Public Workshops
In addition to the Centre’s Public Lecture Series, we are committed to reaching the wider community through a series of workshops. These workshops explore the current lived experiences of Muslims as part of the larger Australian milieu. Through the sharing of our academic knowledge and findings, these workshops are also working towards breaking down negative stereotypes and building constructive relationships between Muslims and non-Muslim Australians.
The workshops are open to the wider public, and more specifically to the Muslim community, to people from other religious communities, as well as politicians, journalists and students.
Our first Workshop, “What do Muslims Want?", was held at the Bankstown campus on the 27 August 2009. Muslim students and members of a variety of Muslim associations attended this event and engaged in dialogue with the members of the Centre.
2011 Workshops
Workshop 6: ‘Indonesia’s Muslim organisations and the overthrow of Sukarno’
Date: Wednesday 9 November, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue: Bankstown Campus, Building 23 Room 40
RSVP to e.garcia@uws.edu.au by Monday 7 November.Workshop 5: 'Sociologists of Religion as Public Intellectuals: more than a sound bite?'
A/Prof Adam Possamai (UWS), Prof Julia Howell (UWS) and Prof Paul Heelas (opens in a new window) (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (opens in a new window)
Date: Tuesday 27 September, 2011
Workshop 4: ‘Towards a Post-Islamist Religious Secularism in the Muslim World’
Associate Professor Lily Zabaidah Rahim (opens in a new window), University of Sydney
A/Prof Rahim has kindly made her PowerPoint presentation available for viewing
Date: Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Workshop 3: "An Australian Catholic Priest's Engagement with Islam’
Fr Patrick J. McInerney (opens in a new window) LAIS, TheolM, PhD
Date: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Workshop 2: "The Kaleidoscope of Indonesia's Modern Islam"
Professor Julia Howell, CSCMS
Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Workshop 1: "Understanding Relations Between Muslims and the Police in Australia"
Dr Michael Kennedy, UWS
Date: Wednesday, 30 March 2011
2010 Workshops
Dr Steven Drakeley, UWS
Date: Thursday, 28 October 2010
You can listen to an audio recording of the event below or
download the audio file [65MB].
Workshop 5: "The Importance of Ramadan"
Shaykh Yahya Safi, Imam at Lakemba –Imam Ali Mosque
Date: Friday, 3 September 2010
Workshop 4: "Dual Imperialism and Muslim Women in Bangladesh"
Farjana Mahbuba, PhD Candidate, Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, UWS
Date: Thursday, 24 June 2010
Workshop 3: "Muslim Terrorism: Causes and Consequences"
Dr Jan Ali, UWS
Date: Thursday, 3 June 2010
You can listen to an audio recording of the event below or download the audio file [83MB].
Workshop 2: "The hopeful and exclusionary politics of Islam in Australia: constructing alternative geographies of western Islam"
Professor Kevin Dunn, UWS
Date: Thursday, 29 April 2010
Workshop 1: "Shariah and Australian Family Law"
Jamila Hussain, UTS
Date: Thursday, 25 March 2010
2009 Workshops
"Islam in Australia" by Dr Jan Ali
Date: Thursday, 1 October 2009
"The Evolutionary Role of Women in Islam" by Zubeda Raihman
Date: Thursday, 29 October 2009
"Marriage in Islam" by Sheikh Ibrahim El-Shafie
Date: Thursday, 19 November 2009
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