CLAS News & Events

The Colorado Center for Public Humanities has announced its fall series, “Islam in American Culture.” It is a 4-part series, celebrating Islamic contributions to American music, urban design, community life, and literature. The series will explore how Islam has influenced classic American art forms, such as the blues, how it has impacted the built environments of American cities, how it has merged with the nation’s foundational ideals, and how it is being represented by Islamic American writers. The series will also shed light on how the core beliefs and values of Islam have been adapted to the American cultural context.

Thurs. Sept. 10 - King Center Recital Hall, Noon-1:30: Islamic Origins of the American Blues, with Dr. Sylviane Diouf, scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Black Culture. Musical performance by College of Arts & Media faculty members, Judith Coe and Sean McGowan.

Mon. Sept. 28 - Executive MBA Suite, 1250 14th St., Rm. 150, 6pm-7:30: Islamic Design in the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, with Dr. Mina Marefat, Fulbright Research Scholar and cultural advisor to the Guggenheim Museum’s Major Retrospective on Frank Lloyd Wright.

Thurs. Oct. 15 - Time and Location to be Determined: “Journey into America (a documentary film),” with Dr. Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University and a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institute.

Wed. Nov. 4 - Time and Location to be Determined: “Islam and the Contemporary Novel,” with Laleh Khadivi, the award-winning author of the novel, The Age of Orphans (Bloomsbury, 2009).

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