Tag: 2016
Panelists talk issues of gender and sexuality in Islam for event series
For the second day in a row, DISC has made front page news. The second component of our series “Contemporary Islamic Identities” was covered by the Michigan Daily, please click…
Nobel Peace laureate talks gender and sexuality in Islam
Covered by the Michigan Daily, the DISC Distinguished Lecture with Shirin Ebadi made front page news. Click here to read the full article.
Intro to Islam
DISC is excited to offer Introduction to Islam from Michigan State University and shared with the University of Illinois. For a brief overview of the course, please view the video below!
Viritual Reality in Education
The New York Times, along with companies like Samsung and the Discovery Channel, are investing resources in the next big innovative form of technology: Virtual Reality (VR). As this is…
Three Years and Counting
Recently, the DISC Faculty Liaisons and administrators gathered in Chicago for our third annual meeting. Here we discussed many of the programs successes and addressed rising program needs as we…
Second Semester Successes
We are happy to announce that the new website (you’re looking at it!) has gone live and that the second semester of virtual-learning is well underway. We wanted to use this opportunity…
Professor Highlights: 2015-2016 Academic Year
The Digital Islamic Studies Program strives to provide access to faculty expertise and specialized courses in the field of Global Islamic Studies to Big Ten Academic Alliance member institutions.