"Shifting Identities: Muslims and Middle Eastern Americans in the post-Bush Era" Talk with Persis Karim

On behalf of the Religion, Politics and Globalization Program (RPGP), the Institute of International Studies (IIS) and the Iranian Students Alliance for America (ISAA) it is our pleasure to invite you to attend a talk this upcoming Wednesday, December 10th at 4 PM--at UC Berkeley--in 223 Moses Hall, with Persis Karim, on the topic, "Shifting Identities: Muslims and Middle East Americans in the post-Bush Era."

In addition to providing a more detailed description of Persis Karim's talk on December 10th (copy-and-pasted below this email), we have provided some additional information on some of Persis Karim's recent literary works, at the following weblink:

http://www.persiskarim.com/

Please note that refreshments will be served. RSVPs are appreciated but not required. To RSVP please email either the IIS Program Research Assistant , Ian Tholen (igthole@berkeley.edu) or the IIS Events Coordinator, Jessica Owen (ojessie@berkeley.edu or 510-642-7747). We hope that you can accept our invitation and we look forward to hearing from (and seeing) you soon!

Best regards,

The Religion, Politics and Globalization Program (RPGP)
The Institute of International Studies (IIS)
University of California Berkeley
Ph. 510.642.7747
rpgp.berkeley.edu
globetrotter.berkeley.edu

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"Shifting Identities: Muslims and Middle East Americans in the post-Bush Era"
Persis Karim, Associate Professor, San Jose State University
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
4 p.m., 223 Moses Hall
Sponsored by the Religion, Politics and Globalization Program
Co-sponsored by the Iranian Students Alliance in America

While the events of September 11, 2001 brought terrorism to American soil, it also articulated a more pronounced dichotomy between the West and its Oriental Other--most dramatically defined in Islam. The result has been a heightened fear, suspicion and concern about Islam and Muslims, including U.S. Muslims. In her talk, Dr. Karim interrogates the ways that 9/11 and the Bush Administration's response to that fateful day have affected Muslim and Middle Eastern identities in the U.S. and challenged as well as galvanized communities of Middle Eastern heritage. Her most recent work on domestic Iranian, Afghan, and Arab diasporas and the cultures and contexts that define them, constitute she calls the new "Middle East Americans."

Posted by Religion, Politics and Globalization Program (RPGP) and the Iranian Students Alliance in America (I.
Reviewed/approved by Ian Tholen.