{"id":1847,"date":"2017-04-21T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2017-04-21T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:59:13","slug":"mcgill-institute-of-islamic-studies-council-2017-graduate-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/mcgill-institute-of-islamic-studies-council-2017-graduate-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Council 2017 Graduate Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_2qgs\">\n<p id=\"id_58f90dcef3b1a5f52226389\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">The McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council (MIISSC) will hold its 7th annual Graduate Symposium on April 26-27, 2017. Entitled <em>Conversations in Islam and Islam in Conversation<\/em>, it will feature a keynote address by Professor Zulfikar Hirji (York University, Toronto) about \u00ab Muslim Discourses and the Politics of Refusal \u00bb.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1849\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2017\/04\/17991397_1888293944792052_2637257087992981558_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"385\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\u00a0This symposium brings together graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows from Canada, the US, and across the world, to present and engage in conversations surrounding the following panels:<br \/>\n\u2013 Dialoguing Sciences<br \/>\n\u2013 Conversations across Traditions <span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\n\u2013 Challenging Encounters<br \/>\n\u2013 Ontological Debates<br \/>\n\u2013 The changing Role of the State<br \/>\n\u2013 The Power of Place<br \/>\n\u2013 A Question of Hermeneutics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">The symposium will end with an open conversation between attendees and presenters on the role of Islamic studies scholars in combating Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><strong>Where<\/strong>: Thomson House, 3650 McTavish St.,Montreal, QC H3A 1Y2<br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: Wednesday April 26th &amp; Thursday April 27th, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Facebook event<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/421927201511925\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/421927201511925\/ <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1r51\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council (MIISSC) will hold its 7th annual Graduate Symposium on April 26-27, 2017. 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