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TENTATIVE PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Location: Shabazz Center for Intellectual Inquiry (TENTATIVE)

9:30am Welcome – Zahra Ayubi, Associate Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College

10:00am-12:00pm  - Religion, Race, Gender

1. Martin Nguyen, Professor of Islamic Studies/Religious Studies, Fairfield University

2. Iman AbdoulKarim '17, PhD Candidate in Religious Studies, Yale University

3. Rasul Miller, Assistant Professor of History, UC Irvine

12:00-12:20 Student presentation of primary sources related to Malcolm X’s 1965 Visit to Dartmouth College (Courtesy Rauner Special Collections Library)

12:20-1:45pm Break

1:00 Optional attendance at Al-Nur’s Jummah/Friday Prayers (North Fairbanks Hall)

1:45-3:45pm  Papers on Legacy

4. Wendell Marsh, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, Rutgers University

5. Donna Auston, Senior Program Officer, Wenner-Gren Foundation

6. Maryam Kashani, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, Illinois Urbana Champaign

3:45-4:00 Break

4:00-5:30 Session: Our Continued Struggle

• Dr. Ahmed Osman '65
• Iman AbdoulKarim ‘17
• Open Mic Discussion with presenters and audience

5:30 Closing Remarks – Zahra Ayubi

The first two (of three) sessions will feature academic papers on themes such as religion, race, and gender in Malcolm X’s life, works and legacy.

The third session will be about how transformative college experiences and education can translate into real life acts of living and resistance, especially in this current moment. To this end, I am planning for Dr. Ahmed Osman (Dartmouth Class of 1965), who had brought Malcolm X to Dartmouth in January 1965, who had spoken at his funeral, and accompanied Dr. Betty Shabazz on her Hajj, to speak about how he has carried the transformative experience of knowing Malcolm in college into his own life works. Next a more recent graduate of Dartmouth, Iman AbdoulKarim (Class of 2017), will speak about how her Dartmouth education/experience activated her mind and how she carries what she learned here into her life and work. She is now a PhD Candidate at Yale University whose research is on the Islamic philosophy of women in Black power movements. After the two of them speak, the remainder of the session will be held open mic style in which all of our speakers and audience, especially students, are encouraged to speak about how they think of our current political moment and what they can do in the context of Malcolm X’s legacy.

During the symposium students and attendees will also have the opportunity to view primary source documents related to Malcolm’s visit to Dartmouth College, courtesy of Rauner Special Collections. The symposium will be held at the mural room of the Dartmouth’s Shabazz Center for Intellectual Inquiry (TENTATIVE), which houses the Jenkins murals depicting Malcolm and Betty's life.

Generously supported by the Religion Department, African and African American Studies, Jewish Studies Program, History Department, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, William Jewett Tucker Center, and the Dean of Faculty office.