The 40th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America (AMSS)
“Looking Beyond 9/11: Islam in the West and
Democratic Trends in the Middle East and North Africa”
Cosponsored by:
Department of Sociology &
Dispute Resolution Consortium
at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
&
Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, NY
Friday, September 23, 2011
ABSTRACTS
- Celene Ayat Lizzio: “Horizons of Islamic Feminist Discourses within the Academy”
- Fauzia Erfan Ahmed: “Empire, Subalternity, and Ijtihad: Two Muslim Women’s Leadership Models in Post 9/11 America”
- Hilal Elver: “Islamophobia in the West: A Comparative Legal Analysis in North America and Europe”
- Itai Sneh: “East-West Redemption is not beyond Us: The Rise of Islam in Wounded French Communities”
- Jasmin Zine: “ ‘Embedded Academics’ and the War on Terror: Race, Religion and the Securitization of Muslim Youth”
- Katherine Merriman: “Beyond Park 51: Mosques and Muslim Communities in New York City Post 9/11”
- Khalid Madhi: “Morocco’s Islamism(s) and the Arab Awakening: Opportunities and Limitations”
- Khanum Shaikh: “Religious Femininities, National Sovereignty and the Global War on Terror: Pakistan’s Lal Masjid Movement”
- Mohamed Nimer: “The Arab Revolts and the Prospects of People Power Democracy”
- Saeed A. Khan: “Shari’ah and Moral Panic in the United States: A Fear beyond the American Muslim Community”
- Shabana Mir: “Peer Culture as Campus Policy: American Muslim Women Students’ Identity Navigation”
- Umar A. Oseni: “Toward a Sustainable Peace in the MENA Region: Exploring Conflict Management Techniques in Islam”