Muslim Studies Resources: Muslim Journeys

Register here (free) to attend this hybrid event

To find a copy of this book, use one of the following methods:

• Reserve at MSU Main Library Patron Services desk, print and e-book. Note that Community Borrowers may borrow Reserve books. The link to the e-book is restricted to current MSU students/faculty/staff.
• Public library users: try hoopla
• Purchase at a 20% discount from Everybody Reads in Lansing and Schuler's in Okemos

Presented by MSU Muslim Studies Program and MSU Libraries.

Co-sponsored by the Islamic Society of Greater Lansing, Truth Racial Healing & Transformation of Metro Lansing, and LATTICE (Linking All Types of Teachers to International Cross-Cultural Education).

An Early Modern Anglo-Muslim Archive: Cross-Cultural Encounters and Identity Formations
with Professor Jyotsna G. Singh (Department of English)
Friday March 4^th 11:30 to 1 pm ET Zoom

Drawing on selected pre-1800 archival materials from the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections at the MSU Libraries, this special online talk and discussion will present the interactions and “translations” between early modern English and Muslim travelers and empires, with a focus on the Ottoman (Turkey) and Mughal empires (India). As the frontiers of geographical knowledge were expanding and changing, so were the cultural, linguistic, religious, and racial/ethnic coordinates by which Europeans (Christians) and Muslims defined their own identities. These changes figure in many cross-cultural “encounters,” which reveal the process of confronting “otherness” -- both as real and imagined – and as specters or projections of familiar fears and fantasies. This talk will look afresh at the concept of the “encounter” in the context of Anglo-Muslim interactions, with a thematic emphasis on representations of Islamic cities and cultures from the perspective of English travelers, emissaries, and ambassadors who visited these empires. Selections from the books will be on display via Zoom, presented by Tad Boehmer, Curator of Rare Books. Professor Singh’s talk will be followed by facilitated small group discussions.

Register here (free) to attend this online event

Join us for an all-new Muslim Journeys scholar-led book (and film) discussion series! We will have one session in October 2021 and three events in Winter-Spring 2022. The events include a short lecture from a scholar and small group discussions of the book. Participants are encouraged to read the book ahead of time. Free and open to the public!