Events

 

  • Fireside Chat on The Racial Muslim with Deb Amos [Rutgers]

    Internationally renowned journalist and NPR correspondent Deb Amos joined Professor Sahar Aziz at Rutgers University-Newark for a fireside chat about immigration, race, Islamophobia, and religious pluralism. Watch their conversation here and below. For a more in-depth analysis, read The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious … Fireside Chat on The Racial Muslim with Deb Amos…


  • State-Sponsored Transnational Repression: A Conversation with the FBI [Princeton]

    Professor Sahar Aziz participated on a panel at Princeton University that explores the causes and consequences of state sponsored transnational repression. Her remarks begin at minute 44.


  • Abortion, Race and Religion in Post-Roe America [CSRR]

    The US Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade threatens the bodily autonomy of women across the country. … Continue readingAbortion, Race and Religion in Post-Roe America [CSRR]


  • Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11 Essays [Mich. J. Race & Law]

    The Michigan Journal of Race and the Law published a special volume on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that featured articles by leading scholars on national security, immigration, criminal law, and race. Sahar Aziz’s article State Sponsored Radicalization conducts a comprehensive review of … Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11 Essays [Mich. J. Race &…


  • Impact of Global Competition on Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East [Arab Center]

    Professor Sahar Aziz contributed her expertise on human rights in the Middle East during the Arab Center’s sixth annual conference on the panel Competition on Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East. The conference addressed developments in US policy with regard to human rights … Impact of Global Competition on Democracy and Human Rights…


  • National Conference on Race and Ethnicity 2022 [NCORE]

    Sahar Aziz presented her groundbreaking book The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom at the 2022 Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Portland, Oregon. Engaging with an audience of university administrators, faculty and students committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, Professor Aziz … National Conference on Race and Ethnicity 2022 [NCORE]


  • Racing Religion [NYU Center for Race, Inequality and the Law]

    In her lecture Racing Religion, hosted by the NYU Center for Race, Inequality and the Law, Sahar Aziz explains how the racialization of Muslims, Jews, and Catholics are animated by similar political and social factors. Understanding the past is critical for eliminating inter-generational, systemic racism … Racing Religion [NYU Center for Race, Inequality and the…


  • Kleh Lecture on Global Islamophobia [Boston University School of Law]

    Myriad political, social, and economic contexts contribute toward Islamophobia and consequent normalization of anti-Muslim racism in various parts of the world.  Simultaneous to the rise in global Islamophobia is the rise of right-wing populism, especially in Western nations.  Whether it is in the form of right-wing political … Kleh Lecture on Global Islamophobia [Boston University School of…


  • Achieving Excellence Speaker Series Features Sahar Aziz [Pittsburgh Law]

    The University of Pittsburgh School of Law will feature professor/author Sahar Aziz in a forum, moderated by Professor SpearIt, which ties the themes from her book, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, to the concerns and experiences of Muslims living in the City of Pittsburgh. … Achieving Excellence Speaker Series Features Sahar Aziz [Pittsburgh Law]


  • Free Speech in the Age of Politically-Motivated Violence [Georgetown Law]

    The Journal of National Security Law and Policy hosted a symposium at Georgetown Law Center on the relationship between free speech and politically-motivated violence. Sahar Aziz participated on a panel addressing threats of violence, including the doctrine established in Brandenburg v. Ohio and the infamous … Free Speech in the Age of Politically-Motivated Violence [Georgetown…