The 2011 revolution unleashed passionate public concern about how to create a “New Egypt.” Islamic channels were important sites of these debates as rival television preachers gave media form to […]
*This event has been cancelled.* This event will feature research by UF undergraduate and graduate students exploring the relations between gender, sexuality, and ethics. Individually and in groups, students will […]
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*This event has been cancelled.* The central question of this symposium is: How is the study of Islam a vital site for justifying the institutional life of the critical humanities, both […]
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*This event has been cancelled.* The UF Department of Religion invites you to celebrate the installation of the Sheikh Fellowship in Islamic Studies. Event Introduction by Terje Østebø (UF) Speaker Introduction […]
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*This event has been cancelled.* Nationality is the most important legal mechanism sorting and classifying the world’s population today. An individual’s place of birth or naturalization determines where he or […]
Unfortunately, Thursday evening’s book talk by Dr. Lâle Can has been cancelled due to travel concerns. At the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Central Asians made the annual […]
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Dr. Leah Sarat (Arizona State University) will give this keynote lecture as part of the 4TH Annual Religion Graduate Student Association Conference: “Protest, Power and Prayer: Intersection of Activism, Culture, and Religion,” […]
“Yemanjá: Wisdom From the African Heart of Brazil,” (2015) winner of five best documentary awards, is narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. The film explores the Candomblé spiritual culture in […]
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The award-winning documentary Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition. A Chinese state-owned mining […]
Together with the award-winning Nigerian photographer Akintunde Akinleye, anthropologist Dr. Marloes Janson hit the road in the summer of 2013 to map the most important and busiest Nigerian road – […]