Munir Jiwa makes E Pluribus Umma presentation at UNESCO in Paris
June 7, 2010 - In the framework of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Intellectual Watch series, Dr. Munir Jiwa, the founding Director and Assistant Professor at the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, presents his latest research and engages in a discussion on Muslim cultural producers — comedians, performers, musicians, visual artists... — who put into question the divide between the secular and the religious. UNESCO's mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development...
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"Disgraced" at the Berkeley Rep with GTU Panel
We are pleased to announce another collaboration between the GTU, CARE, and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. On Wednesday, November 18, GTU faculty members Munir Jiwa, Naomi Seidman, and Som Pourfarzaneh will lead a panel discussion following the performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced at the Berkeley Rep. Written by novelist and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar, Disgraced has been described as a "combustible powder keg of identity politics," that explores Islamophobia, the role of religious faith, and the challenges of being Muslim in post-9/11 America. As a friend of the...
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Asia Project Green Tea Conversation: Christians in Pakistan-The Missing Discourse
Thursday, December 5th 2013, 1:00pm
Asia Project presents, Green Tea Conversation Christians in Pakistan - The Missing Discourse Join in a Green Tea Conversation with Mohammad Waqas Sajjad. Mohammad is a PhD student a s a Fullbright scholar from Pakistanis at the Graduate Theological Union. His academic focus is institutionalized Sunni groups in Pakistan. Mohammad's presentation will be commented by Dr. Munir Jiwa, director of Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU. Bring your lunch. Tea & Snack will be provided. Free and open to the public Download the flyer here
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GTU Celebrates Commencement 2015 (includes Video)
On May 7, forty-four graduates were honored at the GTU's 2015 commencement ceremony at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary's Chapel of the Cross in Berkeley, California. (See video.) Twenty-four graduates received the Master of Arts degree, three the Master of Arts with a concentration in Biblical Languages, and seventeen the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Each of these students completed their programs in Fall 2014 or Spring 2015. Sr. Marianne Farsina CSC, Associate Professor of Catholic Theology and Philosophical Ethics at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, spoke on behalf...
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Muslims and the Excluded Middle
At a September 17 event, GTU President James Donahue and CIS Director Munir Jiwa spoke against the violence perpetuated in Libya and Egypt, actions which spawned protests around the world, following the circulation of a 14-minute movie trailer maligning the Prophet Muhammad. They addressed a full-house alongside of Hatem Bazian, UC Berkeley and Zaytuna College; Zaid Shakir, Zaytuna College; and Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Zaytuna College. Hanson is also a doctoral student at the GTU. The panel was moderated by journalist Sandy Tolan. The event, "Between Militarism and Extremism: The Excluded Middle...
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Munir Jiwa, Director of New Center for Islamic Studies
Munir Jiwa, director of the Center for Islamic Studies, and assistant professor of Islamic Studies, has a rich background in engaging difference. His research has addressed mass media portrayals of Islam and Muslims. Jiwa was previously at the University of Toronto, where he was a Mellon postdoctoral fellow in the Department and Center for the Study of Religion. He holds a master's degree in religion from Harvard and a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University. "Few theological schools and seminaries offer Islamic Studies," says Jiwa. "With its distinguished faculty and students,...
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Munir Jiwa, selected as Advisory Board Member for FotoFest 2014 Biennale
The FotoFest 2014 Biennial, the 15th International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art, is March 15 - April 27, 2014. FotoFest's own exhibitions for the 2014 Biennial will focus on Contemporary Arab Video, Photography and Multi Media art. The Biennial will showcase 48 contemporary Arab artists using photography and related visual media to address a broad range of aesthetic and cultural values impacting Arab culture. Click here for program information.
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CIS Director, Munir Jiwa, to present at CCSMSC Workshop in Vancouver
Munir Jiwa, Director of the Center for Islamic Studies and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, has been selected as a panelist at the Interfaith Dialogue in a Plural Society: The View from the Academy Workshop hosted by The Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures (CCSMSC) and the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver, taking place on November 28-29 at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. For program information, please visit the CCSMSC wesbite.
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CIS News for March 2017
News and events from the Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU On Sunday March 5, from 2:00-4:00 pm at the Doug Adams Gallery, Islamic Art Historian and CIS Visiting Scholar Carol Bier will be in conversation with Dr. Munir Jiwa on the current exhibition Carol has curated, Reverberating Echoes: Contemporary Art Inspired by Traditional Islamic Art. Reverberating Echoes highlights the work of seven American artists of diverse interests, backgrounds, and training. Inspired by traditional Islamic art, their works echo historic aesthetic concerns, often advancing human knowledge...
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Purushottama Bilimoria Delivers Dharma Endowment Lectures in Bengaluru, India
Professor Purushottama Bilimoria of the Center for Dharma Studies at the Graduate Theological Union delivered the Dharma Endowment Lectures on January 17-18, 2017, at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, the Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law in Bengaluru, India. His topic was "The Ethics of Personal Law in India: Religion, Minority Rights, Legal Pluralism, and Uniform Civil Code." Since the 1980s, personal law—the right of religious and ethnic minorities to determine their local practices and policies—has been at the center of a debate in India's pluralistic democracy. India's...
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