Sahar Aziz is the founding director of the Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights. Professor Aziz’s book The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom examines how national security laws and policies impact the civil rights of racial, religious, and ethnic minorities in the U.S.
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Racializing Religion
Islamophobia, Antisemitism, and Palestine
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 5pm EDT
Event Overview
Sahar Aziz, Distinguished Professor of Law and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University Law School, will examine the erroneous zero-sum discursive frames, most acutely in foreign policy debates, that pits Muslims and Jews as competitors, rather than allies, in defending civil and human rights.
This talk is the third in the series "Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined." The College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with the Office of the Provost and departments and programs across Cornell University to bring four leading academics to campus in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map the legal landscape for addressing these issues. These cross-disciplinary talks will also reflect on the relationship between the history of Israel/Palestine, the outbreak of the current conflict, and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
For more information regarding this series, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.
Sponsored by: Office of the Provost; College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies; Jewish Studies Program; Religious Studies Program; Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures; Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East at the Cornell Law School; Comparative Muslim Societies; Critical Ottoman + Post-Ottoman Studies; Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; Society for the Humanities.
This talk is the third in the series "Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined." The College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with the Office of the Provost and departments and programs across Cornell University to bring four leading academics to campus in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map the legal landscape for addressing these issues. These cross-disciplinary talks will also reflect on the relationship between the history of Israel/Palestine, the outbreak of the current conflict, and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
For more information regarding this series, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.
Sponsored by: Office of the Provost; College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies; Jewish Studies Program; Religious Studies Program; Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures; Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East at the Cornell Law School; Comparative Muslim Societies; Critical Ottoman + Post-Ottoman Studies; Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; Society for the Humanities.
What You'll Learn
- How Islamophobic tropes that Muslims are presumptively antisemitic perpetuate post-9/11 stereotypes that cause material, liberty, and dignitary harms to Muslim American communities
- Effective ways to combat Islamophobia and antisemitism while preserving free speech and academic freedom
- The complex history of Arab and Muslim diasporic politics in shaping U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East
Speaker
Sahar Aziz
Distinguished Professor of Law, Middle East Legal Studies Scholar, and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar
Rutgers University Law School
Distinguished Professor of Law, Middle East Legal Studies Scholar and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, Rutgers University Law School
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2024-03-28 17:002024-03-28 18:30Racializing ReligionAdd to CalendarSahar Aziz, Distinguished Professor of Law and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University Law School, will examine the erroneous zero-sum discursive frames, most acutely in foreign policy debates, that pits Muslims and Jews as competitors, rather than allies, in defending civil and human rights.
This talk is the third in the series "Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined." The College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with the Office of the Provost and departments and programs across Cornell University to bring four leading academics to campus in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map the legal landscape for addressing these issues. These cross-disciplinary talks will also reflect on the relationship between the history of Israel/Palestine, the outbreak of the current conflict, and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
For more information regarding this series, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.
Sponsored by: Office of the Provost; College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies; Jewish Studies Program; Religious Studies Program; Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures; Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East at the Cornell Law School; Comparative Muslim Societies; Critical Ottoman + Post-Ottoman Studies; Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; Society for the Humanities.https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/view/K032824/primaryAmerica/New_YorkeCornell
This talk is the third in the series "Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined." The College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with the Office of the Provost and departments and programs across Cornell University to bring four leading academics to campus in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map the legal landscape for addressing these issues. These cross-disciplinary talks will also reflect on the relationship between the history of Israel/Palestine, the outbreak of the current conflict, and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
For more information regarding this series, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.
Sponsored by: Office of the Provost; College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies; Jewish Studies Program; Religious Studies Program; Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures; Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East at the Cornell Law School; Comparative Muslim Societies; Critical Ottoman + Post-Ottoman Studies; Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; Society for the Humanities.https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/view/K032824/primaryAmerica/New_YorkeCornell
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