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Remaking Indian Secularism: The Fearless Grannies (Dadis) of Shaheen Bagh

Series: India's Winter of Protest
Julia Kowalski
May 19, 2020May 21, 2020

In reframing the links between gender, kinship, and citizenship, Shaheen Bagh’s protesters are remaking the definition of secularism in India.

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Beyond Aztlán: Latina/o/x Students Let Go of Their Mythic Homeland

Jacqueline Hidalgo
April 11, 2019April 15, 2019

Names are always ambivalent, contingent, and contested, and utopias are always unfinished works-in-progress.

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Sustainable Resources: Reimagining Our Relationship with the Earth

Series: Ansari Conference 2018
Marie-Claire Klassen
January 11, 2019January 18, 2019

In the age of the anthropocene—climate change brought about by human actions—religious traditions can offer vital resources for reimagining a sustainable relationship between humans, other animals, and the earth.

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Theology and Contingency in a Modern World

Series: Madrasa Discourses Summer Intensive 2018
Talha Rehman
December 17, 2018February 21, 2019

How did medieval mercantile society define and value different bodies? And how did these norms lead to different religious legal rulings?

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Layering Patterns of Authority

Dairou Bouba, Tatiana Fouda, Cecelia Lynch and Nadine Machikou
November 27, 2018December 17, 2018

Any discussion of patterns and practices of authority within communities in Cameroon must take into account the relations of authority, intended or unintended, between these communities and outside actors, especially with the state, the humanitarian world of nongovernmental organizations, and with members of our research team.

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Beyond ‘Hearsay’ Or: Hearing and Learning to Say ‘Assalamu Alaikum’

Elizabeth Boyle
November 15, 2018November 16, 2018

Growing up in New York City after September 11, 2001, the narratives about Islam that were shared with me my entire life were ones of extremism and terrorism. It became apparent that my perception of Muslims up until this point had all been hearsay.

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The Evolution of Eyes

Series: Madrasa Discourses Summer Intensive 2018
Elsa Barron
September 19, 2018February 20, 2019

On the last day of the program, Haya convinced Meilin to try on one of her outfits and then wear it to class.

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Côte d’Ivoire’s Working Definition of Gender Empowers and Excludes

Ludovic Lado
July 24, 2018July 26, 2018

Although Côte d’Ivoire embraces gender equality concerns, the state concept of gender does not include the LGBTQ community and focuses mainly on closing the gender gap between men and women.

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On Crossroads: Learnings from Modernity, Feminisms, and Transrational Peace

Series: Decolonizing Narratives
Paula Facci
June 29, 2018

Scholars and practitioners of feminist, gender, and critical race theory have long questioned the self-righteousness, rigid categorizations, and violence of dominant modern discourse.

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Photo Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gallery View, Medieval Sculpture Hall.

The 2018 Fashion Exhibit at New York’s Met: Revealing Catholics to Themselves

John Seitz
June 13, 2018June 13, 2018

The collection offers Catholics a chance to see themselves anew in a contemporary context of spiritual, sexual, and gender fluidity.

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