Scottish Muslims: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Pluralism

Scottish Muslims: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Pluralism

Next on the NCCIS Seminar Series is an exploration of the historical journeys of Muslims who made Scotland their home.

By Faculty of Arts, the University of Melbourne

Date and time

Wednesday, May 22 · 1 - 2:30pm AEST

Location

Room 321, Level 3 , Sidney Myer Asia Centre

761 Swanston Street Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia

About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

This seminar, led by Dr Amanullah De Sondy, will explore the varied historical journeys of Scottish Muslims (approx. population 80,000), particularly in Glasgow, who made it their home with a critical discussion on contemporary issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and pluralism. This will be illustrated through key figures in Scottish society who shape society, theology and action. Aman will also speak personally on his parents' journey from Sialkot in Pakistan to Glasgow in Scotland in the 1950s.

Speaker

Dr Amanullah De Sondy

Dr Amanullah De Sondy is Head of the Study of Religions Department at University College Cork in Ireland and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam. He is the author of the Crisis of Islamic Masculinities (Bloomsbury Academic 2014) and Judaism, Christianity and Islam: An Introduction to Monotheism with Michelle A Gonzalez and William S Green (Bloomsbury Academic 2020) amongst several other publications. Aman has been broadcasting 'Thought for the Day' with BBC Radio Scotland for nearly twenty years, a regular contributor to the News Panel on RTE 1 Today TV show and is passionate about the public understanding of religion through the themes of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and pluralism. Aman tweets @desondy

Hybrid Option

Please note that this is a hybrid event. Please choose your tickets accordingly.

Accessibility

There are lifts available at Sidney Myer Asia Centre. Online viewers also have access to auto-generated captions via Zoom. If you have specific accessibility requirements, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Contact

For more information, please contact Anneliz Marie Erese at annelizmarie.erese@unimelb.edu.au

*Credit for banner image used: Photo taken by Finlay McWalter on September 4th 2005.

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