[Jewonthis] Fwd: Upcoming Lectures by MSU and REL departments

[Aizenberg, Tamar]

Hi Everyone,

We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!

We wanted to let you know about two exciting MSU events happening Tuesday,
November 28 at 6:30pm and Friday, December 1 at 8pm. See the email from MSU
leadership below.

Best,

Tamar, Rachel, and Marisa
WCJA Leadership

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From: Kawam, Omar <ok2 at williams.edu>
Date: Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 1:59 PM
Subject: Upcoming Lectures by MSU and REL departments
To: Sarah Fleming <smf1 at williams.edu>, "Flignor, Marisa" <mlf2 at williams.edu>,
Rachel Levin <ryl1 at williams.edu>, "Aizenberg, Tamar" <tsa1 at williams.edu>,
David Vascones <djv1 at williams.edu>, "Kapur, Aanya" <aak5 at williams.edu>,
Shreyam Misra <sm26 at williams.edu>, Benjamin Logsdon <bcl5 at williams.edu>,
Summiya Najam <sn7 at williams.edu>, Omar Kawam <ok2 at williams.edu>, Isabelle
Ostertag <imo1 at williams.edu>, Christine Pash <cmp4 at williams.edu>, Skylar
Chaney <snc2 at williams.edu>, "Gorenstein, Sonia" <sg6 at williams.edu>
Cc: Seynabou Diop <sd7 at williams.edu>, "Adhami, Zaid" <za2 at williams.edu>


Hi friends,

We hope you had a fulfilling and blessed Thanksgiving break. We hope to
share some events that the MSU and REL department hope you can share with
your listservs.

The REL dept has invited Dr. Rosemary Corbett to come speak about her new
book, *Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service, and the 'Ground Zero Mosque'
Controversy. *She will be focusing in particular on the history of American
inclusion of religious minorities, as a backdrop to the particular
case-study of the Ground Zero Mosque controversy. The lecture will be
this coming
*Tuesday** at 6:30**, in Griffin 7*. There will be a reception with light
refreshments following the lecture.

Second is the MSU lecture by Dr. Nancy Khalil titled, *Diversity,
Inclusion, and Gender in Islam*, this *Friday, Dec. 1, @ 8:00pm in Griffin
6.* This is our first MSU lecture event of the year and hope to have all
your support. Nancy Khalil, PhD, is a Muslim scholar currently at Yale’s
Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration. She
will lead us in a self reflective conversation on the politics of Muslim
women leadership, cultural and worship spaces  in the experience of
American Islam. Dr. Khalil’s talk will help bring understanding and healing
to our campus and the general Williams audience on the importance of
diversity, inclusion and equity. This lecture is timely today given the
external challenges not only to the ban on migration to America of Muslims
but we are internally confronted, conflicted and confused by a multitude of
identity and religious questions relevant to our times. Muslim students
often have difficult times navigating such religious, political, and social
concerns alone in America. Dr. Khalil will offer a talk on the ways Muslims
have been uniquely negotiating and dynamically confronting issues on
gender, race, and identity in American Islam.


Please find both fliers attached below and forward them as soon as you can.

Sincerely,

Omar Kawam
MSU Co-Chair
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