This event is supported by the Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs and Northwestern Buffett, and co-sponsored by the Program in Middle East and North African Studies at Northwestern.
Thursday, April 25
9:00am-9:30am – Coffee and pastries
9:30am-9:45am – Welcome and Introductory remarks
Brannon Ingram and Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
9:45am-11:00am – Thursday Keynote: “Covering Islam in America: Dynamics of Racialization and Demonization”
Leila Fadel, NPR
11:15am-12:30pm – PANEL I: Beyond the Politics of Recognition: Reporting on American Muslims
Chair: Katherine Hoffman; Discussants: Suad Joseph, Asraa Mustufa, Monique Parsons, Layla Quran, Ariel Schwartz
12:30pm-1:30pm – Lunch (Evans Center)
Student reporters Hannah Brown and Caity Henderson present their work for “Reporting Islam” course (Fall 2018)
1:30pm-2:45pm – PANEL II: Islamophilia and Islamophobia in the US and Beyond
Chair: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd; Discussants: Caleb Elfenbein, Brannon Ingram, Amber Khan, Zekeria Ahmed Salem, Noah Salomon
3:00pm-4:00pm – PANEL III: Covering and Countering ‘CVE’: Challenges and Strategies
Chair: Wendell Marsh; Discussants: Sahar Aziz, Anver Emon, Aysha Khan, Nicole Nguyen, Alex Ruppenthal
4:00pm-5:00pm – Reception (Evans Center)
Friday, April 26
9:00am-9:30am – Coffee and pastries
9:30am-10:45am – Friday Keynote: “Buried Faultlines: Suppressed Muslim Narratives and their Excavation”
Ramzi Kassem, CUNY School of Law
11:00am-12:15pm – PANEL IV: Race, Immigration, Islam and (White) Power
Chair: Brannon Ingram; Discussants: Louise Cainkar, Megan Goodwin, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Ahmed Ibrahim, Nadine Naber, Darryl Li
12:15pm-12:45pm – Concluding roundtable
Moderated by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Brannon Ingram