What does it mean to live as modern Muslims in western countries? How do they cope with prejudice, Islamophobia, traditions, integration, war, migration, and new opportunities?
Category: Courses
Introduction to islam – Fall 2023
Participating Campuses: Host – Michigan State University | Receiving – Pennsylvania State University Semester Dates: Course Dates & Times: Course Number & Title: Students at participating campuses can enroll in the following sections…
Anthropology of Islam – Spring 2023
Participating Campuses: Host – University of Michigan | Receiving – University of Nebraska-Lincoln Time: T, TH: 12:00-12:30pm CST, 10:00-11:30am EST Course Numbers: Michigan – 356-001 Maryland – MODL 391 This course is about how…
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…
Middle Eastern Cities – Spring 2022
Host – Penn State University | Receiving – Rutgers University & Universty of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Muslims in America and Europe – Winter/Spring 2022
Host – The Ohio State University | Receiving – Pennsylvania State University and University of Michigan
The History of Islam in South Asia – Winter/Spring 2021
Host – University of Michigan | Receiving – Michigan State University & Rutgers University
The History of Islam in South Asia – Winter/Spring 2022
Host – University of Michigan | Receiving – Michigan State University and Rutgers University
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…