Munir Jiwa, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Anthropology Graduate Theological Union Founding Director 2400 Ridge Road Center for Islamic Studies Berkeley, CA 94709 Graduate Theological Union [email protected] Faculty Member, Religious Diversity www.gtu.edu Haas Institute, UC Berkeley

EDUCATION University of Toronto Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Religion, Jan 2005 – Dec 2006. MIT Postdoctoral Fellow, Aga Khan Program, Sept 2004-Jan 2005 Columbia University Anthropology, Ph.D. May 2004; M.Phil. Feb 2001 Dissertation: Aestheticizing Politics and Politicizing Aesthetics: Visual Artists and the Production and Representations of Muslim Identities in the . Harvard Divinity School M.T.S. World Religions, Honors, June 1996. Simon Fraser University B.A. in Communications, Honors First Class, October 1993.

LANGUAGES Modern Standard , French, Gujarati, ,

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS IN PROGRESS Politics of Exhibition: Artists and Muslim Identity in after 9/11 (manuscript under review with Cornell University Press).

“"Reflections on Islamic Studies in Interreligious Contexts" in Muslim World Journal, Wiley, April 2018.

“Teaching Islamic Studies in Theological Schools and Seminaries” (AAR Nov 2015 panel presentation forthcoming AAR Spotlight on Theological Education)

"Artistic Landscapes: Muslim Artists in America" (Oxford, 2013).

"Mediating Islamic Norms," Religious Norms Project (E-book, UC Berkeley, 2013).

"Muslims and the Art of Interfaith Post-9/11" (chapter Routledge, 2013)

“Ghada Amer, Zarina Hashmi, Shirin Neshat, Shahzia Sikander,” in Encyclopedia of Muslim- American History, Facts on File, Inc., 2010.

“Imaging, Imagining and Representation: Muslim Artists in NYC,” in Journal of Contemporary , Dec 10, 2009 online, April 2010 paper journal.

“Liberal Fundamentalism in the Service of Empire: Feminism, Sexuality, ” (forthcoming)

“Framing/Reframing: the Five ‘Media Pillars’ of Islam” (forthcoming) MULTIMEDIA “Muslim artists” Kaleidoscope program at Stanford University, podcast, airing Oct 2015

“Muslim Artists, Now” National Public Radio (NPR), All Things Considered, aired, Aug 3, 2015

“Park 51: Islamic Community Center in NYC,” Commonwealth Club, podcast, Nov 10, 2010

“Interfaith Dialogue,” radio conversation with Michael Krasny, KQED Forum, Aug 23, 2010 “Religion in the Modern World,” radio conversation with Michael Krasny, KQED Forum: A Snapshot of Faith, Aug 20, 2009.

“Obama’s Speech Makes Use of Islamic References,” interview for article in San Francisco Chronicle, Matthew Stannard, June 5, 2009.

“Will Obama’s Words Matter to the Muslim World,” Op-ed by Munir Jiwa in San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2009.

“Obama’s Entreaty to Islam Surprises Muslims,” interviewed for article in San Francisco Chronicle, Matthai Kuruvila, April 7, 2009.

“Imaging and Imagining Islam” presentation at the Commonwealth Club, podcast, May 12, 2008

“Islamophobia” television interview with Henry Tenenbaum, KRON 4 on Morning News Weekend, March 16, 2008.

“Studying Islam for a More Peaceful World,” Op-ed by Munir Jiwa and James Donahue in San Francisco Chronicle, Nov 6, 2007.

“A Conversation about the Center for Islamic Studies,” radio interview with Stephanie Martin, KQED Radio Morning Drive-Time Program, Nov 6, 2007.

SELECTION OF COMMITTEES & BOARDS American Academy of Religion, Racial & Ethnic Minorities, Steering Committee (2016-present) American Academy of Religion, Contemporary Islam Group, Steering Committee (2011-2014) Center for Arts, Religion, and Education, affiliate of GTU, Academic Committee (2015-present) Fotofest 2014 Biennale, Houston, TX, Advisory Board Member (2013-2014) Graduate Theological Union, Faculty Council (2011-2013, 2015-present) Graduate Theological Union, Asia Project Board Member (2009-2011) Islamic Scholarship Fund, Advisory Board Member (2009-present) Stanford Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Public Education Advisory Board (2008-present) UC Berkeley, Center for Race and Gender, Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project Advisory Committee and Islamophobia Studies Journal Editorial Board Member (2009-present) UC Berkeley, Religion, Politics, Globalization Program, Steering Committee (2012-present) UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies, Muslim Critical Studies Program Faculty, Granada, Spain (2014) UC Berkeley, iGov Center for Institutions and Governance, Visiting Scholar (2011-2014)

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AWARDS & HONORS Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate Theological Union (2015) Commencement Faculty Speaker, Graduate Theological Union (2012) Henry Luce Foundation grant to CIS/GTU, Islam in the Public Sphere Leadership (2014-2017) Henry Luce Foundation grant to CIS/GTU, Develop MA Program in Islamic Studies (2010-2013) Social Science Research Council grant, Religious Norms Project, Florence, Paris (2009-2010) Social Science Research Council grant to CIS/GTU, Bay Area Muslim Networks (2010-2011) Carnegie Corporation of New York grant to CIS/GTU, Muslims and Media (2008-2009) Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto (2005-2006) Religions for Peace, Service to Youth Award, by Prince Hassan bin Talal, Hiroshima (2006) Ford Foundation, Muslims in New York City Project and Doctoral Research grant (1998-2004) Commencement Student Speaker, Harvard Divinity School (1996) Aga Khan Foundation Scholarship, Harvard Divinity School (1994-1996) Chancellor’s Entrance Scholarship, Simon Fraser University (1989-1993) Dean’s First Class Honors Award, Simon Fraser University (1993)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Visiting Faculty (2006-07) Graduate Program International Affairs: The New School, NY Part-time Faculty (2002-2004) Various Departments: The New School, NY Visiting Lecturer (2003) Dept. of Religion: Connecticut College, New London, CT Researcher (1999-2004) Ford-funded Muslims in NYC Project: Columbia University Assistant to the World Conference of Religions for Peace, UN-affiliated Secretary General (1996-1998) NGO Portfolio: Islamic Affairs, Communications, Public Relations, Youth Assignments: Bosnia; , , Lebanon, Sierra Leone

SELECTED COURSES TAUGHT Anthropology of Islam; Art, Religion and Politics; Cultures of Islam; Faith in Human Rights; Introduction to Islam; Islam and Aesthetics; Islam and Media; Islam in the Americas; Islamic Tradition; Islam: Tradition and Modernity; Issues in the Study of Religion; Madrasa/Midrasha Islamic and JewishTexts Study; Islam in the Public Sphere; Pluralism in Islam; Politics of Cultural Memory; Readings in ; Theory and Method in Contemporary Islamic Studies

SELECTED ACADEMIC & PUBLIC PROGRAMS 2009-2018

2018 “Living in a Sacred Cosmos” Book Launch with Dr. Bernard Adeney-Risakotta Presentation, conversation, and celebration of the launching of Living in a Sacred Cosmos: Indonesia and the Future of Islam, new book by Dr. Bernard Adeney-Risakotta Professor of Religion, Ethics and Social Science and founding director of the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and former NCB and GTU professor. Co-sponsored by New College Berkeley of the GTU, Center for Southeast Asia Studies at University of Berkeley, & Zaytuna College. Dinner Boardroom, GTU Library. Nov 29 GTU Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Victims of Synagogue Attack. GTU Interfaith prayer in the aftermath of the horrific attack at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pacific School of Religion. Oct 29

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Sacred Memories: Reflections on Holy Days in and Islam. CIS and the Center for Jewish Studies Madrasa-Midrasha event. Speakers Rabbi Chai Levy of Congregation Netivot Shalom and GTU doctoral student Mahjabeen Dhala, a presidential scholar with the CIS. Oct 3 CIS Afternoon Tea with Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub. CIS hosts a meet and greet afternoon tea with Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub. CIS. Oct 2 GTU Diversity Reception. The student services offices of the GTU consortium host this welcoming reception for students, faculty, and staff of color, and international students, faculty, and staff. Bade Museum at PSR. Sept 26 Public Theology: Building Bridges in Interfaith Communities. ABSW two nights of interreligious reflection on themes of Sacrifice (May 17) and Mercy (May 18). GTU Speakers Deena Aranoff, Mahjabeen Dhala, Rita Sherma, Cogen Bohanic, and LeAnn Snow Flesher. ABSW. May 17-18 Memorial for Mamade Kadreebux. CIS invitation to the memorial for Mamade Kadreebux. Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library. May 12 2018 GTU Commencement Exercises. GTU Commencement Exercises at Zaytuna College. May 10 Annual International Islamophobia Studies Conference. 9th Annual International Islamophobia Studies Conference. The Road Travelled. CIS co-sponsor. Presenting papers Ph D students May Kosba and Paula Thompson (Coordinator of the UC Berkeley Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project at the Center for Race and Gender at UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley. Apr 27-29 2018 Celebration of GTU Graduates of Color and International Student Graduates The GTU honors, celebrates, and offer blessings to international graduating students and graduates of color from across the GTU consortium. Apr 25 CIS Visiting Scholars Research Presentations. Visiting Scholar Dr. Jessica Lilu Chen (Stamford University) presents, What Chinese Muslims Have to Say About Islamic History. Visiting Scholar Dr. Mark Fathi Massoud (Mello Fellow and Prefessor at UC Santa Cruz) presents, Champions of Shari’a: Women and Islam in Somalia. GTU Library Board Room. Apr 17 Presentation on Muslim Women’s Leadership. Ph D student and Presidential Scholar, Mahjabeen Dhala, presentation on Muslim Women’s Leadership at the upcoming GTU WSR Conference. Apr 13 Presentations at the AAR Western Region Conference. Presentations at the AAR Western Region Conference by Ph D students Paula Thompson and Mahjabeen Dhala. IBS. Mar 23 “Building and Islamic Rule of Law”. CIS presents Dr. Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor at UC Santa Cruz and Mellon Visiting Scholar at the GTU/CIS. Based on his research in Somalia. GTU Library Board Room. Mar 20 Impressions of Uzbekistan: From Remnants of the Old Silk Road to Seismic Modernism. Presentation paper in Tbilisi, Georgia, on A Woman’s Work: Phyllis Ackerman and the Textiles, at the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies. Lecture by Carol Bier, Historian of Islamic Art and CIS Research Scholar. Carol Bier’s report on the mathematical art exhibitions from the Bridges (Art-Math) Conference in Waterloo, Ontario, Hillside Club. Mar 5 2017 10th Year Anniversary Celebration Exhibition tour, presentations, reception. GTU Library. Dec 7 Knowledge and Diversity: Artists’ Forum. Artists featured in the current CIS 10th Anniversary exhibition, Knowledge and Diversity, showcased at the GTU library. Mamade Kadreebux, Salma Arastu and Arash Shirinbab share their artistic journeys and practices. CIS. GTU Library Board Room. Dec 4

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Reflections on Jewish, Christian and Islamic Holy Days. The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union’s Madrasa-Midrasha Program Presentation. Featuring Scholars: Mahjabeen Dhala, Stephen Pearce and Marianne Farina. GTU Library Board Room. Oct 11 Knowledge and Diversity, 10th Year Anniversary Exhibition. GTU Library. Sept 19-Jan 19 Calligraphy Workshop with Master Calligrapher Haji Noor Deen. Lecture and workshop invitation to present Noor Deen’s extraordinary mastery and genius. Co-sponsored by the CIS. Zaytuna College Bookstore. Jul 15 Month of Ramadan. Daily Iftar. Daily iftaar (breaking fast) in Berkeley at the home of Mamade Kadreebux and Judy Olson and at the Berkeley Masjid. May 27-Jun 24 GTU Graduation Ceremony. May 11 First Annual CIS Student Symposium: Scholarship, Leadership, and Activism in Islamic Studies. First annual student panel presentations , followed by a reception, artistic presentations and keynote talk. GTU Library Dinner Boardroom. May 4 Sustainable Societies: Interreligious, Interdisciplinary Responses Conference. Sponsored by GTU's Mira and Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies. GTU Library Dinner Board Room. Apr 27-28 Story of the Prophet Joseph in Biblical and Qur’anic Narratives. Reception and Lectures by Dr. Todd Lawson, Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto and Dr. Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew, Comparative Literature, and Near Eastern Studies Department. UC Berkeley. GTU Library Dinner Board Room. Apr 27 8th Annual International Islamophobia Conference: Islamophobia and the End of Liberalism?. Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, Dr. Hatem Bazian, Director UC Berkeley School of Law, Booth Auditorium. Apr 22-23 Muslim Youth and Islamophobia in an Age of Empire: A Canadian Perspective. Lecture by Dr. Jasmin Zine (Wilfrid Laurier University), Pacific School of Religion and Center for Islamic Studies. Apr 20 America America: Art for Human Rights. Exhibition at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). Host and exhibition discussion by Dr. Munir Jiwa. Apr 12 Aesthetics and the Divine: Jewish and Islamic Perspectives Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Islamic Studies, Center for the Arts & Religion GTU, Doug Adams Gallery. Apr 4 Islam in China: Old Challenges in a New World & Islam in Japan: A Foreign Culture in a Homogenous Society. Presentations by Dr. Yuting Wang, UC Berkeley Sociology, American University of Sharjah, UAE and Dr. Kei Takahashi, CIS, GTU Visiting Scholar, Sophia University, Japan. GTU Library Dinner Board Room. Mar 20 PSR conference, Borders & Identity. Presenting a panel on countering Islamophobia at the conference. CIS. Mar 17-18 Dillenberger Lecture Series: Pseudo-Arabic as a Marker of Christian Identity in Middle Byzantine Art and Architecture. Lecture by Dr. Alicia Walker from Bryn Mawr College. Sponsored by Center for Arts and Religion. Doug Adams Gallery. Mar 10 Gallery Dialogues: Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art. Reverberating Echoes. Conversations with Islamic Art Historian and CIS Visiting Scholar Carol Bier and Dr. Munir Jiwa on the current exhibition. Doug Adams Gallery. Mar 5 Muslim African Americans and Islamic Education. Lecture by Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad, Zaytuna College. CIS cosponsor. Feb 28 By the Dawn’s Early Light: Chris Jackson’s Journey to Islam. Film by Dr. Zareena Grewal. Public event as part of Munir Jiwa’s spring 2017 class: Islam in the Public Sphere. PSR. Feb 21 An Election Like No Other and What Lies Ahead. Lecture by Senator Barbara Boxer Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley. Feb 15

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The “Negro” in Afro-Arabian Muslim Consciousness . Lecture by Dr. Abdullah Ali (PhD GTU 2016). CIS cosponsor. Zaytuna College. Feb 15 Our Calling for Such a Time as This: A Community Conversation on Faith and Action. Munir Jiwa panel speaker, PSR Community Forum, PSR Dining Room. Feb 13 Scriptures and Revelation in the Abrahamic Traditions. World Interfaith Harmony Week (Feb 1-7), lecture by Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub. CJS-CIS joint event. GTU Library Dinner Board Room. Feb 13 Gallery Dialogues, Doug Adams Gallery. Carol Bier and Judith Berling in conversation on the Reverberating Echoes exhibition. Carol Bier and Munir Jiwa in conversation on the Reverberating Echoes exhibition. Feb 12, Mar 5, Apr 9, May 21 Art Against All Odds: Black and Muslim Expressions of Love & Faith. Zawaya: http://www.zawaya.org. . Feb 11 Reverberating Echoes. Lecture by Carol Bier, CIS visiting scholar and Islamic art historian, Hillside Club. Feb 6 Building a Systematic Response to Islamophobia. Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, UC Berkeley. Chandni Restaurant, Newark, CA. Feb 4 Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art. Exhibition and catalogue, curated by Carol Bier, CIS visiting scholar and Islamic art historian. Doug Adams Gallery, CARe/GTU. Jan 31-May 26 2016 Scholarship Across Divides: Jewish and Islamic Studies in Conversation. Munir Jiwa and Deena Aranoff, joint CJS/CIS Madrasa-Midrasha program. GTU. Dec 1 Perspectives on Jewish Art and Islamic Art. Presentations by Carol Bier and Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, at Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. Nov 22 Religious and Racial Identity Politics in Media Coverage of the 2016 US National Election. AAR panel organized by Committee on Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Nov 19 Fernando Botero: Art for Human Rights, Abu Ghraib series. Exhibit and discussion by Munir Jiwa, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Nov 11 Teach-In on America’s Racial Imaginary and the Election Cycles. Event by Islamophobia Documentation and Research Project. UC Berkeley and CIS. Nov 1 Sojourner Truth: Truth, Photography, and the Fight Against Slavery. Exhibit and discussion by Munir Jiwa. BAMPFA. Oct 21 Muslim Women in Politics. Islamic Scholarship Fund banquet, CIS participant. Oct 8 Lunar Calendar in Judaism and Islam, Rosh Hashana and Islamic New Year, Yom Kippur and Ashura, Joint CJS/CIS Madrasa-Midrasha program. Oct 6 Using the Power of Media to Counter Islamophobia. Unity Productions Foundation Event, CIS student participation, footage from forthcoming film Sultan and the Saint. Oct 2 Texts/Contexts: Judaism/Islam. Joint CJS/CIS Madrasa-Midrasha Program public engagement course funded by the Haas Fund. Sep 18, Oct 9, Nov 6&13, Dec 4 Eid al-Adha, Prayers and breakfast celebration for all Berkeley Masjid, 2716 Derby Street. Sept 12 Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons and Poets at the Great Islam Courts. Carol Bier, Islamic Art Historian and CIS visiting scholar. Feb 26-May 8 Institutionalizing Islamophobia: Critiquing the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Framework and Emerging Programs. Conference IRDP, CRG, UC Berkeley, CIS co-sponsor Feb 4-6 A dramatic reading of The Forty Rules of Love. Performance by Hassan El Jai. Zaytuna College Main Hall. Co-sponsored by CIS. Feb 4 The Study Quran. A conversation with Joseph Lumbard & Zaytuna Faculty. Co-sponsored by CIS Jan 22

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Arabic: Language of the Quran. Art Exhibit. San Francisco Public Library. CIS co-sponsor. January 16- Mar 20 Intersession Leadership Course: Understanding and Countering Islamophobia. GTU public engagement course taught by Munir Jiwa and Hatem Bazian (UCB), Jan 5-11 2015 In Solidarity Against Islamophobia. Panel, Prayer and Vigil, Ignite Institute at PSR, GTU- wide, Zaytuna, and larger public, Dec 17 Islamophobia and Eroding Civil Society Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project UC Berkeley 3rd Annual International Conference in Paris, France, held at IREMMO. Cosponsored by the CIS. Dec 11 UNVEILED. Play by artist Rohina Malik, PSR performance event, CIS and Zaytuna co- sponsors. Dec 10-11 Panel on the Paris Attacks. UC Berkeley iGov, CIS co-sponsor, Booth Auditorium, Law School, Dec 2 Former President Marzouki of Tunisia on the Arab Spring. International House UC Berkeley. Nov 30 Opportunities and Challenges of Teaching Islamic Studies in Theological Seminaries. Munir Jiwa panelist, American Academy of Religion annual meeting/conference, Atlanta, GA. Nov 21 Disgraced, 2013 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play by Ayad Akhtar. Berkeley Rep and CARE joint event with GTU panel discussion after the play. Nov 18 Woven Luxuries: Indian, Persian and Turkish Velvets from the Indictor Collection. Gallery talk and tour by Carol Bier, Islamic Art Historian Visiting Scholar. CIS/GTU. Oct 15 Circling the House of God. Film screening at Zaytuna College. CIS co-sponsor. Oct 14 Sacred Seasons: Pilgrimage, Piety, and Personal Transformation in Judaism and Islam. Madrasa-Midrasha Day of Learning, CJS-CIS joint event, held at Easton Hall. Sept 20 CIS Open House and GTU Board of Trustees Graduation Reception. May 6 Aesthetics and Politics of Exhibitions: Museums, Muslims, Memory. Lecture, CARE/GTU, May 1. Fifth Annual International Conference on the Study of Islamophobia. State of the Islamophobia Studies Field. Center for Race and Gender, cosponsored by CIS. UC Berkeley. Apr 23-26 Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam. Lecture by Dr. Todd Lawson, CIS event, GTU Boardroom, Apr 14 Thinking Through De-Colonization: Un-Reforming Islam and Contesting Eurocentric Epistemic Structure. Dr. Hatem Bazian, Tolson lecture, CIS co-sponsor, PSR, Apr 13. Islamophobia Studies. Fundraiser event, Munir Jiwa speaker, Newark, CA April 12 Aesthetics and Politics of Exhibiting Muslim Artists in NYC. Munir Jiwa lecture, Stanford, April 8 Encountering the Silk Road in Western China: Then and Now Lecture and discussion by Carol Bier. Hillside Club. Apr 6 Forging Islamic Authority. Zaytuna College conference, CIS co-sponsor, April 4 Center for Islamic Studies, GTU, Open House. CIS, March 12 Islam and Authors with the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California. Book Reading with Dr. Ejaz Naqvi, “The Qur’an: With or Against the Bible?”. Co-sponsored by the CIS. ICCNC/Oakland. Feb 28 Jazz and the Geopolitics of Malcolm X. Dr. Hisham Aidi, CIS sponsor, Feb 26. 50 Year Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Malcolm X Bay Area Unity Vigil and Prayer with Poetry by Br. Amir Suleiman. Co-sponsored by the CIS. ICCNC/Oakland. Feb 21

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The Silicon Rush and Emergence of Muslim Communities in the Bay Area. Dr. Hatem Bazian, keynote Tolson lecture, CIS cosponsor, Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Feb 19. Earthlings: Religion in an Age of Climate Change. Participant, GTU, Feb 8 Visiting Scholar Lectures by Carol Bier . Carol Bier, series of workshops and lectures in the UAE, on Islamic art and geometry, organized by GTU presidential scholar, Amin Tejpar. Dubai/Abu-Dhabi, UAE. Feb 5-12 Ex Oriente Lux: Luxury Textiles and Oriental Carpets Lecture by Carol Bier. Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Jan 30 2014 Sabbatical Research. Several programs on Muslims, Museums, Modernity, fall 2014 Islam and Belief: At Home with Religious Freedom. Lecture by Abdullah Saeed, co- sponsored by the Zephyr Institute, Zaytuna College, and the CIS. Dec 13 When Might Makes Right: Strategies of Resistance. Conversations with Shaykh and Chris Hedges at Zaytuna College, Berkeley. Nov 21 Abraham: An Interfaith Panel. Speakers Omid Safi, Ali Ataie and John Kaltner. Co- sponsored by the CIS, American Baptist Seminary of the West, and Zaytuna College. Nov 19 Symbols of Transformation: Jesus & Mary in the Teachings of Ibn 'Arabi. Talks and workshops by Mohammed Rustom, Michael Sells, Maria Dakake, Cyrus Ali Zargar, and Zachary Markwith. Ibn 'Arabi Society and Zaytuna College, and academic portion co-sponsored by the CIS. Nov 14-15 English as an Islamic Language Lecture by Mohammed Rustom at Zaytuna College, Berkeley. Nov 13 Inscribed Cotton Ikat from Yemen in the Tenth Century CE. Presented by Carol Bier at the International Shibori Symposium in Hangzhou, China. Nov 2-4 Islamicate Studies Symposium at University of Chicago. Panel chaired by CIS Visiting Scholar Nargis Virani. Oct 18 Liberal Education at a Muslim College: Between Authority and Audacity. Presented by CIS Visiting Scholar Mahan Mirza at St. John’s College’s conference on “What is Liberal Education For?”. Oct 16-18 Historians of Islamic Art Association’s Fourth Biennial Symposium. Presented by Carol Bier. Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Oct 16-18 International Islamophobia Conference in Salzburg, . Participant/speaker, University of Salzburg, Oct 9 & 10 ‘Eid ul-Adha Lunch. Pacific School of Religion, GTU. Oct 6 Framing/Reframing: The Five "Media Pillars" of Islam. James F. Veninga Keynote Lecture, UW, Wasau Wisconsin, Sept 25 The Concept of Authority in Muslim Societies. Participant. Columbia University, Sept 20 Topographies of Culture: Heritage, Art, and Urbanism in the Gulf Region. Participant, Yale, Sept 12 Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California’s “Art and Culture” & “Islam and Authors” Events. Co-sponsored with the ICCNC. Fall 2014 Critical Muslim Studies, Decolonial Struggles, Theology of Liberation and Islamic Revival faculty/speaker, Granada, Spain. June 9-20 CIS Graduates Celebration Farah El-Sharif, Sarah Heddon, Deenaz Kanji, Fateme Montazeri. Presentations and reception. May 5-9 5th Annual International Islamophobia Conference Latent & Manifest Islamophobia: Multimodal Engagements with the Production of Knowledge. Organizer/moderator/co- sponsor, UC Berkeley CRG. April 17-19

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Islamic Higher Education in the West: Challenges and Opportunities. Moderator/co- sponsor, Zaytuna College conference. April 5 Haji Noor Deen: Master Calligrapher at Work, Chinese and Arabic Calligraphic Traditions. Workshop co-sponsor, Zaytuna College, March 14 Center for Islamic Studies Open House Meet and Greet. Students, visiting scholars, faculty and friends. CIS. Mar 12 Cultural Equity: Ways of Looking at Islamic Art. Speaker Carol Bier, CIS sponsor. March 11 Black History Month: Between Racial Chauvinism and Counterproductive Universalism: Search for a Meaningful American Muslim Discourse. Dr. Fatimah Jackson, keynote speaker, Zaytuna College, CIS co-sponsor. Feb 27 Islam as a Template for Jewish Self-Understanding. Presentation by Dr. Susannah Heschel. GTU Library Dinner Board Room . Co-sponsored by CIS and CJS. Feb 25 Black History Month: Film screening By the Dawn’s Early Light: Chris Jackson’s Journey to Islam. Black History month film screening, PSR, Mudd Room 103.. Feb 25 Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Symmetry-Breaking in Oriental Carpets Presentation by Carol Bier, sponsored by Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild. The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. Feb 15 Media Influence on the Perception of Religion. Speaker, SF Interfaith Council. Jan 30 Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys NEH and ALA Bridging Cultures: Muslim Bookshelf Collection. CIS cosponsor of Dr. Hatem Bazian, Bay Area. Jan-May 2013 International Islamophobia Conference, Paris, France, “The Epistemic, Racial, Cultural, and Structural Exclusionary Measures in France and Europe”. UC Berkeley IRDP and CADIS. Dec 13-14 Christians in Pakistan: The Missing Discourse. GTU Asia Project. Waqas Sajjad, GTU PhD student and Fulbright Scholar. PSR. Dec 5 Interfaith Dialogue in a Plural Society. Speaker, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Nov 27 American Academy of Religion. Participant, Baltimore. Nov 22-25 Religions for Peace, 9th World Assembly, Welcoming the Other: A Multi-Religious Vision of Peace. Invited participant, , Austria. Nov 19-22 KAICIID Dialogue Center World Forum, The Image of the Other: Interreligious and Intercultural Education. Invited participant, Vienna, Austria. Nov, 18-19 Recuperations of Andalusi Music. Dr. Charles Hirschkind, UC Berkeley. PSR. Nov 14 Pluralism in Islam. Baptist-Muslim Dialogue. Speaker, American Baptist Seminary of the West. Nov 8 A Common Thread: Spiritual Narrative and the Textile Medium . Center for Arts, Religion & Education. Nov 7 Beyond Belief Exhibit at CJM: Modern Divine Panel Discussion. Speaker, Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF. Oct 27 The Qur’an in Muslim Faith and Practice. Moderator, CIS, Zaytuna College, hosted by DSPT. Oct 17 Madrasa – Midrasha: Aesthetics of Sacred Space in Judaism and Islam. Organizer, CJS, CIS, GTU. Oct 10 Approaching the Qur’an Through Art Exhibit & Panel. Organizer, CIS, Zaytuna College, DSPT. Sept 29 Judging Faith: International Dialogue on the Jurisprudence on Religion in Courts. Participant, UC Berkeley Law School. Sept 20-21

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Qur’anic Studies Workshop, Keynote: Prof. Carl Ernst, co-sponsors DSPT & Zaytuna College. May 5 Ibn ‘Arabi & Rumi Conference, Keynote Prof. Chittick, co-sponsors Ibn ‘Arabi Society & DSPT. May 3-4 4th Annual Conference on Islamophobia, co-sponsor/speaker, UC Berkeley CRG. Apr 19-20 Islam & Authors at ICCNC with Peter Gottschalk, co-sponsor ICCNC, Oakland. Apr 13 Women’s Studies in Religion Roundtable, speaker, GTU. Apr 11 Islam, Mysticism, and Dominican Life”, Prof. Minlib Dalih, co-sponsor DSPT, Berkeley. Apr 10 Reel Jews & Muslims: Representation in Media, Madrasa-Midrasha, co-sponsor CJS. Feb 10 Islam & Authors at ICCNC, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, co-sponsor ICCNC, Oakland. Jan 19 2012 5th Year Anniversary of the Center for Islamic Studies, GTU. Dec 5 Rethinking Islamic Studies Workshop, Performance & Practice, co-chair, AAR, Chicago. Nov 16 Doorway to Islamic Civilization: Arts & Culture, co-sponsor Zawaya, ICCNC, Oakland. Nov 9-11 Islam & Authors at ICCNC, Phil Pasquini, co-sponsor ICCNC, Oakland. Nov 3 God in the White House: Religion and the Elections, sponsor, interfaith panel, GTU. Oct 18 Muslim Voices in American Politics, Congressman Keith Ellison, co-sponsor ISF. Sept 29 Between Militarism & Extremism: The Excluded Middle, public event, Zaytuna College, UC Berkeley, CIS/GTU. Sept 17 Reframing Islam in the US Media, keynote speaker, National Security Forum, Reno, NV. May 22 3rd Annual Conference on Islamophobia, co-sponsor/speaker, UC Berkeley CRG. Apr 20-21 Framing/Reframing: The Five “Media Pillars” of Islam, keynote speaker, UT Austin. Apr 4 Out of Cordoba, film screening with Director Jacob Bender, co-sponsor Or Shalom. Mar 24 Hagar in the Jewish & Islamic Traditions, Madrasa-Midrasha, co-sponsors CJS. Mar 11 Celebrating the Birth of Christ, PSR Tolson lecture, Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub, PSR. Mar 5 2011 God and Creation, CTNS workshop, co-sponsors CTNS and CJS. Dec 11 Reframing Islamic Art for the 21st Century, lecture by Carol Bier, co-sponsor Hillside Club. Nov 7 Reza Aslan’s No God But God, Ten Years After 9/11, ISF public event, CIS co-sponsor. Sept 24 9/11: Conversations We Never Had, public event, co-sponsors DSPT & Newman Church. Sept 10 Religious Norms & the Public Sphere, conference organizer/participant, UC Berkeley. May 5-7 2nd Annual Conference on Islamophobia , co-sponsor/speaker, UC Berkeley. Apr 21-22 The Good Person, conference participant, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel. Feb 13-17 Muslims, Media, Globalization, speaker, Ismaili Center, Nairobi and Mombasa, . Jan 11-14 2010 Park 51 Project in NYC, keynote speaker, Commonwealth Club of SF, San Francisco. Nov 8

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Spiritual Practices, Religious Pluralism and Theological Education, panelist, AAR, Atlanta. Nov “Ground Zero” Mosque or Zero Mosques in America, panelist/lecture, UC Berkeley. Oct Secularism and Islamic Norms, lecture at UNESCO, Paris, France. June Islamic Finance and Business Ethics, moderator, St. Mary’s College. May Muslims and Jews Together, panelist/moderator at conference, UC Berkeley. Apr Islam and Media, series of public lectures, Dubai, UAE. Mar Cultural Production: Sacred and Secular, Madrasa-Midrasha lecture, GTU. Mar 9 Virtual Pulpit, moderator for lecture by Imam Suhaib Webb, GTU. Mar 8 Minority Hermeneutics, panelist, Core Doctoral Faculty, GTU. Feb 17 E Pluribus Umma, Earl lecture at Badé Museum, GTU, Berkeley. Jan 25 Muslims in America, workshop at Columbia University, New York. Jan 14-16 2009 Religious Norms in the Public Sphere, workshop by Olivier Roy at EUI, Florence, . Dec 10-12 Botero’s Art of Abu Ghraib & Human Rights, presenter, Berkeley Art Museum. Nov 15 The Five “Media Pillars” of Islam, paper at AAR, Religion & Media conference, Montreal. Nov 6 Eid Al-Fitr & Rosh Hashanah, moderator, presentation on Halal & Kasher, GTU, Berkeley. Sept 22 Muslim Voices Festival, participant at conference Bridging the Divide, New York, NY. Jun 5- 14 Thinking Israel/Palestine, panel respondent to lecture by Judith Butler, GTU, Berkeley. May 6 Islam and Human Rights, moderator/respondent to lecture by Abdulaziz Sachedina. Apr 30 Truth, Youth and New Muslim Cool, moderator for panel at San Francisco Film Festival. April 26 Terrorists in Search of Humanity, moderator/respondent to lecture by Faisal Devji, GTU. Mar. 16 Who Speaks for Islam? Media and Muslim Networks, Carnegie workshop, GTU. March 2-3 Pluralism in Islam, lecture at St. Mark’s Church, Berkeley. Feb 15 Pilgrim’s Progress Through Rumi’s Poetry, moderator for lecture by Nargis Virani, GTU. Feb 11

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