The theme for the Spring 2022 edition of Islam in the City is regrowth and reclamation of autonomy in the city. As we enter spring, we begin to shift our habits to the new season. In this edition, we hope to spotlight your take on rebirth and reclamation of autonomy after two years of a drastically changed reality. How do you find Islam again in a city that went through ebbs and flows of life and silence? How do you find yourself and your habits after two years when our autonomy over life seemed to take a pause?
Send your submissions to yasmeen[dot]atassi[at]mail[dot]utoronto[dot]ca by February 11, 2022 with the following:
The University of Toronto’s Institute of Islamic Studies and the Shi‘a Research Institute invite paper proposals for an international conference on “The Quran and Shi‘i Islam: Texts, Studies, Legacies” to be held in Toronto, Canada, from August 25-26, 2025. A boundless spring of inspiration throughout Islamic history, the Quran has stimulated a vast array of […]
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Location: Zoom | Time: 12 pm to 2 pm | Date: Friday, March 28, 2025 Register Here Workshop Presenter: Dilyara Agisheva Dilyara Agisheva is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto. Our workshop series aims to investigate the transformations in Islamic law under the influence of imperial powers, colonialism, and the modern state. Starting in […]
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The Structural Islamophobia Research Lab (SIRL) Fellowship on Islamophobia and Canada’s Immigration Regime The Structural Islamophobia Research Lab (SIRL) – at the Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS), University of Toronto – supports the best and brightest minds committed to examining institutionally entrenched modes of Islamophobia that defy simplistic analyses and require creative research methods. Over […]
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