Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Idols and Figural Images in Islam: a Brief Dive into a Perennial Debate (October 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56325 56325-13878535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: History of Art

In this presentation Prof. Christiane Gruber aims to explore some of the questions and debates concerning idolatry and figural representation from the beginning of Islam until today. It will focus in particular on the specific terminology used in the Qur’an and Hadith—in particular the terms tamathil (figural likenesses), asnam (idols), and ansab (sacred stones or betyls)—in order to distinguish the semantic and conceptual categories that were used by Muslim writers to classify various forms of art-making along with their associated practices. Such terms were further finessed within historical and jurisprudential writings, in which the Solomonic, Abrahamic, and Mosaic paradigms concerning statuary and idols served to both legitimize figural statuary while simultaneously castigating three-dimensional and even pendant imagery as potentially subject to devotional worship. In the majority of texts, images were not understood as prohibited per se. Rather, their modalities of display and use proved of paramount significance within the perennial debates concerned with image-making, as is the case in all global religious cultures. Skirting the “broad swath” method, this talk thus aims to pinpoint some the finer issues raised by the textual corpus as it intersects with artworks and paintings in order to demonstrate that practices of figural representation in Islamic traditions most often were (and still are) guided by cultural and political expediency rather than religious or legal principle.

Christiane Gruber is Professor of Islamic Art and Associate Chair in the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interests span medieval Islamic art to contemporary visual culture. She has authored two books on Islamic texts and images of the Prophet Muhammad’s ascension and has edited about a dozen volumes on Islamic book arts, ascension texts and images, and visual and material culture. Her third book, entitled The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images, will appear in print in January 2019.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:19:05 -0400 2018-10-15T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-15T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall History of Art Lecture / Discussion disc flyer
Medieval Lunch. Oleg Grabar's Qasr al-Hayr Archives and the Beginnings of Islamic Archaeology. (April 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59686 59686-14777947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Medieval Lunch Series is an informal program for sharing works-in-progress and fostering community among medievalists at the University of Michigan. Faculty and graduate students from across disciplines participate, sharing their research and discussing ongoing projects.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:35:13 -0500 2019-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Oleg Grabar
Meet and Greet with Writer | Producer | Director Aminah Bakeer Abdul-Jabbaar (September 26, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66499 66499-16742864@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 11:30am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

Please join us for a free lunch with Professor Aminah Bakeer Abdul-Jabbaar.
RSVP: https://forms.gle/AK4mhi7KMZG1vxcQ7

Aminah Bakeer Abdul-Jabbaar is Writer/Producer/Director and Professor in the Pan African Studies Department at California State University, Los Angeles. Aminah hails from South Central LA and holds degrees in TV and Directing from USC and UCLA. Her award-winning films, PERSONAL TOUCH and BILALIAN have been featured on PBS and BET. Her other credits include DORSEY, a TV Pilot about colorism in the Black Community (starring: Christy Knowings and Wesley Jonathan) and BedRest (starring: Pratima Anae and Tiffany Haddish), a comedy about a woman trapped on Bed Rest and played on Blip.TV.

*Join us for a screening of Aminah Bakeer Abdul-Jabbar's latest film Muslimah’s Guide to Marriage on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 from 6:00-8:00PM in the Rackham Graduate School Ampitheatre. https://events.umich.edu/event/63433

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:11:23 -0400 2019-09-26T11:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Social / Informal Gathering Flyer
AMAS Film Screening: "Muslimah's Guide to Marriage" (September 26, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63433 63433-15694220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

Please refer to this link if you may need a reflection room during this event: https://trotter.umich.edu/article/reflection-rooms-campus

Muslimah Muhammad, a twenty-something African-American orthodox Muslim Woman who lives in Inglewood, CA, has seven days and fourteen hours left in her Iddah (Muslim separation) before she will officially be divorced from her cheating husband. Knowing that the divorce would upset her religious father and the local Muslim community, Muslimah works diligently to try to fix her broken marriage before it is too late.


Director's Intro: Aminah Bakeer Abdul-Jabbaar
https://vimeo.com/250992626

Director's Bio:
Writer/Producer/Director/Professor in the Pan African Studies Department at California State University, Los Angeles. Aminah is from South Central LA. She holds a B.A. from USC in Cinema TV and an M.F.A. in Directing from UCLA’s Film & TV Department. Aminah participated in IFP/FIND’s Project Involve and IFP/FIND'S Screenwriter’s Lab. Her short, PERSONAL TOUCH, which deals with her mother’s death from breast cancer, won the Liddel Art Award from the Ann Arbor Film Festival and screened on PBS. She also wrote and directed DORSEY, a Multi-Camera TV Pilot about colorism in the Black Community (starring: Christy Knowings, Wesley Jonathan, and Wesley Jonathan), which got Aminah a Directing Internship at THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and she was featured on ET. Next, Aminah won the Visionary Award at the Pan African Film Festival for BILALIAN, a feature-length documentary about African-American Muslims in America and in Africa, and received glowing reviews in several publications including “Variety” and was broadcast on BET. After, Aminah co-wrote, produced, and directed the web series BedRest (starring: Pratima Anae and Tiffany Haddish), a comedy about a woman trapped on Bed Rest and played on Blip.TV. Aminah is represented by 3 Arts Entertainment and UTA.


Executive Producer: Donald Bakeer
Donald Bakeer is author of "South Central L.A. CRIPS (1987)", the novel that in tandem with its critically acclaimed film adaptation, "South Central" (Warner Bros. 1992), has been the most powerful artistic combination to combat the 35 year old gang murder epidemic that has now become a culture for many. These two works, and Bakeer'slast novel, The Story of the 1992 L.A. Uprising-"Inhale Gasoline & Gunsmoke!", are critical in his strategy to end the gang wars with art and fight a growing culture of anti-literacy.Bakeer, recently retired after 30 years teaching English in several of South Central L.A.'s toughest schools, is a renowned poet and speaker, a 15-year member and former President of the International Black Writers and Artists who has been one of the most influential voices in South Central L.A. for over 3 decades, now. Known to many as "The Master Poet", Bakeer has performed hundreds of times over the past 30 years in schools, churches, mosques, nightclubs, restaurants, bookstores, and festivals in the area. He is the dedicated father of 9, has mentored many, and taught hundreds of people to be poets.CRIPS and …


Cinematographer: Jerry Henry
Jerry’s visual talents can be seen in such docs as the Oscar-nominated documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop directed by Banksy, American Revolutionary by director Grace Lee and City of Gold from director Laura Gabbert which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released theatrically by Sundance/ IFC in March 2016. He recently wrapped up the upcoming four-part HBO docu-series titled The Defiant Ones which will the chronicle the life and work of Dr. Dre. & Jimmy Iovine and Ferguson Rises with director Mobolaji Olambiwannu. He continues to serve as cinematographer for numerous documentaries and documentary for VICELAND, MTV News & Docs, National Geographic. Under his production company Cactus Eyelash, INC, he shoots and produces for clients Ford, Reebok, Nike, Honda, and MasterCard.


Editor: Rachel Pearl

Written by: Aminah Bakeer Abdul-Jabbaar

Producers:Aminah Bakeer Abdul-Jabbaar
Kenyatta Bakeer
Dianne Durazo
Julie Durazo

Starring: Ebony Perry, Glenn Plummer, BT Kingsley, Kareem Grimes, and Medina Britt. (Red Carpet Photo Attached)

MGTM Website with Social Media Links:
https://www.muslimahsguidetomarriage.com

Awards and Achievements Received:
Pan-African Film Festival Audience Award - Narrative Feature
Sold Out Screenings at Pan-African Film Festival (202 seat theater)

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Film Screening Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:26:51 -0400 2019-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Film Screening Poster