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OCT
15
Muslim Studies 13th Annual Conference
Date:
Thursday, 15 Oct 2020
Time:
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location:
online
Department:
Muslim Studies Program
Event Details:

Michigan State University Muslim Studies Program is hosting an international conference on Islam, Environmental Science and Conservation. This conference aims to foster understanding of the nexus between Islam, environmental science, and conservation. The conference will take place on October 15-16, 2020.

Thursday, October 15, 2020: 

8:00am-8:10am: Welcome and Opening Remarks  

8:15am-10:00am: Islam and Environmental Activism-Part I: Looking to the Sources  

Natana Delong-Bas (Boston College), "Intertextual Scriptural Reading as Inspiration for Interfaith Cooperation in Water Conservation and Management" 

Abdalmajid Katranji (Michigan State University), "The Quran and the Environment: The Impact of the Qur'an on Environmental Policy in the Muslim World" 

Sarra Tlili (University of Florida), "Ecology of Wonder" 

Sami Al-Daghistani (Columbia University; Brooklyn Institute for Social Research; Center for Advanced Study of Religion in Oslo, Norway), "Islamic Sources on Environmental Issues: A Polyvalent Perspective" 

 

10:15am-12:00pm: Islam and Environmental Activism-Part II: Assessing Problems and Proposed Solutions 

Jonathan Brockopp (Penn State University), "Climate Change in the Muslim World: Starting a Conversation" (via Zoom) 

Gretel Van Wieren (Michigan State University), "Religion and Food for a Hot Planet" 

Lauren Baker (Northwestern University), "Rethinking What Counts as 'Green': Contrasting Rhetoric of Environmental Political Action in North Africa" 

Qudsia N. Shah (Institute of Ismaili Studies), "Between Expedient and Ethical: Muslim Approaches to the Environment" 

https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrde6ppzIuHtfpFGIlkKMwvcCNlenoQ8lD

Co-SponsorsJames Madison College, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, African Studies Center, African Studies Center, Honors College, Department of Religious Studies, and Citizen-Scholars Program, Department of Forestry