SMSC: "Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Islamic State" (Panel)

  • Starts: 4:00 pm on Thursday, April 23, 2015

SMSC: "Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Islamic State" (Panel)

This panel seeks to transcend the focus on political and strategic concerns that has often dominated the treatment of the rise of IS/ISIS/ISIL in the media and bring some critical nuance and historical context to the way this phenomenon is generally discussed. Four scholars from Boston University will present (Kecia Ali, Michael Pregill, Tom Barfield, and Noora Lori) and four scholars from other institutions in the Boston area will respond (Jessica Stern, Franck Salameh, Mia Bloom, and Ken Garden). Free and open to the public. RSVP: smscinst@bu.edu.

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