University of Pittsburgh

This conference aims to: define Muslim Futurism as an idea, aesthetic, and framework. Explore the potential, reach, and intersection of Muslim futurism(s) in imagining a Muslim future. Provide and develop ways to expand our knowledge on Muslim futures. Be simultaneously rigorous and accessible to a broad audience.

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Live Streamed Video Available on Youtube

Speaker: Maryanne Rhett

Description: During this webinar we will discuss how Islam and Muslims have been, and continue to be, portrayed in comics and other forms of sequential art since the 1800s through today. Focusing largely on US comics the discussion will also take into account global examples including, but not limited to, works from Canada, Spain, and various elements of the Punch “empire.”

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The rise of Islamization has had enormous impacts on the political and social landscapes of Egypt, Morocco, and the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Tarek Masoud and Zakia Salime will address the complexity of these impacts across a varied region.How are Islamic and Islamist social movements and political parties positioning themselves within their national contexts? How do the various movements relate to each other across the MENA region?

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In this virtual lecture hosted by the Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Patty Gerstenblith, Ph.D., J.D., will discuss the concept of the "universal" museum and its historical underpinnings. Dr. Gerstenblith will explore its origins across the arc of the 19th century, the inequities of the international legal system and its shortcomings, and the continuing justifications for the retention of looted cultural objects by European and North American museums and collectors.

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*promoted by the University of Pittsburgh*

*promoted by the University of Pittsburgh*

*promoted by University of Pittsburgh*

A message from City of Asylum:
As the days grow darker, Sampsonia Way is getting brighter!

We just finished our fifth “house publication”—the writer houses with artworks on their façades. This House Publication is based on texts and drawings by City of Asylum’s writer-in-residence Tuhin Das. And the bright colors represent the flag of Bangladesh, his home country.