MSU Muslim Studies Program

Please join us for 2 lectures by Diana Darke, one at MSU, another at Detroit Institute of Arts 3/24, 12:40-2pm, 303 Int’l Ctr: “How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe” 3/25, 6-7pm, DIA: “How Syrian Art and Architecture Helped Shape Europe’s Romanesque and Gothic Styles”

Join us online this Thursday and Friday, March 26-27, for the 19th Annual Muslim Studies Program Conference: “Does Islam Have a Liberation Theology?” Free Registration at msu.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Here is the updated schedule.

Join us online on March 26-27 for our 19th Annual Conference: “Does Islam Have a Liberation Theology?,” featuring multiple panels and keynote presentations by Ebrahim Moosa and Sylvia Chan-Malik. Free Registration at msu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

THIS Wednesday, February 25th, 4:00-5:00pm, JMC Library, Case Hall: D. (Dede) Fairchild Ruggles (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), “Gardens and Canals: The Making of the Islamic Environment”

THIS Tuesday, February 24th, 12:40-2pm, 303 International Center: D. (Dede) Fairchild Ruggles (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), “The Great Mosque of Cordoba: The Biography of an Extraordinary Moment”

Please join us THIS Tuesday and Wednesday for lectures by the renowned scholar of Islamic architecture, Prof. Dede Ruggles! See comments for details.

Join us on Monday, February 16th, 7-9pm, for a FREE screening of the acclaimed film, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, in room B122 of Wells Hall. This will be followed by a panel discussion with Professors Farha Abbasi, Waseem El-Rayes, and Salah Hassan.

Join us at Hooked Bookstore next Wednesday the 11th at 3pm for Professor Nareman Amin’s book launch! The title of her new book is, Is God for Revolution? Affect, Youth, and Islam in Post-2011 Egypt (Oxford University Press).

Please join us in Tuesday, Jan. 27th, from 12:40-2pm, in room 303 of the International Center for a special presentation by Prof. Said Ennahid (University of Ifrane, Morocco). He will discuss “The City in the Islamic World: A North African Perspective on Medieval Town Planning.”

Coming up Feb 6-7th: Nature & Islamic Creative Expressions Conference Join the Global Islamic Studies Center and the @UmichArtHist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for the Nature and Islamic Creative Expressions Conference on February 6–7, 2026. We examine Islam’s relationship to nature through visual arts, architecture, material culture, and philosophy, exploring how Islamic and Muslim aesthetic green practices from the Ottoman Empire to Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Trinidad respond to ecological challenges and imagine sustainable futures in the Anthropocene. Featuring the work of: Christiane Gruber, Organizer Aliyah Khan, Organizer Omolade Adunbi Katherine Bartsch Patricia Blessing Gohar Dashti Anna M. Gade Sune Haugbølle Charlotte Maury Mohamed Amer Meziane Amanda Phillips Elizabeth Rauh Saleema Waraich Venue: @beincahoots , 206 E Huron St, Ann Arbor Schedule & RSVP: myumi.ch/9p8xx

Check out Dr. Yusef Salaam’s incredible story, and meet him in person on January 21st! youtu.be/AU9vxxKnzLw?si…

Join us this Thursday (January 15) for Muslim Journeys at 7pm at the East Lansing Public Library. Prof. Nazita Lajevardi will lead a discussion of the Ken Burns documentary film The Central Park Five. (Join us again on Wed. the 21st for the Malcolm X Forum w/ Dr. Yusef Salaam.)

Please join us on Wednesday, January 21st, 7pm, for the 5th Annual Malcolm X Muslim Studies Community Forum featuring NYC Councilmember Yusef Salaam, member of the Exonerated (“Central Park”) Five. This will be at the Erickson Kiva, with a livestream option.

POSTPONED to the Spring: The lecture by Prof. Younus Mirza on “The Islamic Mary”—previously scheduled for this Friday—has been postponed to the spring.

Please join us for a special book launch event: “Muslim Mental Health in North America” Featuring Rawle Andrew (APAF Executive Director), the book editors, Dr. Amber Haque and Dr. @farha_abbasi, and others. In person, with a free livestream option: muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/muslimstudies/….

Please join us for a special presentation on “The Islamic Mary: Maryam through the Centuries”—a book talk by Professor Younus Mirza of Shenandoah University. Friday, December 5th, 6:00-7:30pm. Please see the attached flyer for details.

Please join us for a special webinar featuring Professor Manuela Ceballos: “Conversion and Purity in the Hagiographies of Sidi Ridwan al-Januwi.” Monday, November 17th, 1:00-2:00pm Eastern. Free registration: muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/muslimstudies/…

Please join us on Wednesday at 6pm at the Broad Museum for a “Muslim Journeys” Curator Tour of Syrian American artist Diana Al-Hadid’s exhibition “unbecoming.” Led by Dr. Rachel Winter.