DISC Lecture: Teaching Islam vs. Preaching Islam in the Classroom

Thursday April 11, 2019

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Nicholson 135

This lecture on how to teach an ideology free course on religion is received via web conferencing from the University of Michigan as part of the Digital Islamic Language Curriculum, and is available to Big Ten institutions that participate in CourseShare.

Presenter: Dr. Abla Hasan, is an Assistant Professor of Practice of Arabic language and culture. She is a native speaker of Arabic. She teaches Arabic language and culture courses at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and she is the Program’s undergraduate adviser. Her teaching and research focus on Qur’anic Studies, Islamic feminism, and Arabic studies. She published with Analize, Ar-Raniry, JIL, Disputatio, Al-Manarah, E-logos and other peer-reviewed international journals.