Course Archive

Fall 2022

  • Visual culture of Islam – Fall 2022
    Participating Campuses: Host – University of Michigan | Receiving – Maryland

    This course examines the art and architecture in the Islamic world with a chronological and regional approach. It starts with the establishment of Islam in Arabia in the seventh century, continues with the course of its spread throughout Europe, Asia and Africa, and ends with contemporary Islamic art and architecture…
  • Seminar on Rumi, Sufi Poet – Fall 2022
    Participating Campuses: Host – Rutgers University | Receiving – University of Minnesota

    Rumi is today the most well-known Sufi across the world. His legacy suggests that this is not undeserved, for he not only composed thousands of verses of poetry that have become revered internationally, but his disciples formed, on the basis of his teachings, a Sufi order that became highly influential for many centuries in three different continents.
  • African Muslim Societies – Fall 2022
    Participating Campuses: Host – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Receiving – University of Minnesota

    Today, one Muslim out of three is from Africa and one out of two Africans is Muslim. Through the study of secondary sources, in-class reading and discussions of primary sources, as well as documentaries, this course will provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand this central phenomenon…
  • Introduction to Islam – Fall 2022
    Participating Campuses: Host – Michigan State University | Receiving – Penn State University

    This course aims to provide students with a working knowledge of the religion and civilization of Islam. In addition to identifying the core beliefs, practices, scriptures, and sentiments that have defined Muslim communities…
  • Islam in Africa – FALL 2022
    Participating Campuses: Host – Michigan State University | Receiving – Indiana University

    This course provides an overview of “African Islam” through examining the work of scholars from Anthropology, History, Islamic Studies, and other related disciplines.

Winter/Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Introduction to Islam

Host: Michigan State University | Receiving: Penn State University

Visual Cultures of Islam

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: University of Maryland

Islamic Reformism

Host: University of Maryland | Receiving: Penn State University

The Early Islamic Conquests (CE 630-750)

Host: Ohio State University | Receiving: Rutgers University

Winter/Spring 2021


Exploring the Quran

Host: University of Minnesota | Receiving: Penn State University

Political Islam, Present and Past

Host: Rutgers University | Receiving: Penn State University

The History of Islam in South Asia

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: Michigan State University and Rutgers University


Fall 2020


Visual Cultures of Islam

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: University of Maryland

Introduction to Islam

Host: Michigan State University | Receiving: Pennsylvania State University

 

Mystics and Saints in Islam

Host: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Receiving: Pennsylvania State University


Winter/Spring 2020


Introduction to Islam

Dr. Mohammad Khalil

Host: Michigan State University | Receiving: Pennsylvania State University

Women in the Qur’an

Dr. Abla Hasan

Host: University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Receiving: Pennsylvania State University

The History of Islam in South Asia

Dr. Farina Mir

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: Michigan State University, Rutgers University

Islam in/and Russia

Dr. Alexander Knysh

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


Fall 2019


Islam in/and America

Dr. Sylvia Chan-Malik

Host: Rutgers University | Receiving: University of Michigan, Penn State University, and University of Maryland

Seminar on Rumi, Sufi Poet

Dr. Jawid Mojaddedi

Host: Rutgers University | Receiving: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Michigan

History of Iran in the Islamic Period

Dr. Ahmet T. Karamustafa

Host: University of Maryland | Receiving: University of Michigan

 

Winter/Spring 2019


Women in the Qur’an

Dr. Abla Hasan

Host: University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Receiving: Rutgers University

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Muslim Ethics in the Global Age

Dr. Valerie Hoffman

Host: University of Illinois | Receiving: Rutgers University & University of Michigan


Fall 2018


Visual Cultures of Islam

Dr. Christiane Gruber

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: University of Maryland, Rutgers University, Michigan State University

Introduction to Islam

Dr. Mohammad Khalil

Host: Michigan State University | Receiving: Pennsylvania State University

 


Winter/Spring 2018


The History of Iran in the Islamic Period

Dr. Ahmet T. Karamustafa

Host: University of Maryland | Receiving: University of Michigan

The Crusades

Dr. Jon Brockopp

Host: Penn State University | Receiving: Michigan State University

Women in the Qur’an

Dr. Abla Hasan

Host: University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Receiving: Rutgers University

Islamic Studies Seminar: Rumi, Sufi Poet

Dr. Jawid Mojaddedi

Host: Rutgers University | Receiving: University of Minnesota & University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


Fall 2017


The History of Islam in South Asia

Dr. Farina Mir

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: University of Illinois

Islam in African Literature

Dr. Ousseina Alidou

Host: Rutgers University | Receiving: University of Michigan

Islam in/and America

Dr. Sylvia Chan-Malik

Host: Rutgers University | Receiving: University of Maryland,  University of Nebraska Lincoln & University of Michigan

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Introduction to Islam

Dr. Mohammad Khalil

Host: Michigan State University | Receiving: Pennsylvania State University


Winter/Spring 2017


Islam in Africa

Dr. Butch Ware

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: University of Iowa

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The History of Islam in South Asia

Dr. Farina Mir

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: Rutgers University

 


Fall 2016


Visual Cultures of Islam

Dr. Christiane Gruber

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: University of Maryland

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Muslim Ethics in the Global Age

Dr. Valerie Hoffman

Host: University of Illinois | Receiving: University of Michigan

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Introduction to Islam

Dr. Mohammad Khalil

Host: Michigan State University | Receiving: University of Illinois

 


Winter/Spring 2016


The Crusades

Dr. Jon Brockopp

Host: Penn State University | Receiving: Michigan State University

Mystics and Saints in Islam

Dr. Valerie Hoffman

Host: University of Illinois | Receiving: Michigan State University

 


Fall 2015


Islam in Africa

Dr. Butch Ware

Host: University of Michigan | Receiving: University of Iowa & University of Minnesota