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The 39th AMSS Annual Conference: Cosmopolitan Islam: Globalization,
Transnationalism and Muslim Diasporas

The 39th AMSS Annual Conference

Cosmopolitan Islam: Globalization, Transnationalism and Muslim Diasporas

http://www.amss.org/

Cosponsored by DePaul University

Islamic World Studies Program & The Journal of Islamic Law and Culture
Chicago, Il

Saturday, September 25, 2010
[Held at 231 S. State Street – Third Floor ]

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.        Registration

9:00 – 9:20 a.m.    Welcoming and Introductory Remarks

Aminah B. McCloud, DePaul University, Chicago, IL (Program Chair)

Ali A. Mazrui, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY (AMSS President)

9:20 – 10:45 a.m.         Panel 1:                [Third Floor]
Cosmopolitan Islam: Identity Issues
Moderator & Discussant: Jasmin Zine, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada

Babacar Mbengue (DePaul University, Chicago, IL): “Transnational
Islam, Migrancy and Cultural Congruence: The Case of West African
Muslims in the United States”

Muna Ali (Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ): “Pre-9/11, I felt
like an Average American … Now I’m a group with Hippies and Punks”

Shabana Mir (Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK): “Clarifying
Your Way through America: Civic and Muslim Identities on Campus”

10:45 – 11:00 a.m.         Break

11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.        Panel 2:                [Third Floor]
Muslim Diasporas: Defining Cosmopolitanism and its Influence on Identities
Moderator & Discussant: Aminah B. McCloud, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Hishaam Aidi (Columbia University, New York, NY): “Cosmopolitanism and
Muslim Youth Movements in France: The influence of African American
Islam on French Muslim Youth”

Mazen Hashem (California State University, Northridge, CA):
“Cultural Resilience and Ethnic Well-Being:  Implications for American Muslims”

Helena Zeweri (New York University, New York, NY): “Defining
‘Afghanness’: Performing and Claiming Afghan Identity within the New
York Afghan Diaspora”

12:30 - 1:00 p.m.         Luncheon Buffet            [Second Floor]