Reminder Deadline March 20th: Re-Scripting Islam: Muslims and the Media

Re-scripting Islam:
Muslims and the Media

 

March 23 and 24,
2011

DeVault Alumni
Center – Indiana University
Bloomington

Registration and information: www.indiana.edu/~global/Re-scriptingIslam/

[Registration Deadline: March 20,
2011]

A quick Internet search of the terms “Islam” and
“Muslim” turns up news stories with headlines about “radical Islam” or Islam’s
war against the First Amendment or honor killings.  The stories attached to such
headlines ask whether Islam is compatible with the West; whether Muslims can
ever truly be American.  Such framing of Muslims, and Islam, is not new.  In
fact, it goes back centuries both in the United States and
abroad.

A conference organized by Indiana University’s Voices
and Visions Project will dissect this framing as well as highlight what some
Muslims are doing to counteract these seemingly hegemonic narratives about their
faith and themselves.

Re-scripting Islam:  A conversation between media
professionals and scholars will take place March 23 and 24 on
Indiana University’s Bloomington campus.  This free conference is designed to
bring together academics, journalists and communication students to discuss the
media’s portrayal of Islam and Muslims.  The international slate of panelists
features bloggers, journalists, and experts on the framing of Muslim women as
well as Muslim use of new media.

The conference’s keynote address will be given by Andrea
Elliott of The New York Times.  A Pulitzer Prize winner, and the creator
the Islam beat at the Times, Elliott will speak about her experience
covering “Muslims in a Post-9/11 America.”

Registration:  www.indiana.edu/~global/Re-scriptingIslam/

Project Coordinator:  Rosemary Pennington (rompenni@umail.iu.edu or 812-855-0353)