Join us for the next Muslim Women Scholars Series seminar - Contesting Islam, Constructing Race and Sexuality: The Inordinate Desire of the West.
Date: January 22, 2026
Time: 7:30-9:00pm EST
Speaker: Sunera Thobani
Register here: https://ccmw.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PrInqg8zQAa79az9RFOUNQ#/registration
The political standoffs of the 'War on Terror' illustrate that the interaction within and between the so-called Western and Muslim civilizations is constantly in flux. A recurring theme however is how Islam and Muslims signify the 'Enemy' in the Western socio-cultural imagination and have become the 'Other' against which the West identifies itself.
Sunera Thobani examines how Islam is foundational to the formation of Western identity at critical points in its history, including the Crusades, the Reconquista and the colonial period. More specifically, she explores how masculinity and femininity are formed at such pivotal junctures and what role feminism has played in the wars against 'radical' Islam. Exposing these symbiotic relationships, Thobani explores how the return of 'religion' is reworking the racial, gender and sexual politics by which Western society defines itself, and more specifically, defines itself against Islam.
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