Cool Sheikhs and Muslin Hip-Hop: Making Vernacular Muslim Identities in Europe and North America
Lecture featuring Dr. Peter Mandaville
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Mason Hall, Room D3, A&B
This talk will explore some of the ways in which Muslim identity and Islamic knowledge are articulated via media and other discursive formations that resonate with the unique features and challenges of Muslim communities in Europe and North America. Through an overview of various forms of popular cultural production, including music, short videos, and new forms of consuming religion, this presentation explores the nature of contemporary Islamic religious authority and its role in the construction of a Western Islamic vernacular.
Peter Mandaville is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs and Co-Director of the Center for Global Studies at George Mason University. He is the author or editor of five books, including Globalizing Religions (2009), Global Political Islam (2007), Meaning and International Relations (2003), Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma (2001), and The Zen of International Relations: IR Theory From East to West (2001). He has contributed to a wide range of academic journals and consulted extensively for the media, non-profits, and government--including congressional testimony in 2007.
Refreshments will be served.
Cool Sheikhs and Muslim Hip-Hop: Making Vernacular Muslim Identities in Europe and North America from Ali Vural Ak Center for Global I on Vimeo.
Sponsored by the Middle East Studies Program, the Middle East Etc Film Club, and the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies.
