UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO TEACH-IN: The Congressional Hearings on "Radicalization in the American Muslim Community": Religion, Race, and the Enemy Within
This urgent educational forum will address the Congressional hearings led by Representative Peter King within the broader historical, social, and political contexts of state policy and processes of racial categorization in the U.S., linking the current hearings to precedents for the treatment of racialized communities in American history.
Monday, April 4 - 11:30AM-1:30PM McLaren 250
Speakers: Ron Sundstrom (Philosophy, USF): Islamophobia Saera Khan (Psychology, USF): Beyond the Pundits: What did Muslims Think about 9/11? Jorge Aquino (Theology & Religious Studies, USF): Islamophobia and America's "Summer of Hate": Racial Politics in the 2010 Midterm Elections Brian Komei Dempster (Rhetoric & Language, USF): Japanese Wartime Imprisonment and Post-War Resettlement Candice Harrison (History, USF): Dangerous Precedents: Congress, History and the Making of "Terrorists" Aysha Hidayatullah (Theology & Religious Studies, USF): Racialization of Muslims Since 9/11 Aaron Hahn Tapper (Theology & Religious Studies, USF): Jews, Muslims, and Hate Speech Jaideep Singh (Ethnic Studies, CSU East Bay): The Racialization of Religious Identity Post-9/11 Jawziya Zaman (Muslim Advocates, San Francisco): Mischaracterizing and Monitoring Muslims: Perspectives on Peter King
Sponsors: Departments of Theology & Religious Studies, Sociology, Rhetoric & Language, Philosophy, History, and Psychology, and the Jewish Studies and Social Justice Program
For more information, contact: Aysha Hidayatullah- ahidayatullah@usfca.edu, 415-422-5176
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This urgent educational forum will address the Congressional hearings led by Representative Peter King within the broader historical, social, and political contexts of state policy and processes of racial categorization in the U.S., linking the current hearings to precedents for the treatment of racialized communities in American history.
Monday, April 4 - 11:30AM-1:30PM
McLaren 250
Speakers:
Ron Sundstrom (Philosophy, USF): Islamophobia
Saera Khan (Psychology, USF): Beyond the Pundits: What did Muslims Think about 9/11?
Jorge Aquino (Theology & Religious Studies, USF): Islamophobia and America's "Summer of Hate": Racial Politics in the 2010 Midterm Elections
Brian Komei Dempster (Rhetoric & Language, USF): Japanese Wartime Imprisonment and Post-War Resettlement
Candice Harrison (History, USF): Dangerous Precedents: Congress, History and the Making of "Terrorists"
Aysha Hidayatullah (Theology & Religious Studies, USF): Racialization of Muslims Since 9/11
Aaron Hahn Tapper (Theology & Religious Studies, USF): Jews, Muslims, and Hate Speech
Jaideep Singh (Ethnic Studies, CSU East Bay): The Racialization of Religious Identity Post-9/11
Jawziya Zaman (Muslim Advocates, San Francisco): Mischaracterizing and Monitoring Muslims: Perspectives on Peter King
Sponsors: Departments of Theology & Religious Studies, Sociology, Rhetoric & Language, Philosophy, History, and Psychology, and the Jewish Studies and Social Justice Program
For more information, contact: Aysha Hidayatullah- ahidayatullah@usfca.edu, 415-422-5176