This is sponsored by Dr. Hatem Bazian

The conference is all free of cost and open to the public as the Center for Race and Gender provided the funding for this important program.


Deconstructing Islamophobia Immigration, Globalization, and
> Constructing the Other
> presented by the Center for Race and Gender, UC Berkeley
> co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological
Union
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> Schedule Friday, April 25
> 7:30-8:30 Coffee and Pastry
> 8:30-8:50
> Welcome and Opening Remarks
> 9:00-10:45
> Panel One
> Deconstructing Islamophobia: Toward a Working Definition
> Chair: Evelyn Glenn
> 10:45-11:00
> Coffee Break
> 11:00-12:45
> Panel Two
> Muslim Otherness: The Role of Media in Constructing Otherness
> Chair: Samira Esmeir
> 12:45-2:00
> Lunch
> 2:00-3:45
> Panel Three
> Mobilizing Otherness and Managing Conflicts
> Chair: Sonia S'hiri
> 3:45-4:00
> Coffee Break
> 4:00-5:45
> Panel Four
> Race, Ethnicity, and Post-Colonialism
> Chair: Ula Taylor
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> Saturday, April 26
> 10:00-12:30 Panel Five
> Islamophobia: Global Phenomena
> Chair: Ramon Grosfangel
> 12:30-2:00
> Lunch
> 2:00-3:45
> Panel Six
> Otherness in Law: Civil Society and Muslim Minorities
> Chair: Rabab Abdulhadi
> 4:00-5:45
> Panel Seven
> Orientalism Revisited: The Case of Islamophobia
> Chair: Hatem Bazian
> Panelist: Munir Jiwa
> 6:00-7:30
> Dinner
> 7:30-9:30
> Public Event: Wheeler Auditorium
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