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Spring 2021

ARAB-406 /INAF-406: Slavery and Islam

Taught byย Jonathan A.C. Brown
Mondays 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | ICC 270

The following are understatements: slaveryย and its global legacy haveย been in the news;ย andย Islamย always seems to be in the news.ย Andย ‘Islamย &ย slavery’ has been in the news.ย  When ISIS achieved prominence in 2014, Western audiences were stunned by the movement’s revival of enslaving prisoners of war.ย Many, Muslimsย andย non-Muslims alike, were shocked at ISIS’ justification ofย slaveryย with reference toย Islam’s scripturesย andย laws.ย  But the debate overย Islamย &ย slaveryย is much older, going back centuries.ย  It forms part of the global history of the phenomenon calledย slavery, a phenomenon that is as controversial at the level of academic study as it has been in its real-world manifestations.ย 

Thisย courseย will examine efforts of philosophersย andย scholars to describe, justify or criticize a spectrum of phenomena we callย slavery.ย  It will place the Islamic tradition within this setting, charting the history, lawsย andย practices ofย slaveryย in Islamic civilization, following it all the way up to debates over abolitionย andย the efforts of some toย revive slavery today.

 

ARAB-443 /INAF-426: Readings in Fatwa Literatureย 

Taught byย Jonathan A.C. Brown
Wednesdays 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | ICC 270

This class will investigate the important Islamic thought genre of fatwas, or legal response. It will involve in-depth reading in the Arabic sources, discussion of their contents, and a survey of existing scholarship on the subject.

 

INAF-233: Racialization of Religion

Taught by Tamara Sonn
Tuesdays / Thursdays 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | ICC 270

This seminar explores the intersection of religious, racial, ethnic, and class prejudice and its/their impacts in the U.S. and beyond. The course is discussion driven. Students will discuss assigned readings weekly, develop their own research questions, and present their preliminary findings to the seminar. They will then develop these findings into a final research paper. Grades will be based on participation in weekly discussions (30%), presentation of research question and preliminary findings (30%), and final research paper (40%). This course fulfills the requirement for Core: Diversity/Domestic and Core: Diversity/Global, and counts as a core course for SFS/CULP, and College/SFS/REWA Area 3.

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