A new course, Ethnographies of Iran, was recently cross-listed with Islamic Studies with a new meeting time. This seminar covers a number of important topics such as revolution, gender, art, literature, and religion. We will read ethnographies, novels, and watch a few feature films and documentaries. Find out more about the course on SIS.
Islamic Studies Chair Niloofar Haeri has been chosen the winner of the Middle East Studies Association’s Fatema Mernissi Book Award, which honors the best work in studies of gender, sexuality, and women’s lived experience. The announcement was made at the 2021 MESA Awards Virtual Ceremony held December 1, 2021. The award is also announced on […]
The Afghanistan virtual teach-in panel held by the Program in Islamic Studies on October 28 is now available for viewing. The panel hosted presentations from Professor Shah Mahmoud Hanifi of James Mason University, Professor Wazhmah Osman from Temple University, politician and author Nargis Nehan, and activist and journalist Basir Bita.
Islamic Studies Program Coordinator Arpan Roy publishes a piece in the online digital venue PLATFORM from his research on Muslim shrines in Palestine. He discusses the shift from “folk” Islam to a more homogenous and orthodox religious practice in Palestine after the founding of Israel, and asks whether this is the work of modernity or […]
Islamic Studies Program Chair Niloofar Haeri’s book Say What Your Longing Heart Desires wins the American Academy of Religion’s 2021 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies. From the jury: Niloofar Haeri’s deeply researched and elegantly written book brings readers into the most intimate and exigent spaces of a religious world. Haeri […]
Homayra Ziad’s course Fall 2021 “Never Forget: Muslims, Islamophobia, and Dissent after 9/11” is covered in the Johns Hopkins HUB. Dr. Ziad discusses her biography as a Muslim American in the US after 9/11, and how she channels her personal experience into undergraduate teaching in her course in the Program in Islamic Studies at Hopkins.
A profile and interview with Program Director Homayra Ziad appears in the Baltimore Sun in anticipation of the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. In the article, Dr.Ziad answers questions about the military relationship between the United States and several Muslim-majority countries, and the effect that this has on Muslim Americans. The following is a snippet from […]
Islamic Studies Chair Niloofar Haeri has been quoted extensively in a Newsweek article on the rise in visibility of Muslim Americans since 9/11. She discusses the diversity in Muslim voices in the American cultural sphere, from Muhammed Ali to Rashida Tlaib, and the contradictions and challenges that such figures face in the political climate.
Director of the Program in Islamic Studies Homayra Ziad appeared in several media outlets between April 2-14, as a resource on religion and public life. A Washington Post article covers Values and Voices, national, non-partisan activism by religion scholars that brings religious voices to progressive politics. To see Dr. Ziad’s contribution to Values and Voices, see https://www.valuesandvoices.com/letters-2021/letter-98/ A […]
On May 25, Dr. Ziad was recognized by the KSAS Dean for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The citation follows below. “I am pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020-21 Krieger School’s Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Advising Awards. Many of our remarkable faculty members were nominated, which is a testament to their dedication to the craft. It is heartening […]