UCF History Department

Monday, September 30, 2019

• Brown Bag Lunch with Dr. Kayla Wheeler

  Sept. 30, 2019 at 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.
  Trevor Colbourn Hall: 349D

  Students are invited to join Kayla Renée Wheeler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Area & Global Studies and Digital Studies at Grand Valley State University for a Brown Bag Lunch. Dr. Wheeler's research interests include Islam in the Americas, Islam and gender, digital identity, religion and media, material religion, and Black performativity. She will also give a talk on African-American History: …

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• African-American History: Justice and Islam

  Sept. 30, 2019 at 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.
  Global UCF: Room 101

  The twentieth century saw the rise of many prominent black Muslim Americans, especially Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, who took conspicuous and controversial stances on social justice issues. Despite such figures, Islam as a form of religiosity among black Americans remains misunderstood, stigmatized, and even ignored. Come join us as two nationally recognized scholars share their insights on the historical …

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