PUBLIC TALK: Re-presenting Islam and Muslims Post 9/11: Images, Words and Refusals - Public talk by Zulfikar Hirji, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, York University, Toronto Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:00 - Fox Lecture Theatre, UWA Arts Building In a Post-9/11 world of evermoving words and images, how do we respond to negative and stereotypical representations of Islam and Muslims? Zulfikar Hirji discusses the perennial challenge of decolonizing and deorientalising portrayals of Islam and Muslims by drawing upon and theories of ‘recognition’ and ‘refusal’ articulated by Indigenous scholars in North America, and by reflecting upon his journey through academia and experience of producing 'Islam: An Illustrated Journey' (2018), a book that explores the diverse histories of Islam and Muslims over more than 1400 years. Zulfikar Hirji (DPhil, Oxford) is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at York University, Toronto. Professor Hirji’s scholarly interests are on Islam and Muslims in historical and contemporary contexts and on issues of knowledge production, representation and identity, visual and material culture, and critical pedagogy. He has conducted ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in South Asia, East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Europe and North America. URL: http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/hirji For more information: Institute of Advanced Studies ias@uwa.edu.au Starts : Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:00 Ends : Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:00 RSVP Required. Last Updated : Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:13