In response to the recent Executive Order barring U.S. entry to citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries, Cornell’s Department of Near Eastern Studies will hold a teach-in Feb. 17 in the Groos Family Atrium in Klarman Hall from 10 a.m. to noon. The event is free and the public is welcome.
The event is co-sponsored by the Clarke Institute for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa, Comparative Muslim Societies, Jewish Studies, and Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative.
Participants:
Welcome given by Lauren Monroe, Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
- "Islam and History of Immigration to US" Salah Hassan, Goldwin Smith Professor in History of Art and Africana Studies; Director of Institute of Comparative Modernities
- "The Diversity of Islam" Eric Tagliacozzo, Professor in the History Department; Director of Comparative Muslim Societies
- "Syrian Refugees" Elyse Semerdjian, Visiting Fellow in the Society for the Humanities
- "Muslim Identity and the National Security State" Aziz Rana, Professor of Law
- "Ask a Middle East Specialist" Ziad Fahmy, Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies
- "The Middle East and American Wars" Kyle Anderson, Ph.D. Candidate in Modern Middle Eastern History in the Department of Near Eastern Studies
- "Theater and Revolution: the View from Tahrir" Rebekah Maggor, Assistant Professor in Performance and Media Arts
- "Cornell Welcomes Refugees" Salma Shitia, Undergraduate Major in the Department of Near Eastern Studies
- "Banned Literary Voices" Deborah Starr, Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies
Poetry Readers:
- Ahmad Alswaid, Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature “This is My Name” by Adonis
- Makda Weatherspoon, Senior Lecturer, Arabic Program “A Drop of Rain” by Abdel Wahab al Bayati
- Danny Sharpe, Undergraduate, Near Eastern Studies Major
- Rama Alhabian, Ph.D. Candidate in Near Eastern Studies “O, My Libya” by Laila Nehoum
- Deborah Starr, Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies “Allegations” by Shawqi Shafiq
Suggested Readings/Videos
- Abdul Hamid El Zein, "Beyond Ideology and Theology: The Search for the Anthropology of Islam"
- Mahmood Mamdani's "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim"
- Rabih Alameddine, "Our Part in the Darkness"
- The Pluralism Project, Harvard University, "The First American Muslims"
- Cornell Welcomes Refugees, a student organization, made a video in response to the Jan. 27 Executive Order: player.vimeo.com/video/203450909
Resources:
- Pre-write: http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/news/teach-cornell-combatting-islamophobia-through-education
- Event-page: http://events.cornell.edu/event/Teach_In
- Interview with Deborah Starr: https://wrfi.org/2017/02/14/combating-islamophobia-education-february-14th-2017/
- Event coverage by the Cornell Daily Sun: http://cornellsun.com/2017/02/18/near-eastern-studies-department-shows-support-through-teach-in-on-islam/
