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SUMMARY:Exploring Contemporary Muslim Art\, Culture and Heritage in Britain
DESCRIPTION:In association with the Dept of Theology & Religion at the University of Birmingham\n  \nThis one-day Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN) conference will create space for critical dialogue and community exchange by bringing aspiring and established Muslim artists and cultural producers together with eminent scholars and researchers\, policymakers and arts funders. The conference will provide a space to discuss\, inform and engage through a program of lectures\, presentations and panel discussions. Cultural experts will share insights into the key factors affecting Muslim arts and culture in Britain. \nFor further information and registration see: https://muslimartconference2017.eventbrite.co.uk \nProvisional Schedule: \n09.15-10.00 – Registration and Networking \n10.00-10.15 – Welcome\nProfessor Alison Scott-Baumann (MBRN Chair)\nDr Stephen Jones (MBRN General Secretary)\nDr Katherine Brown (University of Birmingham) \n10.15-11-15 – Opening Plenary \nMuslim Art & Culture in Britain: the Challenges\nDr Carl Morris (University of Central Lancashire)\n‘Muslim Art and Culture: the Challenge of Conceptualisation and Definition’\nDr Fatima Zahra Hassan (Educator & Artist)\nLuqman Ali (Artistic Director\, Khayaal Theatre)\nSara Choudhrey (Digital Islamic Art\, PhD Candidate\, University of Kent)\nChair: Mobeen Butt (MBRN/Muslim Museum) \n11.30-12.45 – Parallel Session 1 \nMuslim Art\, Identity & Activism\nDr William Barylo (Affiliate Researcher\, EHESS (Paris))\n‘Art as a Decolonial Narrative: Rumi’s Cave in London’\nShahnaz Akhter (PhD Candidate\, Warwick University)\n‘Englistan\, The New British’\nIsa Sulaiman Noorudeen (Co-Founder\, Developing Our Traditions)\n‘Art in Our Times: The Battle with a Community to which Art is Alien’\nFasial Hussain (Director\, True Form Projects)\n‘Suspect Objects\, Suspect Subjects’\nChair: Mohammed Ali MBE (Soul City Arts) \nMuslim Heritage & Exhibitions\nDr Nazneen Ahmed (Research Associate – UCL)\n‘“A Special Space for Sisters”: Tracing the Creative Making of Muslim Women’s Space Using Creative Research Methods’\nDr Irfan Malik (Independent Researcher)\n‘The First World War contribution of Dulmial Village\, Pakistan’\nHaroon Ravat (Director\, Xtra Mile West Midlands)\n‘Connected Histories: Muslims in the WWI’\nIzzy Mohammed (Project Manager\, Soul City Arts)\n‘Knights of the Raj Heritage Project’\nNeelam Hussain (Curator\, Cadbury Research Library\, University of Birmingham)\n‘Heritage\, Arts and Islamic Manuscripts’\nChair: Dr Jamil Sherif (East London Mosque Archives) \n12.45-13.45 – Lunch / Prayers (Zohar 1.03pm) / Networking \n13.45-14.45 – Performance or Tour \nSufi Music\nDome Rehearsal Room\, Bramall Music Building\nAyesha Khan (PhD Candidate\, Cardiff University)\n‘Contemporary Sufi Expression amongst Young British Muslims’\nTas Bashir & Dr Scott Wilson (University of Birmingham)\nQawwali Research Unit & Demonstration of Sufi music using B.E.A.S.T.\nChair: Prof Alison Scott-Baumann (MBRN/SOAS) \nTour of Cadbury Research Library (max. capacity 20)\nCadbury Research Library\, Muirhead Tower\nNeelam Hussain (Curator\, Cadbury Research Library\, University of Birmingham)\nTour of the Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts \n15.00-16.00 – Parallel Session 2 \nIslam and Music: Rap\, Choirs & Song\nMirina Paananen (Student\, University of Oxford)\n‘The Mosque Choir: Engaging with Muslim Choral Heritage’\nAnna Nayyar (Research Director\, Vivacity – Peterborough Museum)\n‘The Quivering Scale: Tradition and Fusion Over 3 Generations of Muslim Women’s Song’\nIsmael Lea South (Project Manager\, Black Muslims in British History)\n‘A Brief Overview of the History and Influence of Black British Urban Artistic Expression of Islamic Urban Rap & Poetry’\nDr Abdul-Azim Ahmed (Cardiff University)\n‘Grime and Islam’\nChair: Dr Sadek Hamid (MBRN) \nTraditional\, Minimalistic & Digital: Islamic Art & Calligraphy\nDr Fatima Zahra Hassan (Educator & Artist)\n‘Art of the Book’\nRazwan Ul-Haq – Artist & Author\, Calligraphy\, Fantasy & Sci-Fi\n‘Is There Such a Thing as “Islamic” Art? A Practical Exposition’\nRazwan Baig – Calligrapher and Collector of Islamic Art\n‘The evolution of Islamic Calligraphy’ \nFunding Workshop (TBC) \n16.15-17.15 – Parallel Session 3 \nLiterature\nProf Peter Morey (University of Birmingham)\nDr Rula M. Al-Abdulrazak (University of East London)\n‘Who’s the hero? Muslim Women in Arabic Literature’\nChair: Dr Amina Yaqin (SOAS)\n[Additional speaker(s) TBC] \nWeapons of Beauty\, Rumi’s Circle\nSaimma Dyer (Director\, Chickpea Press)\nFatimah Ashrif (Founder\, Rumi’s Circle)\nMohammed Nazam (Founder\, Berakah Arts) \n(Re)Creating Muslim Heritage in Britain (roundtable)\nDr Jamil Sherif (East London Mosque Archive)\nSadiya Ahmed (Founder\, Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative)\nIzzy Mohammed (PhD Candidate\, ‘Representation in Public Archives’\, University of Birmingham)\nHaroon Ravat (Connected Histories: Muslims in WWI)\nNeelam Hussain (Curator\, Cadbury Research Library\, University of Birmingham)\nFacilitator: Mobeen Butt (Director\, Muslim Museum Initiative)\n[Additional participants TBC] \n17.30-18.45 – Closing Plenary – Practitioner Panel Discussion \nArtists in Conversation: the Opportunities\nMohammed Ali MBE (Founder\, Soul City Arts)\nSaba Khan (CEO\, ArtEase)\nTeakster (Digital & Graphic Artist)\nSalma Zulfiqar (Humanitarian Artist)\nHassan Vawda (Community Arts Programmer)\nChair/Reflection: Abid Hussain (Director\, Arts Council England)
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