Second International Conference on Islamophobia: Analyzing its Discourse and Geopolitics April 12-14, 2019 ISEFAM Auditorium, IZU Halkalı Campus

Register at ciga.izu.edu.tr Limited ORGANISATION OF Seats ISLAMIC COOPERATION CIGA Research Centre for CENTER FOR ISLAM Islam c H story, Art AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS and Culture ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION CIGA Research Centre for CENTER FOR ISLAM Islam c H story, Art AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS and Culture Second International Conference on Islamophobia Islamophobia: Analyzing its Discourse and Geopolitics April 12-14, 2019 ISEFAM Auditorium, IZU Halkalı Campus

Dr. Sami A. Al-Arian Dr. Selim Argun Dr. Varsha Basheer IZU, Turkey Istanbul University, Turkey University of Kerala, India

Dr. Fatimah Bint Abdullah Dr. Usaama Al-Azami Dr. Ihsan Bagby IZU, Turkey The Markfield Institute, UK University of Kentucky, USA

Mr. Ahmed Bedier Dr. Ömer Çaha Mr. Elsadig Elsheikh United Voices of America, USA IZU, Turkey Univ. of California-Berkeley, USA

Dr. Hatem Bazian Dr. Mehmet Bulut Dr. Khadijah Elshayyal Univ. of California-Berkeley, USA IZU, Turkey University of Edinburgh, UK

Dr. Farid Hafez Ms. Linda Hyökki Dr. Ravza Kavakcı Kan , IZU, Turkey MP, Istanbul

Dr. Dalia Fahmy Dr. Nagihan Haliloğlu Dr. Monzer Kahf Long Island University, USA Ibn Haldun University, Turkey IZU, Turkey

Dr. Talip Küçükcan Dr. Luwei Rose Luqiu Dr. Shaireen Rasheed Marmara University, Turkey Hong Kong Baptist University, China Long Island University, USA

Dr. Deepa Kumar Dr. Nuray Ocaklı Dr. Anne Norton , USA IZU, Turkey University of Pennsylvania, USA

Register at Dr. Salman Sayyid Dr. Nasuh Uslu Dr. Jasmin Zine ciga.izu.edu.tr University of Leeds, UK IZU, Turkey Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Limited Seats Dr. Tamara Sonn , USA

Sessions  Epistemic Roots of Islamophobia and its Future Trajectory  The Intellectual and Political Mainstreaming of Islamophobia: The Role of Elites, Think Tanks, and Right-Wing Groups  Islamophobia in the Service of Empire  The Multiple Faces of Islamophobia  Islamophobia and Orientalism: Where they Intersect and Diverge  Islamophobia and Human Rights: The Impact of Demonization and Exclusion  Conversation with Scholars on Challenging and Confronting Islamophobia Presentations  The Clash of Civilizations Revisited: Work in the Ruins of Empire  The Geopolitics of Islamophobia  Islamic Reform in the Age of Islamophobia: Asking the Hard Questions  Rationalizing Islamophobia: The Dangerous Role of Think Tanks  Islamophobia and US Foreign Policy: The Rise of the Alt-Right and the Mainstreaming of Anti-Muslim Sentiment  Using Islamophobia as a Tool in Supporting Autocratic Rule  The Securitization of Islam and Muslims after 9/11: Reasons and Consequences  Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Anti-Muslim Racism, Neoliberalism and Empire  How the Political Discourse of Islamophobia Advances Geopolitical Ends  The Politics of Indian Islamophobia: An Overview  The Discourse of Islamophobia in China  Islamophobia and the Geopolitics of France: The Impact of Historical and Political Factors  Impact of the Agents of Hate and anti-Muslim Racism in the U.S.  The Image of Muslims in Western Cultural History  Islamophobia, Media, Education and the Arts: Reclaiming the Narrative through Muslim Counter-Publics  Justifying Islamophobia and the War on Terror in the name of Liberalism and Feminism  Consequences of Islamophobia on Civil Liberties and Rights in the United States  Normalizing Racism through Islamophobia: Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned  Muslim Identity Politics: Islam and Equality in Britain  Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism: Similarities and Di erences

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