Building Bridges

On this episode of Building Bridges, we speak with legal and International human rights scholar, Rim-Sarah Alouane, from University Toulouse-Capitole. Rim-Sarah gave a talk at ACMCU in the Fall of 2019 on the topic of Muslim identity in France and the impact that Laïcité has on minority groups.

In April of 2019, Dr. Saadia Yacoob gave a talk at ACMCU on the topic of Gender in Early Islamic Law. This conversation was recorded after her presentation this past semester on the topics she covered in her article, "Islamic Law and Gender," published in the Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law (Edited by Anver Emon and Rumee Ahmed, Oxford University Press, 2018.)

On this episode of Building Bridges, we speak with Dr. Yasir Qadhi, Dean of Academic Affairs at the Islamic Seminary of America and Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College on the history of Salafism and the changing landscape of religious studies in the digital era post Arab Spring.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we talk with Dr. Liz Bucar, Professor of Religion and Dean’s Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University in Boston. She is the author of five books including the award-winning PIOUS FASHION: HOW MUSLIM WOMEN DRESS (Harvard University Press, 2017).

On ACMCU's Building Bridges podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we feature Fr. Thomas Michel, S.J., former Head of the Vatican Office for Relations with Muslims (1981-1994), Secretary for Inter-religious Affairs for the Catholic Bishops of Asia (1994-2008), and faculty member at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar. Fr. Thomas Michel is Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Xavier Learning Community in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we feature Dr. Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Associate Professor of Religion and Director of the Middle East Studies program at the University of Vermont. Dr. Morgenstein Fuerst gave a talk this spring at ACMCU entitled, "After 1857: Religion, Rebels, and Jihad in South Asia," and joins us to discuss racialization, colonialism, and the legacy of the 1857 Rebellion in India.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we feature Dr. Sean Foley of Middle Tennessee State University. Dr. Foley recently published a book entitled, Changing Saudi Arabia: Art, Culture, and Society in the Kingdom, and gave a book talk at ACMCU this past Spring. Dr. Foley touches on art movements within Saudi Arabia and discusses at length his own experience in conducting the research for his new book.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we feature Dr. Ronald Stockton, Founding Director of the Michigan Committee on US-Arab Relations. He is also a Principle Investigator on the Detroit Arab American Study (one of two). In this discussion, Dr. Stockton reflects on his work with Islamic cemeteries and burial sites in SouthEast Michigan.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we feature Dr. Abbas Jamshidi, Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Jamshidi discusses in this episode the literary tradition of "Othering" found within Iranian history to modern times.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we feature Dr. Zachary Wright, Associate Professor in residence at Northwestern University in Qatar. Dr. Wright spoke at ACMCU in the fall of 2019 on Sufism and Islamic Scholarship in the 18th Century.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we feature Dr. Paul Salem, President of the Middle East Institute. Dr. Salem gave a talk this past November at ACMCU on the topic of the Christian Communities in Lebanon. We caught up with Dr. Salem to talk about this topic and more for this installment of Building Bridges.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we feature Dr. Juan R.I. Cole, author of the new book "Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires".

On ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. This episode features Dr. Charles Kurzman, author of the newly re-issued book "The Missing Martyrs: Why Are there so Few Muslim Terrorists".

On ACMCU's Building Bridges Podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. This episode features Al Jazeera producer Laila Al-Arian as she talks about her new documentary, "The Ban" which brings to light the impacts that President Trump's travel ban has had on families and children from the Middle East.