Islamic Cultural Studies

 

Introduction to Islam and Muslim Societies: A Cultural Studies Approach

General Introduction

Introductory Workshop (Ali Asani and Diane L. Moore)

Preliminary Readings:

• Ruthven and Nanji: Historical Atlas  6-13.
• Nanji, Azim: "Islam" in Richard Bush, ed. The Religious World: Communities of Faith, New York: Macmillan Press, 1994, 361-412. Alternative download in five parts: Nanji 1, Nanji 2, Nanji 3, Nanji 4, Nanji 5.
• Ernst, Carl: Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003, 2-11; 28-36.
• Shirin Ebadi: speech at 2003 Nobel ceremony and Nobel biography

Recommended:

Schimmel, Annemarie. Islam: An Introduction. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.

 

Workshop Outline: TBA