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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Peace in Islam\, Islam in Peace
DESCRIPTION:This three-day event will bring scholars and community members together to share ideas and discussions around the field of Islam and peace\, addressing topics such as the centrality of conflict resolution in the tradition\, the roles and identities of Muslim women\, and scripture and theology. For more details\, visit bit.ly/cmenas-peace-in-islam\n\nKeynote Lecture - 7:30 pm\, Thursday\, March 16\, Michigan Room at the Michigan League\, 911 N. University Avenue\n“The Synergy of Discourse and Action for Peace: An Islamic Perspective”\nAbdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im\, Emory School of Law\nDinner starts at 6pm\; open to the public\, RSVP is requested at bit.ly/ips-keynote\n\n- - - - - - - - - \n\nThursday\, March 16\n1636 SSWB\, 1080 S. University Avenue\n\n8:00 am: Breakfast\n\n8:45 am: Welcoming Remarks\nPauline Jones and Juan Cole\, University of Michigan\n\nPanel 1: Islamic Spirituality & Peace\nChair: Karla Mallette\, University of Michigan\n\n9:00 am: Between Compassion and Justice: Locating an Islamic Definition of Peace\nA. Rashied Omar\, International Peace Studies at Notre Dame University\nFollowed by a brief response by chair (9:50 am)\; Q&A (10:00 am)\n\n10:15 am: Coffee Break\n\nPanel 2: The West African Contribution\nChair: Samer ali\, University of Michigan\n\n10:30 am: Principled Pacifism in Islamic West Africa\nRudolph Ware\, University of Michigan\nFollowed by Q&A (11:20 am)\n\n11:30 am: Lunch\n\n1:00 pm: Jihad and Civil Society: Commitment & Moderation\nLamin Sanneh\, Yale University\nFollowed by a brief response by chair (1:50 pm)\; and Q&A (2:00 pm)\n\n6:00 pm: Dinner at Michigan Room\, Michigan League\n\n7:30 pm: Keynote Lecture\n\n- - - - - - - - - \n\nFriday\, March 17\, 2017\n1636 SSWB\, 1080 S. University Avenue\n\n8:00 am: Breakfast\n\nPanel 3: Muslim Reformism and Peace\nChairs: Alexander Knysh and Juan Cole\, University of Michigan\n\n8:30 am: Sufi Perspectives on Peace\nMarcia Hermansen\, Loyola University Chicago\nFollowed by Q&A (9:20 am)\n\n9:40 am: Coffee Break\n\n10:00 am: Paradise Bound: Righteous Others in the Writings of Rashid Rida\nMohammad Khalil\, Michigan State University\nFollowed by a brief response by chair (10:50 am)\; Q&A (11:00 am)\n\n11:10 am: The 1919 Paris Peace Conference in Rashid Rida’s al-Manar\nElizabeth Thompson\, American University\nFollowed by Q&A (12:00 pm)\n\n12:20: Lunch\n\n1:20 pm: Islam and Peace: A Fundamentalist Perspective\nSherman Jackson\, University of Southern California\nFollowed by a brief response by chair (2:10 pm)\; and Q&A (2:20 pm)\n\n2:40 pm: Concluding Remarks\nJuan Cole\, University of Michigan\n\n- - - - - - - - - -\nSaturday\, March 18\, 2017\n\nArab American National Museum (AANM)  13624 Michigan Ave\, Dearborn\, MI 48126\n\n11:00-12:30pm: Public Presentations\, Aliya Hassan Auditorium at AANM\n\nA Modern History of Muslim Peacemaking\nElizabeth Thompson\, Mohamed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace at American University\n\nParadise Bound: Righteous Others in the Writings of Rashid Rida\nMohammad Khalil\, Associate Professor of Religious Studies\, Director of the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University\n\nBetween Compassion and Justice: Locating an Islamic Definition of Peace\nA. Rashied Omar\, Research Scholar of Islamic Studies and Peacebuilding at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at Notre Dame University\n\nIslam and Peace: A Fundamentalist Perspective\nSherman Jackson\, King Faisal Chair in Islamic thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California\n\n12:30-1:30pm: Reception\, AANM Community Courtyard\n\nOrganized by the CMENAS Islamic Peace Studies Initiative\, in partnership with Arab American National Museum (AANM).  Funded in part by Title VI and the International Institute Enterprise Fund. Additional support comes from the following U-M units:  Arab and Muslim American Studies\, Conflict & Peace Initiative\, Department of History\, Department of Near Eastern Studies\, and Islamic Studies Program.
UID:35183-5132299@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/35183
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:History,Islam,Islamic Peace Studies,Middle East Studies,Social Impact
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1636 International Institute
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