De-Constructing Islamophobia
Immigration, Globalization and Constructing the Other
Sponsored by the Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological Union
April 25-26
Lipman Room, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
Munir Jiwa, Director of the Center for Islamic Studies, will serve as a panelist.
Free and open to the public.
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In today’s world, Islam and Muslims are the feared “other” and the responses to the perceived threat they pose is already connected to every local, regional and global process. The “othering of Islam and Muslims” is already well underway with devastating consequences in Muslim communities, where virtual states of siege have set in, and in societies at large, where civil rights and protections have been severely curtailed in the name of “security.”
The conference seeks to provide an open scholarly exchange, exploring new approaches to the study of the current period, de-constructing the organizing processes that gave birth to Islamophobia, and studying its interconnectedness to existing and historical otherness in the areas of race, gender and “post-colonial” studies. The conference will explore and pose a number of questions that can be the springboard for further collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches to de-constructing Islamophobia.
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Founded by ecumenical pioneers in 1962, the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California is the largest partnership of seminaries and graduate schools in the U.S. An ecumenical and interreligious crossroads, we educate students for teaching, research, ministry, and service. Dedicated to building bridges among Christian denominations and other faith traditions, the GTU is the place where religion meets the world.
