Event Details:

Muslim Studies Program 15th Annual Conference
Michigan State University, Hybrid Format (online and in person in Room 303, International Center)

February 24-25, 2022

 

THEME: "Belonging Nowhere": States of Statelessness and Displacement in the Muslim World

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Register here: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/about/reg-links

 

Friday, February 25

9am – 10:15am EST Panel 4: TRAUMA, STATELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH

* Farha Abbasi (MSU)

* Omar Reda (ind. psychiatrist)

* Hadia Zarzour (ind. professional counselor)

Discussant: Farha Abbasi (MSU)

 

10:30 – 12pm EST Panel 5: REGIMES OF BELONGING: PART 2

* Ashley Walters (U. Connecticut): Citizens of Nowhere: Stateless Muslims in the United States

* Zainab Saleh (Haverford U.): The Tale of Homecoming

* Thomas McGee (U. Melbourne): Syria's Changing Statelessness Landscape

* Randa Serhan (Barnard C.):Palestinians in Lebanon: From Refugees, to Stateless, to a State of Indefinite Exception

Discussant: Stephen Gasteyer (MSU)

1:30pm – 2:45pm EST Panel 6: PRACTICES OF ENGAGEMENT AND NEW RELIGIOUS IMAGINARIES

* Basit Kareem Iqbal (McMaster U.): Ghurba and the Vagaries of Re-habilitation

* Hossein Ghazizadeh (Tehran U.): Citizenship and Statelessness in Islamic Jurisprudence with Shiite Recitation: A Case Study of the Jurisprudential and Legal Status of Non-Shiite Muslim Refugees

* Gozde Burcu Ege (U. Washington): Negotiating Charity and Humanitarianism in the Youth Volunteers' Practices

* Jyotsna G. Singh (MSU): "Muslim Citizenship and Belonging in Contemporary India"

Discussant: Waseem El-Rayes (MSU)

2:45pm – 3:45pm: Closing discussion among participants 

Organized by the Michigan State University Muslim Studies Program and cosponsored by the African Studies Center; Asian Studies Center; Center for European, Russian, & Eurasian Studies; College of Arts & Letters; Dept of Anthropology; Dept of Religious Studies; Dept of Sociology; Global Studies in the Arts & Humanities; Global Urban Studies Program; James Madison College; and Peace & Justice Studies.