This summer Edinburgh University Press will publish a new edited collection, Islamic Thought in China: Sino-Muslim Intellectual Evolution from the 17th to the 21st Century. I am proud to have a chapter included with this group of amazing international scholars. The volume grew out of a number of panels on Islam in China that occurred over a few…
This weekend I am very excited to participate in a workshop hosted by the Center for Asian Studies at the University of South Carolina. Michael Gibbs Hill has assembled a wonderful group of folks to discuss how our work explores notions of exchange between Chinese and Middle Eastern cultures and languages. I am humbled to be included with this…
Back in 2014, Jomo R. Smith very kindly reviewed my dissertation. As I began to rework and develop the project for my book manuscript I was attentive to his comments and critiques (many which he gave me out of the public eye). If you are interested to see what he said the review is available at…
While visiting Beijing in April 2015 for the Islam and Chinese Civilization Conference I recorded this brief reflection on the importance of international collaborative projects for producing further knowledge about Islam. I just found this video of those thoughts. More info about the conference can be found in an earlier post.
I’ve got a new article in the open access Journal of Religion & Society. The article, “Mediating Islam: Representation and Muslim Identity,” was initially party of a symposium on Religion and Identity at Creighton University. If you are interested the other articles are collected here. My contribution argues that there is a predominant media narrative that asserts that Islam…
There has been radio silence here for a while. But dont worry I’ve been keeping busy. If you are interested in listening to any of the podcast I host all the interviews are now collected and updated on my Podcasts page. Please check them out. And if you want to keep up with what I…
Dr. Kristian Petersen 