[Bilimsel Haber] Conference: "Islam, Political Islam, and Islamophobia," March 29-30, 2013, Indiana U–Bloomington

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From: Tugrul Keskin <tugrulkeskin at pdx.edu>



Islam, Political Islam, and Islamophobia:
An International Conference
Indiana University–Bloomington
March 29-30, 2013

Organizers:

Dr. Kemal Silay
Professor of Turkish Language and Literature
Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Endowed Chair Professor
Director, Turkish Language Flagship Center
Director, Turkish Studies Program
Indiana University

Dr. Tuğrul Keskin
Assistant Professor of International and Middle East Studies
Affiliated Faculty of Black Studies, Sociology, and Turkish Studies
Portland State University

Friday, March 29, 2013

5:00–7:00 PM • Reception • IMU • Faculty Club • Room 250

5:30–5:45 PM • Opening Remarks by Dr. Kemal Silay, Indiana University

5:45–6:45 PM • Keynote Address by Dr. Deepa Kumar, Rutgers University:
“Islamophobia and the Politics of the Empire: From Neoliberalism to
Imperialism”


Saturday, March 30, 2013

9:30–9:45 AM • Registration • IMU • Persimmon Room

9:45–10:00 AM • Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Kemal Silay • IMU • Persimmon
Room

10:00–11:30 AM • Session 1 • IMU • Persimmon Room Islam and Islamophobia 
in Comparative Perspective
Chair: Dr. Kemal Silay

“Islamophobia, Alienation and Ways Forward to Strengthen Community
Cohesion:
A Comparative Case-Study” • Dr. Valentina Bartolucci, University of
Pisa, Italy

“The Origins of Western Islamophobia” • Brian C. Bradford, Western
Michigan University

“Why Antisemitism and ‘Islamophobia’ Are Two Different Things” • Dr.
Gunther Jikeli, Germany

“Islam is the Devil… and so Is Joseph Smith: A Comparative Analysis of
Anti-Islamic Blogs and 19th Century Anti-Mormon Pamphlets” • Dr. Jeff
Tischauser, Triton College, USA


11:45–12:45 PM • Lunch • IMU • State Room West


1:00–2:30 PM • Session 2 • IMU • Persimmon Room
Political Islam and Islamophobia
Chair: Defne Jones

“The Wave of Arab Spring: The Impact of Political Islam and
Islamophobia • Dr. Zakaryya Mohamed Abdel-Hady, Qatar University

“The Genealogy of Islamophobia in Germany: From Woodblock Prints to
Contemporary Political Rhetoric” • Dr. Courtney Dorroll, Arizona State
University

“Bestselling Fiction, Political Rhetoric, and Islamophobia” • Dr.
Celene Ayat Lizzio, Harvard University

“Insider Islamophobia: The Role of Islamophobic Authoritarianism in the
Birth and Success of Political Islam in Muslim Countries” • Dr. Ahmet
Temel, University of California–Santa Barbara

2:30 –2:45 PM • Coffee Break
2:45 PM–4:00 PM • Session 3 • IMU • Persimmon Room
Islamophobia in the United States
Chair: Dr. Kemal Silay
“Islam and Islamophobia in Texas Textbooks” • Dr. Tamer Balcı,
University of Texas–Pan American

“Something Thoroughly and Uncompromisingly Foreign” • Dr. Rian Thomas
Bobal, Georgia State University

“‘All-American’ Islamophobia: Sexism, Neoliberalism, and Mainstream
Media” • Melinda Brennan, Indiana University

“The Impact of Islamophobia in America on Political Discourse in Turkey
and Iran” • Defne Jones, Indiana University

4:00 PM–5:30 PM • Session 4 • IMU • Persimmon Room
Territorial and Regional Islamophobia
Chair: Dr. Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi

“Islam and Islamophobia in the Post–Soviet Countries” • Dr. Lala
Aliyeva, Harvard University

“Governmentality and the Structure of ‘Islamophobia’ in Turkey • Dr.
Matthew de Tar, Whitman College

“The Increase of Muslim Population and the Concern of Europe: The
Relationship Between Change of Population and Islamophobia” • Dr. Tuncay
Güloğlu and Dr. Ahmed S. Muhamed, Cornell University

“Fata Wants the Obilić Hero, Not Daddy’s Son Bajazit: Musical
Islamophilia and Islamophobia in 1980s Yugoslavia” • Dr. Maya Petrović,
Princeton University

5:30 –6:00 PM • Coffee Break

6:00–7:30 PM • Session 5 • IMU • Persimmon Room
Islamophobia as a Multifaceted Concept
Chair: Dr. Tuğrul Keskin
“Violent Discourse: Themes in Islamophobic Polemics” • Dr. Andrea E.
Cluck, University of Michigan

“Towards a Multidimensional Concept of Islamophobia” • Dr. Farid Hafez,
Austria
“The Reach and Influence of the Islamophobia Industry: How a Global
Anti-Muslim Network Manufactures Fear of Muslims” • Dr. Nathan C. Lean,
Georgetown University
“The Media’s Impact on Islamophobia” • Dr. Sabine Schiffer, Germany

“Islamophobia, Sharīʿa and the Global City: Insights from Sydney and
New York” • Dr. Joshua M. Roose, University of Western Sydney,
Australia, and Dr. Bryan S. Turner, City University of New York

8:00–9:30 PM • Dinner • IMU • Federal Room

The organizers are grateful to the following units and organizations
for their generous contributions:

Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Chair, Turkish Studies Program,
Center for the Study of the Middle East, Sociology of Islam and Muslim
Societies, Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center



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