BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 RDATE:20110313T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 RDATE:20111106T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111003T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111003T203000 LOCATION:Agnes Flanagan Chapel GEO:45.450821;-122.671419 SUMMARY:Chamberlin Lecture: "American Muslims and the New World Order" DESCRIPTION:The Chamberlin Lecture is a biennial lectureship that brings prominent religious scholars and leaders to the Lewis &\; Clark campus . \;Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri is an expert in the history of Islam in America and his recent groundbreaking book from Cambridge University Pre ss provides an insightful overview of the history of Islam and Muslim lif e in the United States. \; Born in Tehran\, Iran\, GhaneaBassiri gre w up in the U.S. and received his undergraduate degree from Claremont McK enna College. \;He earned his masters and PhD degrees at Harvard U niversity\, and has taught at Reed College since 2002. \; In his re search GhaneaBassiri explores how Muslims have adapted to America by focu sing on the religious institutions and communities they have formed\, how they have gone about living their daily lives\, and how all of this has been impacted by new converts to Islam and Muslim immigrants. \;He n otes that many American Muslims are focused on issues of citizenship and civic life\, and are dynamically engaged in defining what it means to be an American and a Muslim. \;He has researched and spoken widely in M uslim communities throughout the U.S.\, and notes that he wants "to help these communities develop a more accurate and historically informed vocab ulary for understanding the relationship between Islam and modernity and the historical role of Islam in religious pluralism in America." The Cha mberlin Lectureship was established at Lewis &\; Clark College in 1979 \, and has brought such prominent Jewish speakers as Abraham Kaplan\, Eli e Weisel\, and Rabbi Michael Lerner\, along with noted Christian speakers such as William Sloan Coffin\, Jr.\, Cornel West\, and Rev. Andrew Young . \;Dr. GhaneaBassiri will be the first Muslim speaker in the 33 yea rs of the Chamberlin Lectureship. \; This lecture is sponsored by th e Lewis &\; Clark Chapel Office and is free and open to the public. &# 160\;For further information please contact Rev. Mark Duntley (duntley@lc lark.edu) or Rabbi Jonathan Seidel (jseidel@lclark.edu) \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Chamberlin Lecture is a biennial le ctureship that brings prominent religious scholars and leaders to the Lew is &\; Clark campus. \;Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri is an expert in t he history of Islam in America and his recent groundbreaking book from Ca mbridge University Press provides an insightful overview of the history o f Islam and Muslim life in the United States. \;
Born in Tehr an\, Iran\, GhaneaBassiri grew up in the U.S. and received his undergradu ate degree from Claremont McKenna College. \;He earned his masters a nd PhD degrees at Harvard University\, and has taught at Reed College s ince 2002. \;
In his research GhaneaBassiri explores how Mus lims have adapted to America by focusing on the religious institutions an d communities they have formed\, how they have gone about living their da ily lives\, and how all of this has been impacted by new converts to Isla m and Muslim immigrants. \;He notes that many American Muslims are f ocused on issues of citizenship and civic life\, and are dynamically enga ged in defining what it means to be an American and a Muslim. \;He h as researched and spoken widely in Muslim communities throughout the U.S. \, and notes that he wants "to help these communities develop a more accu rate and historically informed vocabulary for understanding the relations hip between Islam and modernity and the historical role of Islam in relig ious pluralism in America."
The Chamberlin Lectureship was establ ished at Lewis &\; Clark College in 1979\, and has brought such promin ent Jewish speakers as Abraham Kaplan\, Elie Weisel\, and Rabbi Michael L erner\, along with noted Christian speakers such as William Sloan Coffin\ , Jr.\, Cornel West\, and Rev. Andrew Young. \;Dr. GhaneaBassiri wil l be the first Muslim speaker in the 33 years of the Chamberlin Lecturesh ip. \;
This lecture is sponsored by the Lewis &\; Clark Ch apel Office and is free and open to the public. \;For further inform ation please contact Rev. Mark Duntley (duntley@lclark.edu) or Rabbi Jona than Seidel (jseidel@lclark.edu)
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UID:20111004T023000Z-7377@www.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20110912T154445Z URL:https://www.lclark.edu/live/events/7377-chamberlin-lecture-american-m uslims-and-the-new CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20110921T233537Z ATTACH:https://www.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/259/width/80/height/80/crop/ 1/23572_kambiz.rev.1373935879.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:7377 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://www.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/259/width/80/heig ht/80/crop/1/23572_kambiz.rev.1373935879.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE-CAPTION:Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri will give the Chamberl in Lecture on Monday\, October 3rd at 7:30 PM in Agnes Flanagan Chapel. X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:Noted scholar of Islam Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri will give the 2011 Chamberlin Lecture. \;Author of the recent acclaimed b ook "A History of Islam in America" GhaneaBassiri is a Carnegie Scholar a nd a practicing Muslim. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:diversity|faith|human rights|multicultural|open to the p ublic|Portland END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR