Digital Humanities at AAR-SBL – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The British Council and The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding request the pleasure of your company for a special panel discussion to launch the Our Shared Future project: Deconstructing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: From ‘Us and Them’ to ‘We are Them’ May 24, 2011 6:00 -7:30 pm Lohrfink Auditorium – Rafik B. Hariri Building Georgetown University Featuring: John L. Esposito University Professor and Founding Director, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Deborah Amos Foreign Correspondent, National Public Radio Rashad Hussain US Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, US Department of State Mohamed Younis Senior Analyst,…

Special Lecture Everyday Art: The Islamic Impact on American Arts Sunday, February 13th 2:00 p.m. Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University 571 South Kilgo Circle Atlanta, GA 30322 http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ Presented by Dr. Hussein Rashid, visiting professor at Virginia Theological Seminary American popular culture—the art that surrounds us every day—reflects the tremendous cultural diversity of the American people, and helps to shape the way Americans understand themselves. Perhaps the least understood of these influences is the cultural impact of the various Muslim communities that have settled in the United States. Starting from the period of slavery and continuing through to…