Fall 2022
- Visual culture of Islam – Fall 2022Participating 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 2022Participating 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 2022Participating 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 2022Participating 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 2022Participating 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
- Middle Eastern Cities – Spring 2022Host – Penn State University | Receiving – Rutgers University & Universty of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Muslims in America and Europe – Winter/Spring 2022Host – The Ohio State University | Receiving – Pennsylvania State University and University of Michigan
- The History of Islam in South Asia – Winter/Spring 2022Host – University of Michigan | Receiving – Michigan State University and Rutgers University
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
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
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
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
Muslim Ethics in the Global Age
Dr. Valerie Hoffman
Host: University of Illinois | Receiving: University of Michigan
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