Sept. 29: Conversations on South Asia with Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst

Cover image - Indian Muslim MinoritiesJoin us on Sept. 29 from 6:30–7:45 pm (EDT) to hear Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst discuss the history of Islam and Muslims in South Asia and its intersections with theories of religion, race, language, and imperialism. Morgenstein Fuerst’s book, Indian Muslim Minorities and the 1857 Rebellion: Religion, Rebels, and Jihad, will be the focus of the discussion.

Morgenstein Fuerst is associate professor of religion and associate director of the Humanities Center at the University of Vermont. She earned her PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in religious studies, with a specialization in Islamic studies. She is the co-editor of Words of Experience: Translating Islam with Carl W. Ernst (Equinox, 2020) and is the co-host of a grant-funded podcast, Keeping it 101: a Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion.

She will be joined by Elizabeth Lhost, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Dartmouth College.

Register for the webinar here: https://bit.ly/32s0xCc

This event is Sponsored by the Dartmouth College Society of Fellows, the Bodas Family Academic Programming Fund, the Asian Cultures, Languages, and Societies Program, and the Department of History at Dartmouth College.

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