The Institute for the Humanities
at the University of Illinois at Chicago
presents a conference:
AMERICAN ISLAMS
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the United States. This conference explores the multiplicity of voices and experiences that contribute to American Islamic identities. Topics range from the growth of indigenous articulations of Islam to the role of immigrant communities in refashioning the Islamic message, from teaching Islam in an academic setting to practicing Islam in a culturally pluralist society.
9.30 a.m.
Welcome
Mary Beth Rose, Director, Institute for the Humanities
9.45 a.m.
David Reisman, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Teaching Islam in America: The State and the Art"
10.30 a.m.
Louise Cainkar, University of Illinois at Chicago
"The Practice of Islam among Arab Immigrants to the U.S.:
Past, Present and Future"
11.15 a.m.
Norma Moruzzi, University of Illinois at Chicago
"A House Divided: Iranian-Americans and Islam"
12.30 p.m. – 1.45 p.m.
Lunch
2.00 p.m.
Michael Lieb, University of Illinois at Chicago
" 'Above Top Secret': The Nation of Islam and the Advent of the 'Mother Plane' "
2.45 p.m.
Aminah Beverly McCloud, DePaul University
"The Quandary of American Islams: Muslim World Culture and American Muslim Communities"
4.00 p.m.
Keynote Lecture: Leila Ahmed
Victor S. Thomas, Professor of Divinity,
Harvard University
"Women in Islam and America: Reflections On Where We Are Today"
