The majority of Muslims living today in Europe arrived as part of post WWII labor migration. This talk will first examine the histories of institutionalization of Islam in various European countries that result from the different traditions of citizenship and secularism existing in various European nation-states. Then it will analyze the impact of the post 9/11 political and social climate on Muslim communities as well as the manifold ways Muslim individuals and groups respond to these new challenges.

Jeanette S. Jouili is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She has received her PhD at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris/France and has since then worked in different universities in the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam) and the United States (Cornell, Duke, College of Charleston). She has published articles in numerous scholarly journals and she is author of "Pious Practice and Secular Constraints: Women in the Islamic Revival in Europe" published with Stanford University Press. Her research focuses on Muslim communities in Europe, and is interested in questions around multiculturalism, secularism, ethics, gender, and popular culture.

7:00 Maghrib Prayers
7:15 Dinner
7:45 Lecture + Kid's Program
8:30 Isha Prayer
8:45 Q&A External Event Url
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