The Ismaili Centre Burnaby presents the 2018 Ismaili Centre Conversations, a series of 3 onstage conversations at the nexus of citizenship, identity and religion. Co-sponsored by Simon Fraser University, the conversations will be conducted by Dr. Amyn Sajoo, Scholar-in-Residence, SFU Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies & Cultures, and feature 3 renowned speakers:

Amal Ghazal – Memory, Identity & Belonging

Professor Ghazal is Director of the Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies & Cultures at SFU. She is the author of Islamic Reform & Arab Nationalism: Expanding the Crescent from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, 1880s-1930s (2010).

Peter Dauvergne – Ecological Citizenship: Rhetoric and Reality

Professor Dauvergne specializes in global environmental politics at UBC, and was the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Scholar Award for Environmental Studies by the International Studies Association. His books include Environmentalism of the Rich (2016, winner of the Harrington Book Award), and Protest Inc. (with G. LeBaron, 2014).

Farouk Noormohamed – The Art of Heritage

Farouk Noormohamed was elected to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s College of Fellows in 2013. He has worked on an array of national and global sites, including the Aga Khan University campus in Karachi, and The Ismaili Center Dushanbe (Tajikistan).Register online for one or more events in the series.