2011:
"Myth or Reality: Ayatullah al-Khu'i and the Ten Readers of the
Qur'an," Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San
Francisco
2011: "The Study of Shi'ite Islam in North American
Universities," Conference held at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut
2011: “Shi’ism in the Post-911 World” London Middle
East Institute, Conference held at the School of Oriental and
African Studies (SOAS), London, England
2011:
“The Shi’i Minority in the American Diaspora” Conference held at the
University of Isfahan
2011: "The Qur'an in the West," Universal Muslim Association of
America, Toronto
2011: "Islamic Pluralism and the Challenge of Human Rights,"
Carleton University, Ottawa
2011: “Idealization or Realization; The Methodology of Ayatullah
al-Khu’i in
Mu’jam al-Rijal," Conference held at the School of Oriental and
African Studies
(SOAS), London, England
2011: "Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights," University
of Mary Washington
2011: "Islam in the American Diaspora: A Minority Perspective,"
McMaster University
2010: "Religion in Diaspora," University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2010: "Reformation or Reinterpretation: Rethinking Shi‘i
Jurisprudence and Legal Methodology," al-Khoei Foundation,
London, England
2010: “Imamology and the Shrine Culture in Twelver Shi’ism,”
Liminal Deities of South Asia, Conference held at Niagara on the
Lake, Canada
2010: "9/11 and the Shi'i Image," Universal Muslim Association
of America, Washington
2010: "Messianism in the Monotheistic Traditions," Sixth
Mahdiism Conference, Bright Future Institute, Tehran
2010: "Revival of Religious Thought: Ijtihad and the
Re-evaluation of Classical Texts in Modern Times," 20th World
Congress of the International Association for the History of
Religions (IAHR), University of Toronto
2010: “The Meta-Minority Complex: The Shi’i Experience in
America” McMaster
University
2009: "A Minority with Diversity: The Shi‘i Experience in
America" Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
2008: “Islam in the American University” Project on “Religion in
the Academy” (RITA) Sponsored by the Lilly Foundation, Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago
2008: “Revival of Religious Thought: The Re-evaluation of
Classical Texts by
Contemporary Shi‘i Jurists” Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Religion, Chicago
2008: “Teaching Islam in a post 9/11 world” Symposium on Religion on
the Secular University Campus, University of Denver
2008: “Islamic Sectarianism in the America Context” AMSS Conference
at University of
Nebraska, Omaha
2008:
“Musa al-Sadr and the Impact of Modernity on Shi‘i
Jurisprudence” Conference on:
“The Shia, Modernity, and the Legacy of Musa al-Sadr.” University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor
2008: “Reformation or Reinterpretation: Islamic Law in America”
AAR
Great Plains Region Conference
2008: “From Conflict to Co-existence: The Application of Islamic Law
in a Minority Context”
Symposium at Carthage College
2007: “Preserving or Extending Boundaries: The Black Shi‘is of
America” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Diego
2007: “Islamic Fundamentalism in America”
Institute of Oriental
Studies, Azerbaijan
2007: “Muslim Women in America”
Islamic University, Baku, Azerbaijan
2007: “Muslim Life in America” American Studies Center of the
Foreign Languages University, Baku, Azerbaijan
2007: “Institutionalization and the Politicization of American
Islam,”
Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan
2007: “Interpretation of Islamic Sacred Texts in the American
Diaspora,” Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan
2007: “A Minority within a Minority: The Black Shi‘is of America”
Breaking
Apart the Monolith: The Many Ways of Being Muslim - A Conference
Exploring the Dynamics of Muslim Identity in Today’s World held at Princeton
University
2007: “ Revival of Religious Thought: Ijtihad and the Re-evaluation
of Classical Texts in Modern Times”
American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies
2006: “Gender and Islamic Civilization: The Contribution of Muslim
Women to Islamic Sciences and Civilization”
University of Isfahan, Tehran
2006: “The Religious Other in America: The Deterritorialization and
Deculturation of American Muslims,”
Symposium held at Colorado College, Colorado
Springs
2006 “The Danish Cartoons in Islamic Hadith Literature.”
Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Washington
2006 “Closing the Interpretive Process: Toward a New Qur’anic
Hermeneutic.”
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2006 “Women in the three Monotheistic Traditions and in Islamic
Law,” Conference held in Tehran, Iran
2006 “Conversion and Proselytizing: Balancing Religious Freedom and
Respect.” Symposium, University of Denver
2006 “Islam, the West and the Cartoon Controversy: Religious
Sensitivities vs. Secular Liberties.”
Symposium, University of Denver
2006 “The Ten Commandments in Islamic Exegetical Literature: A
Comparative Perspective.”
Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic
Religions at UW-Madison
2006 “The Indigenization of American Islam: Muslims in the American
Diaspora.” USNorthcom Academic Conference
2005 “The Politicization of American Islam.”
Politics and Religion
in France and the United States, International Conference,
Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone
Studies in association with the Department of Religion, Florida
State University
2005 “American Muslims or Muslims in America: Muslims as the
‘Other’.” Eighth Annual Honors Conference, Metro State College,
Denver
2005 “The Power of Islamic Sacred Texts Today.”
Religious Leadership
Conference, Iliff School of Theology, Denver
2004 “Discovering the Hidden Treasure: Creation in the Islamic
Tradition.” Third Furlong Memorial Lecture, “Creation in Judaism,
Christianity and Islam” symposium, St. Michael’s College, University
of Toronto, Canada
2004 “Human Rights in the Qur’an and Shari‘a: A Comparative
Perspective.” University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2004 “Muslim Youth at the Crossroads: Advancing into the
Twenty-First Century.”
Islamic Social Services Association
Conference, Toronto, Canada
2004 “Revival of Religious Thought: The Thoughts and Contribution of
Ayatullah Mutahhari.”
International Conference, Tehran, Iran
2004 “The Mental Jihad: Reason and Revelation in the Islamic
Tradition.” Seminar held at the Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO
2004 “Holy Peace in the Islamic Tradition.”
Columbia University, NY
2003 “Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Past, Present and Future.”
Macdonald Center Lecturers in Christian-Muslim Understanding,
Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT
2003 “Challenging the Authority of Tradition and Texts: Ijtihad and
Taqlid in Modern Times.” American Academy of Religion regional
meeting, Boulder, CO
2002 “Biography as Literary Genre: The Struggle for Authority in
Shi‘i Rijal Texts.”
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of
Religion, Toronto, Canada
2002 “Re-evaluation of the Shari‘a Post-September 11: Islam and
Modernity.” Furlong Memorial Lecture, “Understanding Islam”
symposium, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, Canada
2002 “Violence and Healing: Facing the Ongoing Challenges of
September 11.” Colloquium held at the Iliff School of Theology,
Denver, CO
2002 “Aging in the Islamic Tradition.” The National Council on the
Aging, Denver, CO
2001 “Islam in America after September 11.” Kanuga Conference on
Christian-Muslim Understanding,
Ashville, NC
2001 “Islam in the Context of American Religious Diversity.”
Res
Publica Conference, Aspen, CO
2000 “Promise & Peril: Religion at the Millenium.” Conference on The
Many Faces of God,
New Hampshire Humanities Council, Manchester, NH
2000 “Preserving or Extending Religious Boundaries? Muslim
Proselytization in America.”
Islamic Education Council, Washington,
D.C.
1998 “Acculturation and Assimilation – Muslims in the Diaspora.”
Colloquium held at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.
1998 “Religious Pluralism and Human Rights: An Islamic Perspective.”
Grinnell College, Iowa
1997 “Acculturation and Assimilation – Muslims in the West,”
Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Francisco
1997 “Contemporary Muslim Polemics.”
MESA Conference, San Francisco
1997 “Exclusivism or Inclusivism? Salvation History in the Qur’an.”
Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
1997 “External Influences on American Muslims.” Presented at a
conference on Jews and Muslims in the American context, The
Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim
Relations,
Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT
1996 “From Bid‘a to Sunna: The Case of the Wilaya of ‘Ali in the
Shi‘i adhan.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion,
New Orleans, LA
1995 “The Origins of Islamic Biographical Literature”
Annual Meeting
of the American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, PA
1994 “Religious Pluralism in the Qur’an.” Eastern International
Region of the American Academy of Religion,
University of Quebec at
Montreal, Canada
1994 “The Case of the Holy Disciples. Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Religion, Chicago
1993 “Authority and the Struggle for Legitimacy.”
University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1993 “The Ethics of Self Realization: an Islamic Perspective.”
Institute of Global Cultural Studies,
State University of New York,
Binghamton, NY
1990 “The Origins and Development of Imami Biographical Texts.”
School of Oriental & African Studies, London
