Islam in Latin America

The Middle East Studies Center (MESC) of the School of International and Public Affairs at FIU is organizing a one day conference on Islam in Latin America on March 26th. A group of leading scholars from Latin America will join FIU scholars to discuss the presence of Islam and Muslims in Latin America, their impact on and integration into Latin American society, and their historical and contemporary ties to the Middle East and the larger Muslim world. This event is co-sponsored by
the Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and the Applied Research Center (ARC).

MESC has invited distinguished and leading scholars from Latin America and the U.S. whose research centers on Islam and Muslim communities in Latin America. This group includes Dr. Camila Pastor from the Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) in Mexico; Dr. Paulo Hilu Pinto from Universidade Federal Fluminese in Brazil; Dr. Luis Mesa del Monte from El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City; and Dr. Jonathan Friedlander from UCLA. In addition, this respected group will be joined by FIU scholars whose research focuses on Islam and its historical and contemporary impact on global society. This group will include Dr. Mohiaddin Mesbahi, Director of MESC and associate professor in FIU's Department of Politics and International Relations; Dr. Maria Mar Logrono, assistant professor in FIU's Department of History; and others from the Departments of Religious Studies and Politics and International Relations.

The conference will take place on Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in the MARC Pavilion on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. This event is free and open to the public. For more info please visit: http://mesc.fiu.edu