A group of scholars led by Timothy Grose have organized an international event “Mainstreaming Stories: A Day of Solidarity with Uyghurs” on Friday, April 26. While activists and academics have been traveling far and wide to speak about the current human rights crisis and writing publicly about the issues this event is intended to demonstrate…
I’m very excited to return to the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University for a wonderful gathering of experts on Islam in China. Huseyin Yilmaz and Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu have generously supported a small conference, “Islam in China: New Studies and Perspectives,” which will include many of the leading scholars in…
I’m excited to announce that I am the new Book Review Editor for the Journal of Religion & Film. The Journal of Religion & Film is one of the oldest open access peer-reviewed journals in the study of religion and it is the leading journal on the subject. It is also the sponsor of the…
I’m off to Duke University for a book talk on Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab, and a roundtable conversation on Minority Issues in China. I appreciate the invitation from Sean Swanick, and the support of the Duke Islamic Studies Center (DISC). Book Talk: Thursday, February 28 10:00…
One more review of Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab has been published in ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies. Alexander Wain, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, works on Islam in the Malay World, especially the role of Sino-Muslims within it. Wain offers some excellent ways to make the study…
I’m very excited to visit the University of Colorado, Boulder for a talk about my book, Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab. I’m grateful to my former advisor Terry Kleeman for inviting me back to campus. I did my Masters degree in Religious Studies at CU, graduating in 2006. Terry helped me work…
I’m really excited about a new book by Christopher M. Driscoll and Monica R. Miller. They’ve co-written Method as Identity: Manufacturing Distance in the Academic Study of Religion, where they tackle how the study of religion has been constructed as a discipline over time and provide a rigorous critique of…
I’m looking forward to a visit to Florida International University on January 17. Here is the abstract: American media has recently highlighted the social circumstances of Muslims living under the Chinese Communist Party. What may be unknown to many is that the tense relationship between Muslim communities and the state have gone back for centuries. This…
I’ve really enjoyed working with The Journal of Religion & Film folks over the past few years, including it’s founder Bill Blizek and its current editor John C. Lyden. Bill was my colleague at the University of Nebraska Omaha for several years. Recently, the main event has been the International Conference on Religion & Film. We’ve had wonderful turnouts for…
Excited for the 2018 American Academy of Religion conference in Denver. I’ll be busy as usual this year but its always motivational to see smart friends and meet some new peers. If you want to track me down here are some likely places. New Graduate Research in Islamic Studies Saturday – 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Convention Center-507 This will…
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