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School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
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Featured Online Resources
MuslimHeritage.Com
more info
The Rise of the Kingdoms of Islam
more info
Historical Context of Muslim-Christian Relations by John L. Esposito
more info
Chronology of Islamic History
more info
Check out the publications and creative productions developed around the theme Heart of Islam and be amazed.
The Heart of Islam:
Enduring Values for Humanity
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Harper Collins, 2004
more info
Heart of A Muslim (on video)
more info
The Heart of Islam
Timothy Freke
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Calls for Submissions
CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES
10th Annual Conference
of Asian Studies in Israel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
26 - 27 May 2011
Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract Deadline: 19 December 2010
more info
Archiving Orality and
Connecting with Communities
World Oral Literature Project Workshop
10 - 11 December 2010
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Abstract deadline: 30 July 2010
more info
First Asia Cyber Emotions International Conference
2 - 3 December 2010
Kyeong San/Daegu, South Korea
Abstract deadline: 01 August 2010
Email cyberemotions@gmail.com for details
Toys, Games, and Comics in Asia: Adaptation, Convergence and Challenges
10 - 12 December 2010
Singapore
Abstract deadline: 15 September 2010
more info
Fiction or Faction
in the Malay World
11 - 12 November 2010
Goethe-University of Frankfurt
Abstract deadline: 31 July 2010
Full paper: 30 October 2010
more info
Understanding Marketing from the Perspective of Islam
1st International Conference on Islamic Marketing and Branding
Paper deadline: 16 August 2010
more info
Empire and Development:
1929-1952 in Southeast Asia
University of York, United Kingdom
Deadline: 17 December 2010
Email Dr. H. Altink (ha501@york.ac.uk) or
Dr. D. Clayton (dwc1@york.ac.uk) for info
Workshop on Language, Literacy, and the Social Construction of Authority
in Islamic Societies
3 - 4 March 2011
Stanford University
Abstract deadline: 1 September 2010
more info
Films on Islam in Asia
The
Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Muslim Societies in Asia and
the Pacific Program, University of Hawai'i, would like to identify
scholars interested in presenting papers on Islam in Asian film at the
Association for Asian Studies Conference,
31 March - 3 April 2011, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Go here for more info
JOURNAL OPPORTUNITIES
Helen Crovetto Award for Excellence in the Study of
New Religious Movements
Nova Religio: The Journal of the Study of Alternative and Emergent Religions
Deadline: 31 August 2010
more info
The Frank B. Gibney
Student Essay Award
Journal of American East-Asian Relations
Deadline: 31 August 2010
more info
CALL FOR PANELISTS
Importing America
into East Asian Cinemas
Society for Cinema and Media Studies
Conference
10 - 13 March 201
New Orleans
Abstract Deadline: 01 August 2010
Email lisa.m.funnell@gmail.com for details
FILM-MAKING OPPORTUNITY
Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics
National Endowment for the Humanities
Proposal deadline: 28 July 2010
more info
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UH Fall Courses
Islamic Philosophy
(PHIL 330)
Thursday, 7:30 - 8:45 am
more info
Understanding Islam
(REL 209)
Thursday, 10:30 - 11:45 am
more info
Religion, Politics and Society
(REL 348)
Monday, 12:30 - 3:00 pm
more info
Asia through Fiction
(ASAN 491s)
MWF, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
more info
Ethnic Nationalism in Asia (ASAN 627)
Monday, 2:30 - 5:30 pm
more info
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Events in Honolulu
5th
Anniversary Presentation-Expressions of Experience
21 July 2010, 5:00 - 6:30
pm
Kennedy
Theater, University of Hawaiʻi
at Mānoa, Honolulu,
Hawai'i
more info
East-West Treasures: Works from the Permanent Collection
Through 3 October 2010
East-West Center Gallery
East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i
more info
Future Leaders Exchange
in Hawaii
This US Department of State 'Youth Exchange' seeks
families in Hawai'i to host topnotch high school students from Muslim countries in Asia and the Pacific region. Please contact
Ms. Barbara Bancel at 808-521-3554 or go here for more info.
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Events Elsewhere
International Conference
on Muslims and
Multicultural Societies
14 - 16 July 2010
Singapore City, Singapore
more info
The Third International Conference on Multicultural Discourses
27 - 29 August 2010
Hangzhuo, China
more info
on Media, Religion and Culture
9 - 13 August 2010
Ryerson University
Toronto, Canada
more info
International Conference
on Multiculturalism and
Global Community
24 - 27 July 2010
Tehran, Iran
more info
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Application Deadlines
OPEN POSITIONS
Senior
Research Associate
and Director
South
Asia Language Resource Center,
University of Chicago
01 August 2010
more info
Assistant Professorships
(Several fields)
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
1 October 2010
more info
Associate
or Full Professor
in Cultural Anthropology
College of the Atlantic
Maine, USA
Review
of applications will begin
22
September 2010
more info
Assistant
Professor
in South Asian History
Carleton College
Minnesota, USA
1 November 2010
more info
Assistant Professor
History of India and South Asia
University of Alberta, Canada
29 October 2010
more info
Senior Lecturer in Japanese
Princeton University
New Jersey, USA
15 October 2010
more info
Junior Position in
Science and Religion
Harvard Divinity School
Cambridge, MA, USA
start of review of applications
15 August 2010
more info
Assistant Professor
in East Asian History
American University
Washington, DC., USA
1 November 2010
more info
Research and Visiting Fellowships -Asian Studies
Asia Research Institute-
National University of Singapore
Singapore
30 September 2010
more info
Teaching Fellowship on
Modern East Asian History
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
16 July 2010
more info
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Publications
(Visit www.msaphawaii.org
for the list of MSAP publications)
Islam: Religion, History
and Civilization
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
HarperOne, 2003
The First Muslims:
History and Memory
Asma Afsaruddin
Oneworld Publications, 2007
History of the Muslim
World to 1405
Vernon O. Egger
Prentice Hall, 2003
Islamic Legitimacy
in Plural Asia
Anthony Reid and
Michael Gilsenan
Routledge, 2007
The Many Faces of
Political Islam:
Religion and Politics
in the Muslim World
Mohammad Ayoob
University of Michigan
Press, 2007
Oxford History of Islam
John L. Esposito
Oxford University Press, 2000
Islam: A Short History
Karen Armstrong
Modern Library, 2002
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The Muslim Societies in Asia and the Pacific program at the University of
Hawai'i-Mānoa, is a newly launched initiative, funded in part by the
State of Hawai'i Legislature, the School of Pacific and Asian Studies
(SPAS), and the US Department of Education. MSAP seeks to serve as a
national resource center for academics and the general public seeking
information on Muslim societies in Asia and the Pacific.
Contact MSAP Program Coordinators
Email us | T: 808 956 2687 | F: 808 956 2682 |Visit our website!
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