Very honored to be invited to write an essay for The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender edited by Justine Howe. My contribution is titled “Female Filmmakers and Muslim Women in Cinema” (Updated). Here is the abstract: This essay explores how we can come to construct a global appreciation of the cinematic lives of Muslim women,…
At the generous invitation of Fenggang Yang I will be heading to Purdue University for a talk about my book, Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab. I am excited to speak at the Center on Religion and Chinese Society, which has centered work on religious minorities in China for…
I’m excited to visit Notre Dame for a talk about my book, Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab. I’m grateful to Ebrahim Moosa for inviting me to campus and Khan Asfandyar Shairani for helping arrange my visit. I appreciate the sponsorship from the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies…
Finally read through what is likely the last review for Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab. Timothy Gutmann offered a generous review with thoughtful critiques in Marginalia Review of Books. Here is a preview: Petersen freshly and engagingly analyzes the complex theories and narratives Muslims have used to explore…
It’s that time of year again and I am excited to join colleagues and friends at the annual American Academy of Religion meeting. If you want to track me down here are some likely places: New Horizons in Islamic Studies: Advanced Graduate Work Showcase Saturday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM, Convention Center-4 (Upper Level West) Hosting advanced…
I am very grateful and so excited to be awarded a partnership opportunity with Sapelo Square and Sacred Writes. The award will allow me to continue my work on Muslim movie stars and bring it to a broader public audience. I will be writing about the relationship between activism and fame though the example of…
I’m very honored to be joining a great line up of wonderful presenters for a “News Engagement Day” event at Norfolk State University, called “Making Old News New: The Anti-Hate Revolution Still Needs to Be Televised.” I’ll be discussing how Muslims are represented in popular US media and news coverage. Here are the official details:…
Very excited that Old Dominion University’s Department of Communications & Theater Arts will host director Susan Youssef for a screening of her latest film Marjoun & The Flying Headscarf, followed by a Q&A discussion. Thursday, September 26 at 6:30 PM, at University Theatre Tickets are limited but FREE. Available HERE We will also host a…
Very generous review of Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab from Tristan G. Brown in Review of Religion and Chinese Society. Tristan G. Brown of Massachusetts Institute of Technology works on the social and cultural history of late imperial China and is working on a book titled The Prophets…
New review of Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab published with the American Academy of Religion’s Reading Religion by Gang Li. Petersen contributes to the growing interest in the studies of the Han Kitab tradition with his new approach of historical hermeneutics, which enlarges and deepens our understanding of both…
Dr. Kristian Petersen 