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Redefining Islam in the Post-9/11 West

A public lecture by Professor Rima Berns-McGown, University of Toronto.

Monday, April 17, 2006
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA
Von Grunebaum Library
10383 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

In Spring Quarter 2006, the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Center for European and Eurasian Studies, together with the Department of Sociology, offer a series of public lectures on Muslim Diaspora Communities in Europe and North America.

Rima Berns-McGown (University of Toronto) is Affiliate Fellow at the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies. She is the author of Muslims in the Diaspora: The Somali Communities of London and Toronto (University of Toronto Press, 1999), and her articles include “Weaving Literature on the Loom of Authenticity.”

For complete schedule go to this page.

Contact Information

  • Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies, 310-825-1455
  • Vera Wheeler and Amanda Mountain, Center for European and Eurasian Studies, 310-825-4060

Cost: All lectures are free and open to the public.

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Eurasian Studies, Center for Near Eastern Studies, Sociology