 2011 Walking tour-and-lecture of the special exhibition “Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France,” GU Club of Chicago and the GUAA, Art Institute of Chicago
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OVERVIEW The Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding has continued to support the Educational Outreach program of professional development, which has reached a total of over 2,800 attendees from its beginning in Spring 2007 to the present reporting date in Fall 2011. Teaching about world religions and Islamic history is requirement in nearly every state, in middle and high school, and in some elementary school curricula. This outreach program helps teachers to implement these requirements, in addition to supporting teaching about other required world religions, and world history and geography in general. As presenter and organizer of the program, ACMCU’s Education Consultant is entering the fifth year of the program. Presentation modules are regularly updated, new content added, and the ACMCU teacher resource website is updated based on current events, ongoing academic research, and participant feedback. This report covers the period from August 2010 to August 2011.
THE ACMCU OUTREACH PROGRAM FRAMEWORK The educational outreach program continues along the lines established in Spring 2007. The workshops provide information and respond to participant questions, presenting teaching examples and classroom-ready resources in three critical areas: •
Teaching about Islam and Muslim history and culture is discussed within the constitutional framework of the First Amendment Center guidelines for teaching about religion in public education.1 Teaching about Islam occurs within world in history and geography courses where all of the major world religions are taught, so the workshops address the overall world history context and approaches to world religions, in both public and private school settings.
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ACMCU professional development is based on current knowledge of national and state standards and curriculum trends, and reflects attention to the scholarship of teaching and learning in. Presentations support curriculum in world cultures or history for elementary and secondary grades, high school world religions electives in public schools (or religions courses in private schools), humanities and language studies.
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Charles C. Haynes and Oliver Thomas, Esq., Finding Common Ground: A First Amendment Guide to Religion and Public Schools (Nashville, TN: First Amendment Center, 2007) a comprehensive text that can be downloaded at http://www.fac.org/about.aspx?id=6276 .
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Workshops consist of content modules selected from categories of basic information to specialized, interdisciplinary lesson material. Two new modules were added. A module on the “Arab Spring” features demographic information on the Middle East, incorporates polling information from the ongoing Gallup projects, highlighting the documentary Inside Islam and the book What a Billion Muslims Really Think, as well as images, video and other media on the culture of these mass movements. A second module features the history of Islam in America and contemporary information on American Muslims. As always, we offer to adapt modules to the hosting institution’s specific needs.
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Presentations for general audiences shifted the focus from instructional materials and needs to general interest issues. Workshop programs were provided for a variety of such groups during 2010-2011, and are scheduled for the coming year.
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Module A: Building a Comfort Zone: Teaching about Religions in the Public (or Private) School Classroom
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Content descriptions for these modules can be viewed online at http://acmcu.georgetown.edu under Educational Outreach or at http://cmcuworkshops.net. The most frequently requested modules are unquestionably Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam and Contemporary Hot-Button Issues (women, terrorism, shari’ah, sectarian issues). Next, Geographic and Demographic Issues, and Historical Issues. After January 2011, there was much interest in the Arab Spring, and the recent spike in Islamophobia has increased interest in and altered the focus of the Islam in the Media Module. The teacher resource website http://cmcuworkshops.net, which won the 2010 Bright Pixel Award from the George Mason University Center for History and New Media for excellence in design, will undergo updates and changes, including aligning its URL with that of the redesigned ACMCU web pages at Georgetown University. Using this site instead of giving teachers CDs has increased efficiency and cost savings, in addition to the fact that material is added to the site on an ongoing basis. The pairing of workshop content and lesson plans extends the impact of the workshop beyond the day and is more likely to result in changes in attendees’ teaching practices. The ACMCU Education Consultant participates in lesson planning and instructional design projects whenever the opportunity arises, and keeps current on projects others are working on. The key element of the program is to give teachers access to sound scholarship, since misinformation is the source of inaccurate teaching about Islam and Muslims is usually the result of inadequate knowledge. With events moving rapidly in Muslim regions of the world, it is even more important to include new material in the ACMCU program.
PROMOTION OF THE ACMCU EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM Whereas in the first years of the program we struggled to find worthwhile advertising venues, we have established an effective relationship with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) two major publications. For the second year, we placed a half-page ad in Social Education, the flagship magazine of the NCSS and a free announcement in their newsletter The Social Studies Professional (TSSP). ACMCU is now a member of the Middle East Outreach Council, has been featured in MEOC’s newsletter Perspectives, reaching educators and university outreach centers, including the Title VI National Resource Centers. We will again contribute to the shared resource table with other outreach programs at the NCSS Annual Meeting in 2011, as we did in 2010. Brochures are distributed wherever possible, at workshops, at conferences such as the World History Association and the American Historical Association, and at the Dar al-Islam Summer Institute. ACMCU is a member of the Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC), so our announcements can be carried in the newsletter and mailing list. Several workshop host
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organizations informed us that they heard about the workshops from the ads. This year the effect of word of mouth became especially apparent; several workshops were hosted by organizations or persons present at previous workshops I have given, or received recommendations from attendees. As a result, workshops were scheduled from an early date in the fall of 2010, and at the end of academic year 2010-2011, we had used up all of the available funding. As for 2011-2012, at this writing, seven workshops are confirmed, with more pending.
COMPLETED AUGUST 2010 – AUGUST 2011 WORKSHOPS Attached to this report is a table showing the dates, hosting institutions and locations of this year’s completed workshops. To summarize the overall program to date, since the beginning of the program in 2007, fifty-nine (79) workshops have been held under the terms of the ACMCU educational outreach program contract. A total of 2853 attendees have benefitted from the program between April 2007 and August 2011. During the reporting period, August 2010-August 2011, 799 educators, administrators, and members of the general public attended 20 workshops conducted through the ACMCU program. A Google map showing the locations, dates, and host organizations of all workshops held since the ACMCU program began can be viewed at http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114117642818317932358.00 045efd937f63ed73b60&z=4, and is shown below for the reader’s convenience.
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ORGANIZER AND ATTENDEE PROFILES AND OBSERVATIONS FROM RECENT WORKSHOPS ACMCU workshops are most often attended by of teachers and administrators, either hosted by local university outreach program officials or school district curriculum specialists .The educators include social studies teachers, who teach about Islam in world history, world geography or world cultures classes in elementary, middle and high school (Baltimore City Schools, Erie-ChautauquaChattaraugus-BOCES, Fredonia NY, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Pinellas County School District, Bronxville High School, Metro Deaf School, Pittsford Central School District). Workshop participants included community college faculty who teach world history and world religions courses. Community centers such as the Portland Community College Office of Affirmative Action and Equity, the Howard County Public Library and the US-Iraqi Youth organized successful workshops in this year’s program, bringing over 200 attendees. The Portland Community worked with an experienced organizer in Tri-Cities Washington, helping to obtain clock hour credit for teacher attendees in both Washington and Oregon. An unusual session this year was held in Harrisburg for the monthly meeting of the PA Human Relations Commission, Inter-Agency Task Force on Civil Tension, which investigates bias incidents in the state. They requested a viewing and presentation on the Terrorism Equation video that ACMCU had distributed through its mailing list. Public affairs organizations and university outreach centers requesting workshops included the World Affairs Council, which joined its summer institute participants with those of the same program at the Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies for one of their days. A cluster of workshops was hosted by Muslim educational organizations in Toronto, Canada. The first was a pair of full-day workshops at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Education Studies (OISE) for the Islamic Teacher Education Program (ITEP). Altogether three sessions were videotaped for use in their online course, which is open to Muslim teachers in North America. This included a session on integrating Islamic school curriculum held at the Islamic Institute of Toronto’s full-time school. The programs were used in a summer course for which the Education Consultant served as one of four mentors in a curriculum development project. Teachers who attended these workshops received professional development credits, and received ACMCU certificates as documentation, a feature of the program that was added last year. In addition, teachers registered for official state recognition of their attendance through the clock hours application process, whereby the ACMCU program becomes a recognized professional development course provider. This remains an important incentive for attendees.
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ATTENDEE EVALUATIONS Evaluations are conducted for every workshop, and results submitted with each workshop report, which includes a compilation of evaluation survey results and comments. Evaluations have remained consistently high, reflecting attendee interest in the topic, perceptions that the content is appropriate and relevant to their work, confidence in the presenter’s knowledge, and gratitude for the resources provided. All comments are recorded in the Workshop Reports, of which a selection is included in an appendix to this report. Original forms in the participants’ handwriting, or as transmitted to me by the host school or district, are archived and available upon request. Note that the summation does not reflect the total number of workshop attendees. The first reason is that typically, only a fraction of the actual attendees submits evaluation forms, either because they leave the room without turning them in, or decline to fill them out, or leave before they are collected. This pattern has been consistent since the beginning of the program in 2007. The second reason is that school districts and organizations sometimes use their own evaluation forms, and differing survey questionnaires cannot be aggregated. ACMCU Educational Outreach policy is not to require workshop attendees to fill out multiple evaluations. Organizers usually follow up with copies and/or summaries of evaluations, which can be viewed on request. A few host organizations failed to submit copies or aggregate reports after the workshop due to their hectic schedules or forgetfulness. Selected attendee comments from many of the workshops held during the reporting period are attached to this report.
PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE The ACMCU educational outreach program continues to meet its stated objectives and program goals. With the Kingdom Foundation grant through 2012, it has become possible to plan with the assurance that the program has a more secure base of funding. In terms of generating workshop requests from prospective clients, the program has become established enough that host organizations register for workshop dates about six months in advance, and new requests come in regularly. Several host organizations have submitted repeat requests, sometimes involving a partner organization in order to expand registration possibilities. Among the scheduled and pending workshops for this year, three requests from university programs have developed from previous programs and represent expanded host partnerships. Evaluations, both conducted by ACMCU and by school systems, have maintained high levels of satisfaction. (See attached chart and sample attendee comments). Economic difficulties and budget cuts to school districts continue; school systems are grateful for these free professional development opportunities. The atmosphere of Islamophobia may cause some hesitation among educators to request workshops from an organization with “Islam” in the name, but other educators have expressed that they see an increasing need for teachers to learn about this hot-button topic. One workshop request scheduled for this year was prompted by a Page 64
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teacher who was heard telling his students that Islam is the biggest problem for the United States today. In response, the district curriculum official has requested an all-district luncheon speech and several sessions in the forthcoming professional development day. It has been a privilege to interact with educators and the general public across the country, and to conduct and develop the workshops on behalf of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for MuslimChristian Understanding, and to enjoy the continuing confidence and support of Dr. Esposito and Ms. Poletto and the ACMCU staff and board members. Work continues toward improving the program to provide knowledge to teachers and reaching out to new audiences.
See Appendices: 1.
Table of Workshops Presented, August 2010-August 2011
2. Evaluation Questionnaire Summary of Results 3. Highlights from Attendee Comments on Evaluation Forms
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APPENDIX 1: WORKSHOPS PRESENTED August 2010-August 2011 Dates
Types of Workshop(s)
Host Institution
Location
Number of Attendees
8/25/10
full-day travel
Baltimore City Public Schools
Baltimore, MD
80
9/18/10
full-day local
US-Iraqi Youth (USIY)
Washington, DC
26
11/7/10
half-day travel
Howard County Library
Columbia, MD
150
11/1213/2011
2 full-day (not invoiced to ACMCU)
NCSS session and MEOC outreach booth work for ACMCU
Denver, CO
30
11/30/10
full-day travel
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES
Fredonia, NY
28
12/1/10
full-day travel
Hunterdon Central Regional H.S.
Flemington, NJ
40
2/89/2011
full-day travel (2 evening sessions)
Pinellas County Schools
Largo, FL
31
3/24/11
full-day travel
Bronxville High School
Bronxville, NY
25
4/1/11
full-day travel
Front Range Community College
Westminster, CO
25
4/9/11
full-day travel
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, NYU
New York, NY
30
4/16/11
full-day travel
Islamic Teacher Education Program (ITEP)/U. Toronto, OISE
Toronto, Canada
32
4/17/11
full-day travel
(ITEP)/U Toronto OISE
Toronto, Canada
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5/6/11
half-day travel
Portland Community College Office of Affirmative Action & Equity
Portland, OR
40
5/7/11
full-day travel
Portland Community College Office of Affirmative Action & Equity
Portland, Or
38
5/13/11
full-day travel
Metro Deaf School
St. Paul, MN
29
6/11/11
half-day travel
Islamic Institute of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
26
6/16/11
half-day travel
PA Human Relations Commission, InterAgency Task Force on Civil Tension
Harrisburg, PA
20
6/21/11
half-day travel (not invoiced to ACMCU)
Baltimore City Schools, Jewish Museum of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
30
6/27/11
full-day travel
Pittsford Central School District
Pittsford, NY
30
6/28/11
half-day local
World Affairs Council/CCAS-GU Summer Institute
Washington, DC
60
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APPENDIX 2: EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE SUMMARY OF RESULTS NOTE: This chart does not represent all of the evaluations for the total attendees of the workshops in this report. Some school districts and organizations used their own surveys, which differ too much to aggregate. Those evaluations, which are some of the largest workshops, are available on request. The number of evaluations seldom equals the number of attendees, since the forms are anonymously submitted, and some attendees omit the surveys. ALSO: In half-day workshops, a shorter form that omits some questions, affecting aggregate response tabulation.
ACMCU Workshop Evaluation Survey Results August 2010 to August 2011
The presenter answered questions to my satisfaction.
The presenter gave a high quality presentation. The presenter was knowledgeable about the subject. The presenter was friendly, approachable, and helpful.
The learning experience met my expectations.
The content was relevant, timely, and appropriate.
1 - strongly disagree 2 - disagree
I will be able to use what I learned today in my work.
3 neither agree nor disagree Resource materials provided will be helpful in my teaching.
4 - agree 5 - strongly agree
There was a good balance of lecture, activity, and interaction. The content of the presentation was clear, organized, and understandable. 0
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Howard County Library, Columbia, MD (Used Howard County Library’s Adult Seminar Survey form; comments cited are responses to the question “What did you like best about this seminar/workshop?” and “What did you like least about this seminar/workshop?” -- omitted comments about room arrangements) Number of respondents stating they would recommend the event to others: 25 (1 said they would recommend to those having interest or background knowledge) • The speaker-- was wonderful! The opportunity to learn about another important culture—good sense of interactivity • Enthusiasm & knowledge of presenter. The idea that credit for inventions should not be a zerosum game • Tying in the products, education and Muslims of today to its beginnings in history • Learning about the concept that many ideas/inventions began in a place, but were attributed to another. I would have enjoyed more specifics about the connections between Islam and the Renaissance • Interesting information not well known prior to this; View of another religion, arts, etc. History I didn’t learn in school. • Knowledge about transfer of ideas through travel • The enlightenment it brought, especially a civilization and culture I know little about, and relationships among cultures • So very knowledgeable, the speaker [was] incredibly enlightening and handouts were very helpful. This topic should be extended in monthly seminars on Islam and the culture. • Well organized, Glad to see so many people come. Excellent presenter. Hunterdon Central Regional H.S., Flemington, NJ • The resources provided far exceeded my expectations. I was not aware that such comprehensive materials were freely available. The discussion of First Amendment and religion in education was not only enlightening, but also [served] as a reminder of the great responsibility that comes with discussing such critical and complex topics. Reviewing the wealth of resources shared today will lead to greater understanding than is possible in a single day workshop. Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience. • .... The primary sources form the Qur’an will be especially accessible and beneficial in the classroom. This workshop was one of the most informative I’ve attended on an essential topic! Well done. ALWALEED BIN TALAL CENTER FOR MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING
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• Susan Douglass is knowledgeable and engaging. She was able to explain complex issues clearly. She provided many valuable and useful resources for teaching. The workshop fills a void in content. • Much of the basic info I already knew. However, the info on Shari’ah was mostly new to me (and meaningful) Indian Ocean in World History site will get a lot of use. Thanks. Well done. • I liked it all. There were times I felt that the presentation was rushed (right before lunch). One more 5-minute break in the morning would have been helpful. The content was very detailed and understandable for one day. The presenter, Susan Douglass, clearly knows a lot. I learned a great deal. • Great resources that are easily available. Susan Douglass was able to address many misconceptions and points of confusion in easily understandable terms. • …Overall, one of the best workshops we’ve had at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. (signed by the organizer/host of the workshop) • The presentation was excellent. Susan was very knowledgeable about all topics. The amount of resources was tremendous and will be very helpful for implementation in the classroom. Wish she could stay for another day! Would love to have her back to present to the students! • As I teach American History to the Civil War, the material will not be always relevant to my unit. However, having so many quick video clips, background information and websites, I now have very valuable resources when I teach my current events lessons that are brief but comprehensive enough to help provide background for my students. • This was fantastic and Ms. Douglass is a very knowledgeable presenter. The resources I have will make my world studies and ancient civilizations courses more rich. I also have great frameworks to use to present materials to my students. • Susan was knowledgeable and clearly interested in the topic. This helped facilitate interesting and informative discussions. Her willingness to share valuable resources with us is greatly appreciated. • An excellent way to spend the day. It highlighted how important history is, not only as an academic subject but as a means to change the climate of opinion. Thank you, Domina Douglass, for your good work. Pinellas County Schools, Largo, FL • … This workshop was well worth the time to attend. • I really liked the PowerPoint about the intro to Islam. It answered and raised questions that I never thought of. I also liked the Jihad≠Terrorism video …. • She was so informative but I do not know when I would use this info—it is covered in a small portion in our text—so I didn’t really “learn” anything new. I do like the lessons she gave us—I will use a few of them though! Page 70
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• Ms. Douglass was engaging, informative, and humorous. I feel like I have a much better understanding of how to teach religion in my classroom as well as understanding the new methods of organizing and teaching world history in to Eras. I’m excited to start re-framing history for my students so that they have a better sense of how various groups of people interacted. I enjoyed learning about new resources such as the CMCU Workshops website and have already spent time reviewing the material found there. I wish the training had been longer. It appeared as though Ms. Douglass struggled to balance covering the material and allowing discourse to occur. I would have enjoyed more focus on practices and beliefs of Islam and more modeling of lessons. • I appreciate your organization’s commitment to delivering these workshops. They help give me the tools I need to not only implement standards and curriculum, but to help my students to become more understanding of others. • Surely Susan Douglass is a priceless gem of a presenter. Her scholarly diligence is obvious in her respectful and professional interactions with participants. The serious and timely information is extremely critical to be disseminated to educators. Thank you so very much for allowing her to enlighten us and elevate us as mediums and mediators in the public square. (signed) • … The lesson plans give and the websites are invaluable resources, and the plans can easily be adjusted for different grade levels. I learned so much not only about Islam, but World History and methodology. I would not hesitate to attend any future training of this sort. • I can’t tell you how amazing this was both in content and in useful teaching tools. Your knowledge, perspective, and humor made this wonderful! Thank you! Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO • I would have liked more on Islam...less on history. The Hot-Button” section was rushed over and should have been given more time. • Outstanding. So much material to learn from and teach from. Simply wonderful! • This was an incredibly helpful, interesting, and informative session. • This workshop more than exceeded my expectations. I not only learned a lot about Islam itself but now have great resources to help with my class. • This was a wonderful presentation and I am extremely thankful for the opportunity to participate in this workshop. Thank you for sharing your time, resources, knowledge and humor! • Very content-rich, sometimes she moved at a pace almost hard to follow, but I was blown away by the sheer breadth and quality of information and contextualization about Islam and world history. Amazing collection of available resources to utilize in our classes. Not just relevant to Islam, but any history. • Susan had an amazing number of resources and covered an incredible variety of approaches to teaching history, religion, and connected cultures. This workshop was truly enlightening and will drastically change my approach to teaching religions/history/cultures. ALWALEED BIN TALAL CENTER FOR MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING
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Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, NYU, New York, NY • Your video presentation on the meaning of jihad was brilliant. The use of equations and powerful video images make clear the message that distinguishes between fact and fiction. • I liked the resources that were offered for classroom teachers. I will definitely use the various offerings…Excellent presentation with relevant material provided at all levels of background knowledge and understanding. • Having a presenter who was a former schoolteacher was so helpful to open the discussion up to questions of how to teach the material in the classroom…Susan had so much information I’d love to hear her again. • Susan’s presentation exemplified not only knowledge, but the know-how of how to present the information to students. Loved the guidelines she gave to teach [about] religion. Never had seen them before. Could really be used for any and all presentations of religion and culture! • Thought Susan was excellent—amazing depth of knowledge and lovely demeanor. • It was (an) excellent learning experience! Topics future workshops: art in Islam; literacy; poetry; education; social, cultural, dance, theater, digital and film; women, Muslim today’s society; women and dress code (Muslim); Islam and education; history of Islam; hands-on art. • Ms. Douglass is very ideological. I didn’t feel like I was getting a balanced or unbiased view. I felt like she was “preaching” to me; that Islam is perfect. Any faith tradition will have “problematic” aspects especially when practiced or interpreted in different contexts. She seemed to want to deflect and dismiss any potential criticism without really engaging with it. She assumed people were already on the same page as her. • Ms. Douglass’ presentation was excellent. Her work is extremely valuable and her use of resources for our conference was superb! Great job! • This was an especially well-designed, well-delivered, and helpful workshop, and I get the impression that the follow-up resources and contacts will also be excellent. There was some especially recent and timely material at the end. I think a slightly better balance would include a little more. Perhaps condense morning material (less time on the maps), include hot-button issues pre-lunch. Thank you! Portland Community College Office of Affirmative Action & Equity, Portland, OR • I enjoyed the film [Inside Islam] overview and content, of data as evidence for findings. • Exceptional—I’d like to see more of these workshops and it would be terrific if the film discussion would be offered in the neighborhood theatres…[in Portland]. Keep up the great work! Thank you! • Great presentation—it would have been great to have a little more interaction and discussion after the movie—people had some good comments that it would have been great to follow up on.
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Overall, it was very good and felt quite substantial and similar to a class one might take at the university level [illegible] high quality! • I think it was a little too academic, without subject balance from unstructured, subjective input. • Thank you very much. I am not a teacher and appreciate that this opportunity was open to those of us who are not educators. • I like the friendly atmosphere of the workshop, and I would like to have had more time for discussions. • This was a very nicely done workshop….I am so appreciative of the incredible resources you have provided for our use. Islamic Institute of Toronto, Toronto, Canada • S. Douglass has wonderful ways of expressing her knowledge. Very articulate! Chock full of knowledge and passionate. …[but]…need to slow down a tiny bit. • Fantastic ideas! I liked the idea of integrating different subject areas in order to teach one topic. • [Needed] more time for gathering information from the presenter’s experience and knowledge. • Excellent workshop: I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge about integrating the subjects into the curriculum. We got a wealth of resources and practical tips in utilizing our time to preserve the ideas and pass them on. World Affairs Council/CCAS-GU Summer Institute, Washington, DC • I plan to use the resources in my district—incredibly relevant! • Very insightful and relevant to future class lessons. Excellent—hope to get a copy of resources • An eye-opener, a realistic heart-to-heart discussion. Would love another session. • Loved the material, the topic and the resources. Do not like the way people gave so much personal opinion during the questions [SD: discussion] • I very much enjoyed the video and the Egyptian music video. it is incredibly useful to have an arsenal of teaching resources! I would have enjoyed more lecture and information/opinions from the presenter. The discussions/comment from the audience were beneficial/thoughtprovoking. • Wonderful images/resources! Thank you! The presentation is informative and highly engaging. • The presenter was engaging, knowledgeable and kept the discussion interesting. The presentation itself, with visuals and conversation, was great. Providing useful materials for us to educate our students was also excellent.
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