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Global Islamic Studies Center
Recent News
GISC In The News (Michigan Daily): Halaloween 2024
(Michigan Daily, October 17, 2024): Halaloween presents Muslim horror films with a feminist lens.
Reflections From a Week in Palestine
DISC Program Specialist Nur Shaina-Ayers has just returned from volunteering in Palestine.
The University of Michigan has extraordinary depth in scholarship and instruction dealing with Islam as a world religion and the study of Muslim peoples and societies. Over 50 faculty members from a wide array of departments and professional schools are currently engaged in work related to these topics. The study of Islam and Muslim societies at U-M is not confined to a few highly specialized departments, but is part of the University's mainstream. Read more.
Events
Mar
20
Multi
Presented by GISC. The Second Annual African Muslim Film Festival
Featuring
Muna (2019) and a Q&A with director Warda Mohamed;
Goodbye Julia (2023);
Timbuktu (2014);
Four Daughters (2023)
12:00 AM
Virtual
Mar
23
Falasteen on Screen.
Lyd (2023) Film Screening & Q&A with filmmakers at the State Theatre
1 hr 18 min, A Sci-fi documentary directed by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland
5:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Mar
24
Program in International and Comparative Studies Annual International Studies Alumni Career Panel and Reception
International Studies Alumni
5:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
