Muslim Societies, Global Perspectives invite you to a talk:

"Lessons from the Quebec Massacre: The Roots of Islamophobia in Canada"

Dr. Jasmin Zine, University of Michigan
Dunning Hall Rm 12
6:30 pm

Bio: Jasmin Zine (Wilfrid Laurier University) has published numerous journal articles on Islamic feminism and Muslim women’s studies and Muslims and education in the Canadian diaspora. She has completed a national study funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on the impact of 9/11, the ‘war on terror’ and domestic security discourses and policies on Muslim youth in Canada and is currently finishing a book manuscript on this study tentatively titled: Under Siege: Islamophobia, Radicalization, Surveillance and Muslim Youth Counter Publics. Her book publications include: Canadian Islamic Schools: Unraveling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge and Identity (2008), the first ethnography of Islamic schooling in North America. Professor Zine is an affiliated faculty member with the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) at U.C. Berkeley, California.

Light refreshments will be served