[asiacouncil] Asia Council WFaculty Development Workshop March 23 & 24 - Islam in Asia

[David L Starling]

Good Morning:


Please publicize the 2018 Asia Council Faculty Development Workshop on your campus. The workshop this year is called Islam In Asia: Faith, Ethnicity, and Conflict.   This workshop addresses topics critical to understanding the current conflicts in Asia.


Topics

  *   The Geographic & Ethnic Landscape of Islam in Asia
  *   Origins of Islam: What Does the Koran Say?
  *   Islam in Island Southeast Asia: Patters of Conversions, Beliefs, and Controversies
  *   Buddhist Thailand’s Muslim Minority – Issues of Religion and National Integrity
  *   Uyghur Religiosity and the Chinese State
  *   Islam in South Asia: Critical Regional Issues
  *   Roundtable Discussion: The Rohingya of Myanmar/Burma: A Contemporary Religious & Ethnic Tragedy


The registration link is on the attached flyer.  The workshop will be on GSU's Perimeter College Clarkston Campus.  Please forward to your faculty listserv.


Thank you.

David Starling
Chair, Asia Council
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lighthouse.valdosta.edu/pipermail/asiacouncil/attachments/20180220/247dcbfd/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Islam in Asia Flyer no. 2.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 681681 bytes
Desc: Islam in Asia Flyer no. 2.pdf
URL: <http://lighthouse.valdosta.edu/pipermail/asiacouncil/attachments/20180220/247dcbfd/attachment-0001.pdf>