2024

Wednesday, February 22nd

Please join Prof. Najeeba as she presents the 2024 Harry Vaughan Smith Lectures as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religion at Mercer University on the Macon campus. She will be delivering a series of lectures over the course of 3 days. Register info coming soon.

2023

Wednesday, October 4th 

Please join Prof. Najeeba at Skirball Cultural Center & Museum. She will be serving on a panel after a screening  of the film A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting. She will be joined the film’s producers along with other distinguished panelists. Please register here.

Thursday, September 21st 

Please join Prof. Najeeba as she gives the Saginaw Valley State University annual Dr. Raana Akbar Memorial Lecture Series on Islam & Culture. Please register here.

Wednesday, August 30th 

Please join Prof. Najeeba for a public forum discussion Islamophobia. She will be joined by Dalia Mogahed of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and Newground Board member Edina Lekovic . Please register here.

Tuesday, August 14th 

Please join Prof. Najeeba for an interdisciplinary panel discussion during the upcoming Parliament of the World’s Religions. She will be part of discussing ”Reassessing Democracy: Contemporary Christian and Islamic Perspectives.” Please register here.

Friday, August 4th – Saturday, August 5th 

Please join Prof. Najeeba for a multi-day event hosted by Interfaith America. She will be part of the Interfaith Leaders in Higher Education Council (ILHEC) panel. Please register here.

Wednesday, June 21st 

Please join Prof. Najeeba at the Powering Pluralism Summit. She will be part of the ”The Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign: A Multifaith Approach to Countering Anti-Muslim Discrimination” and be accompanied by panelists such as Nina Fernando, Meira Neggaz and  Amanda Tyler She will be part of the Minnesota Multifaith Network’s Thinking Religiously Together. Please register here.

Wednesday, May 10th 

Please join Prof. Najeeba as she presents ”Restorative Practices in Multifaith Contexts”. She will be part of the Minnesota Multifaith Network’s Thinking Religiously Together. Please register here.

Saturday, May 6th 

Please join Prof. Najeeba as she and the Augsburg University Interfaith Institute team lead an interactive workshop as part of a larger collaborative effort of community organizations and universities around the Twin Cities. Please register here.

Wednesday, April 19th

Please join Prof. Najeeba for an upcoming webinar on ”Exploring the divine connections between Religion and Restorative Justice”. The webinar is hosted by Eastern Mennonite Unveristy’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Please register here.

2022

Friday, November 18th 

Please join Prof. Najeeba as she will be part of the Feminist Studies in Religion panel. The panel will focus on Feminist Studies in and Anti-Asian Racism. The panel will focus on . Please register here.

Thursday, November 10th

Please join Prof. Najeeba for her session ”Changing Story Keepers: Millennials and Gen Zers” at the Sacred Stories Conference. Learn more here.

Saturday, March 26th 

Please join Prof. Najeeba as she will be part of the Community Safety Conference. The conference intends to uplift the community members’ voices with dignity, respect and purpose. The 2022 Community Safety Conference proactively ventures from trauma to transformation highlighting the strengths of healing within and from the community.Please register here.

Tuesday, February 22nd 

Please join Prof. Najeeba for her guest lecture “Towards a Transformative Model of Justice: Structural Racism and Criminal Justice Reform” in the Critical Race Theory & the Law course taught by Dr. Nicholas Grier at Willamette University.

Saturday, January 22nd 

Please join Prof. Najeeba as she serves as guest lecturer for Dr. Sarah Smith Orr’s Leadership Behaviors, Culture & Diversity course. Her lecture is entitled, “Managing Intercultural Conflicts Utilizing Tools for Equity”.

Mondays, January – May 

Prof. Najeeba Teaches New Course!

A brand new Spring class has just been added: The Politics of Religious Hybridity and Activism with Professor Najeeba Syeed! Religious hybridity has often been cast as an enterprise of luxury or excess. In this course, we will explore how communities have developed religiously plural models of organizing, political action and ritual based on necessity and for survival. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3nNbLuO

2021

Friday, December 17th 

Home Sweet Home Virtual Town Hall

Tuesday, October 12th 

NBC’s Home Sweet Home

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists along with Ava DuVernay and Joshua DuBois for a conversation on Ava’s new docu-series “Home Sweet Home.” Learn more and register for the forum here.

Friday, March 12th 

Character in Religious Leadership

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists Deb Richardson Moore, Walter Fluker, and Shmuly Yanklowitz for Wake Forest University’s Character and the Professions Conference. The conference is intended to explore the role of character in the professions and elevate the new ways of understanding the theory and practice of ethical leadership. Learn more and register for the forum here.

Thursday January 28th 4:00-5:30pm CST

Roger W. Heyns Forum

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists David Kaleo Woo and Sunny Kang for the Roger W. Heyns Forum on Religion and Society 2021. The Stanford Office for Religious and Spiritual Life hosts this annual event which features major speakers focusing on problems and challenges in religion and community. Learn more and register for the forum here.

Wednesday January 20th 4:00-5:30pm CST

Typologies of Interfaith Education

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists Steed Davidson, Richard Mouw, Marianne Moyaert, Elías Ortega and Rabbi Or Rose as the discusses the future of seminary education. There panel is entitled “Where do we go from here?” – A Reflection on the Future of Seminary and Divinity School Education in a post-COVID world. The event will be going on from January 11th-21st. Learn more about it here.

2020

Monday December 7th 4:00pm

Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit

Join Prof. Syeed as she discusses her new text Critical Perspectives in Interreligious Education She will be joined by Younus Mirza and other scholars offering presentations on their new publications. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Monday December 7th 4:00pm

Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit

Join Prof. Syeed along with other panelists as they discuss moral anguish and the pandemic. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Tuesday December 1st 1:45pm

Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Women and Religion Unit

Join Prof. Syeed along with other panelists as they discuss Asian and Asian American women theology in religion. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Monday November 2nd 8:00pm

Night of Healing, Action, and Hope.

Join Prof. Syeed along with other faith and community leaders for a evening of prayer for the nation, hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Register for this free event here.

Monday November 2nd 5:00pm

How We Change the World Together

Join Prof. Syeed for an interfaith webinar on interfaith activism. She will be discussing “How We change the World Together.” This event will be hosted by University of Southern California’s Interfaith Council, Ansar and the Muslim Student Union. The Zoom ID can be found here.

Thursday November 26th 11:00am

Rockefeller Chapel Keynote

Join Prof. Syeed for the annual Rockefeller Chapel Thanksgiving Lecture. This year’s lecture will be virtual! Tune in via Facebook LIVE. More information to come.

Thursday October 29th 7:30pm

Anti-Racism as Spiritual Practice

Join Prof. Syeed for session 3 of Anti-Racism as Spiritual Practice. She will join host, Dr. Simran Jeet Singh to discuss Islamophobia, Xenophobia and Interreligious Engagement. Register for this free event here.

Thursday October 22nd 5:30pm

Rooks Lecture Talk-back

Tonight!! at 5:30 pm join Chicago Theological Seminary as we welcome Bree Newsome Bass as our 2020 Rooks speaker! Our speaker is artist and activist who removed the confederate flag from the South Carolina State Capitol. And don’t miss the after talk conversation with Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Prof. Lakisha Lockhart and Rev. Erica Williams, Lead Organizer for the Poor People’s Campaign. RSVP here.

Tuesday October 20th 7:00pm

Civic Duty and Faith

Join Prof. Syeed for this webinar on the relationship between civic duty and faith. Panelists include Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Rabbi Sam Gordon of Congregation Sakkat Shalom and Revered Adam Malak of Faith United Presbyterian. RSVP for this free event here.

Thursday October 1st 7:00pm

Lessons From the Road

Join Prof. Syeed for this creative, story-based panel discussion event inspired by three video clips from the “Ramadan Roadtrip”. The webinar will begin at 7 p.m CST on October 1. Panelists include Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Aseelah Rashid of The Muslim Mix and is moderated by Catherine Orsborn of Shoulder-to-Shoulder. RSVP for this free event and receive the event Zoom link by registering here.

1. Thursday September 24th 7:00pm

Goldstein Lecture in Human Rights 2020

Prof. Syeed will provide the 2020 Goldstein lecture on the topic of Angelic Troublemaking. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Monday June 8 – Tuesday June 9, 2020 

Luce-Hartford Conference in Christian-Muslim Relations

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote presentation for the 2020 Luce-Hartford Conference on Christian-Muslim Relation. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Tuesday June 2 9:00am

2020 Interfaith Conference

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote presentation for the 2020 Interfaith Conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Sunday May 19 12:00pm

Leading with Empathy

Prof. Syeed will join a new series by Change Catalyst Leading with Empathy, where she will explore “Islamophobia and Muslim Identity.l You can find more information and register here.

Thursday April 16

Dr. Lisa Thompson’s Class

Prof. Syeed is excited to give a talk on Muslim women and preaching in the course “Preachijg from the Headlines,” via Zoom.

Wednesday March 11 7:00pm

2020 Interfaith Conference

Prof. Syeed will discus interfaith activism with the University of Southern California’s Interfaith Council. Please be sure to join her there. Update: This event was cancelled to do the pandemic.

Wednesday February 19th, 6:30pm

Cal Lutheran Lecture

Join Prof. Syeed for a lecture she will give at Cal Lutheran entitled “The Death of Civility: On the Birth of Interreligious Rituals of Resistance.” Please be sure to join her. It is free and open to the public. You can find more information and register here.

2019 

Monday November 25, 2019

Religion and Human Rights: Present Problems and Future Possibilities 

Prof. Syeed will be part of this exploratory session at the AAR/SBL Annual Conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information at the AAR/SBL website.

Sunday November 24, 2019

Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism Unit

Prof. Syeed will provide be part of this amazing panel, and the theme of “Teaching Islam and Muslim Studies: Cross-Disciplinary Orientations to Pedagogies in North America Academia. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information on the AAR/SBL website.

Saturday November 23, 2019

Applied Religious Studies Committee

Prof. Syeed will be part of the applied religious studies panel. They will convene around the topic of “Preparing Scholars of Religion for Non-Academic Careers: What’s a Faculty Member to Do?”. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Friday November 22, 2019

Womanist Open Gathering

Prof. Syeed will be a panelist for the 2019 Womanist Ingathering around the topic of “The State of Black Forgiveness in the Wake of White Fragility.” Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

 

McCormick Days 2019

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote address for McCormick Days 2019. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Thursday, October 17 – Friday, October 19th

Political Theology Network Conference Keynote

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote address for the Political Theology Network’s 2nd annual conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Thursday, July 11th – Friday July, 12th

Advisor, Curriculum Revision Retreat

Prof. Syeed will be an advisor to the Curriculum Revision Retreat at Meadville-Lombard Theological School. You can learn more about it here.

Wednesday, May 29th – Friday May, 31st

WorkingNation Town Hall

Prof. Syeed will be a featured panelist at Faith at Work: A WorkingNation Town Hall. Please join her as she talks about dignified work and purpose. You can find more information and register here.

Monday, May 8th 4:30pm

Moral Injury Conference

Prof. Syeed will be a featured speaker at the Moral Injury and Pathways to Peace Conference. Her seminar topic will be “Spiritual Community Responses to Moral Injury.” Please join her for this event. You may register here.

Thursday, April 11th 7:00pm

Center for Lutheran Studies Bonhoeffer Festival

Prof. Syeed will be a featured panelist at Claremont School of Theology’s Center for Lutheran Studies 9th Annual Bonhoeffer Festival. Her panel is entitled “The Role of The Prophet and Pastor: Dietrick Bonhoeffer.” Please join  for this event. You may rsvp here.

Thursday, April 4th 7:00pm

Lecture on World Religions and Interreligious Relations

The Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus invites Prof Syeed to be the featured lecturer on the “The Death of Civility: On the Birth of Dignity Based Interfaith Ritual and Practices.” Please join her at the Methodist Theological School of Ohio for this event. More information can be found here.

Tuesday, April 2nd 6:00pm-8:00pm

Summit on Refugee and Human Rights

Delta Phi Epsilon and the Global Politics Institute at the University of Southern California invites Prof Syeed to be a featured speaker for the Summit on Refugees and Human Rights. Please join her for this event. More information is forthcoming.

Thursday, March 21st 5:30pm

Interfaith Council’s 66th Annual Assembly Keynote Speaker

Prof. Najeeba will give the keynote address for the 66th Annual Assembly of the South Coast Interfaith Council. Please join her this auspicious occasion. More information can be found here.

Wednesday, March 13th 6:30pm

Beyond Borders: Refugee Panel Discussion

Prof. Najeeba will be a featured panelist for the Beyond Borders and Seas: The Refugee Experience event. Please join her at the IMAN Cultural Center.

Wednesday, February 20th 5:00-6:30pm

Jewish and Muslim Models of Sanctuary

Prof Syeed will be a featured speaker, along with Aryeh Cohen for talk on Muslim and Jewish models of sanctuary. Please join her at the UCLA Labor Center for this event. More information coming soon.

Saturday, January 5th 2:00-4:00pm

2019 Prayer for World Peace Ceremony

Prof Syeed will be a featured speaker for the 2019 Prayer for World Peace Ceremony. Please join her at the Hsi Lai Temple for this event. More information can be found here.

2018

Monday, November 19th 7:30-9:00pm

Walter Wink Scholar-Activist Award Reception

Please join Prof Syeed as she and other recipients of the Walter Wink Scholar-Activist Award are honored at a reception hosted by Auburn Theological Seminary at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information can be found here.

Monday, November 19th 11:45-12:45pm

Plenaries

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled, “The Public Religion Scholar in a Social Media Age: Risks, Rewards, Reverberations” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Sunday, November 18th 5:30-7pm

Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Liberation Theologies Unit and Practical Theology Unit

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel entitled, “Community Organizing: Theologies, Practices, Liberation” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Sunday, November 18th 1:00-3:00pm

Exploratory Sessions

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel entitled, “Locating the Spiritual but Not Religious” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Saturday, November 17th 1:00-3:00pm

Wildcard Session

Please join Prof Syeed as she contributes to a Wildcard Session panel entitled, “Wakanda Is the Space for Black Refuge: Black Ontological Space, Death, and Racing Religion in the Era of White Radicalization within Black Panther” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Friday, October 26th – Saturday, October,  27th

Interfaith Women’s Conference

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled, “#Metoo and the Work of Muslim Women Activists” at the Interfaith Women’s Conference in Riverside. More information and registration can be found here.

Thursday, September 13th – Friday, September 14th

Faculty and Staff Seminar and Keynote

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled “Engaging Religion in the Classroom in Times of Islamophobia: Pedagogical Approaches and Strategies” and for her academic keynote “Interfaith Engagement in Times of Islamophobia”, at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. More information and registration can be found here.

 Sunday May, 20th

We Rise LA

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel discussion on breaking the cycle of community trauma. The event will take place at We Rise Los Angeles Festival. More information can be found here.

Tuesday May, 1st

Democracy Now

Please join Prof Syeed for a discussion on the unique challenges of Muslim students. The event will take place at Cal State Los Angeles. More information can be found here.

Saturday April, 28th

 

Sunnia & Shia Islamic Thought

Prof Syeed will be join an exciting group of scholars to for an academic discussion of the prospects and challenges of Sunni and Shia thought. The event will be held at University of California, Irvine. You can purchases tickets here.

Thursday, April, 12th – Saturday, April 14th

33rd Annual PANAAWTM Conference

Prof Syeed will be speaking along with a stellar group of scholars at 33rd Annual Pacific, Asian and North American Asian Women in Theology an Ministry Conference, along Rita Nakashima Brock Jane Iwamura on Embodied Selves: Interreligious Engagements. See panaawtm.org to register.

Wednesday March, 14th

Islam in American Public life

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for a webinar on Islam in American public life. Professor Syeed is presenting along work Dalia Mogahed and Asma Uddin  for free webinar on Islam in American Public. American Academy of Religion:Learn how scholars of Islam & American public life can raise the visibility of their work. Hosted w/@NewseumReligion. Here is the link (ow.ly/JD0w30ivYaP).

 

Monday March, 12th

Sacred Activists: Spirituality and Resistance

Professor Najeeba is excited to be part of launching South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 Faith track. Join her, Jasiri X and RaniaBatrice for their panel Sacred Activists: Spirituality and Resistance. Ream more here!

 

Sunday February, 11th

Bilal Screening & Panel

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza as she joins an interfaith panel (Pastor Kelvin Sauls, Holman United Methodist, and Sister Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, AME Church) at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. You can buy tickets here!

Saturday February, 10th

Faith Leaders Institute

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Cecil Murray Center at University of Southern California. She is the featured speaker for Faith Leaders Institute where she will be teaching models of conflict resolution, presenting my research on inter faith based civic organizing and community problem solving. Learn more here!

 

Wednesday February, 7th

California Bold Immigration Conference

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she is pleased to join a great lineup of speakers for this conference. Register here!

 

Wednesday January, 11th-21st

Into Action – “Faith, Art and Activism”

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for a week long set of arts and inspirational events. Other speakers of note are Sharon Brous, Eddie Anderson, and Traci Blackmon. The event is free and has over 175+ artists confirmed, along with community, social justice and cultural orgs and over 80+ hours of programming lined up. For the list of events please visit  (into-action.us/calendar).  here  Don’t forget to RSVP!

2017

Monday November, 20th, 4:00pm

The Politics of Producing Vulnerable Populations

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion Ethics Unit and Religion and the Social Sciences Unit, “The Politics of Producing Vulnerable Populations“  Annual brochure coming soon!

Friday November, 17th, 8:00am – 5:30pm

Pre-Conference Workshop: Confronting Islamophobia

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at before the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion begins for a workshop on “Confronting Islamophobia”. More info, and the annual brochure coming soon!

Tuesday October, 24th, 6:00pm

Muslim American Women, Activism, & State Surveillance 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Cal State Los Angeles, as she will be joining a panel of Muslim American Women Activists to discuss the film “Watched”. The event is sponsored by the Cross-Cultural Centers, Department of Pan-African Studies, and Program in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.  

Saturday October, 14th, 4:00pm – 6:30pm

Harvesting Seeds of Peace: Past, Present, and Future

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion begins for a workshop on “Confronting Islamophobia”. More info, and the annual brochure coming soon! Prof Syeed joins Dean Varun Soni, Rev. Gwynne Guibord, Prof Philip Clayton, Prof/Rabbi Mel Gottleib and others as a featured presenter at the Southern California Committee for the Parliament of the World Religions Conference for a critical look at interfaith movement.

Saturday September 16th, 8:30am-4pm

Theologies and Practice of Healing Justice in a Time of State Violence 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Religion and Conflict Transformational Fall Retreat.  For more info and to register email rct@bu.edu.

Friday September 8th, 9am-2pm

Summit on De-Institutionalizing Islamophobia on College Campuses

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice of University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education for a summit focused on Muslim college students’ experiences. Read more…USC School of Education Events

Wednesday July 26th, 8:00am – 3:00pm

Los Angeles CPE Day 2017: Pastoral & Prophetic: Care Across Differences, Care within Systems of Power

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she presents her research and activism work at “Pastoral & Prophetic:Care Across Differences,Care within Systems of Power” seminar. Organized by Urban Interfaith Chaplaincy CPE. Registration Link…Los Angeles CPE Day 2017

 

Sunday May 28th, 10:15am

Interreligious and Intersectional Solidarity 

Join Professor Najeeba Syeed at All Saints Pasadena Rector’s Forum.  Read more…interfaith resistance and healing justice

Tuesday May, 16th, 5:30pm

Engaging Interreligious Education through Aesthetics and Art

Join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Chapman University’s Qur’an Cabinet Dedication.  Read more…https://events.chapman.edu/33875.

Tuesday April 25th, 2:30PM 

The Commodification of Hate 

CSUDH welcomes Professor Najeeba Syeed as part of its Tolerance and Violence in the Mind of God speaker series. April 25. csudh.edu/mindofgod

Tuesday April 4th, 6:30PM

Nineteenth Annual Rev. Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture and Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for the 19th  Annual Rev. Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture. Read More:  19th Annual Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture and Dinner…

Thursday March 2nd, 6:30PM

CLUE’s Ingathering 2017: Sacred Resistance

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for CLUE’s annual Educational Forum. This year it will be on Sacred Resistance. Read More: CLUE’s 5th Annual Educational Forum…

Thursday March 2nd, 6:30PM

Muslim Women, Violence & Peacekeeping

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Humanities Nebraska for the UNO Islamic Studies Program and Sustained Dialogue. Read More: Muslim Women, Violence, and Peacekeeping Lecture | March 2 …

2016

Monday November 21st

On Being a Good Muslim

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual conference. She will be speaking at the Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group and Ritual Studies Group, “On Being a Good Muslim: Towards a Critical Interfaith Pedagogy of the Performance Islamic Rituals of Hospitality in the Civic Sphere.” Read More: AAR Annual Meeting Brochure

 

Friday November 18th

Public Understanding of Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion Public Understanding of Religion Committee and the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute. Read More: AAR Annual Meeting Brochure

Tuesday November 1st, 6:30PM

HATRED AND VIOLENCE

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at USC for the Hatred and Violence conversation with scholars. Read More: Race, Faith & Violence

 

Saturday October 22nd, 9:00PM

Jesus Amidst the Many Mosques: Christian Witness, Muslim Contexts

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for this day conference at the Cathedral Center of Saint Paul . Read More: Jesus Amidst the Many Mosques

Wednesday October 19th, 7:30PM

Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism in 2016

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a presenter at the Islamaphobia and Anti-Semitism Panel Discussion. Read More: Skirball Cultural Center

 

Wednesday October 12th, 4:15PM

Identity Politics and the 2016 Election Cycle: A Panel Discussion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a presenter at the Identity Politics Panel Discussion. Read More: Claremont Colleges Discourse Schedule

Thursday, October 6th 9:00AM

Women’s Interfaith Leadership Conference: Strengthening Our Identity & Building Our Community 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Women’s Interfaith Conference.  Read more: Women’s Interfaith Conference

Friday, September 30th 1:00PM

The Importance of Speaking Up 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Women’s Mosque of America of America. Read more: Women’s Mosque in LA

Wednesday, September 28th 

Through the Window of Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary Exploration

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at Chapman University’s Presidential Installation. Read more: Chapman University Presidential Inaguration

Sunday, September 25th 

Teaching Contemplation Across Traditions

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the University of the West. Read more: Wabash Site

Sunday, September 25th 

Not in God’s Name: From Just War to Just Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul as a featured speaker.

Tuesday, September 20th 

Interfaith Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Center for Anglican Communion Studies of Virginia Theological Seminary. See more: three questions in three minutes interview

Monday, September 12th 

Social Justice Ethics and Interfaith Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Claremont School of Theology’s Alumni/ae and Friends Brunch. Read more: Claremont School of Theology Website

Thursday, June 30th 

Peacemaking and Interfaith Relations

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Islamic Center of Southern California.

Saturday, June 18th 

Ten Transformational Practices for Interfaith Healing

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the United Methodist Desert Southwest Conference Alumni Luncheon. Read more: Claremont School of Theology UMC Alumni Event

 

Friday, June 17th 

Politics & Practical Theology of Prophetic Hope: Ethics of Hope from Muslim Sources

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Society for Pastoral Theology Conference. Read more: Pastoral Theology Conference

Thursday, June 16th 

Ethics of Disagreement and Strategic Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Islamic Center of Southern California.

Monday, May 30th – Wednesday, June 1st 

Best Practices of Interfaith Dialogue & Peacemaking and Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Notre Dame Conference held at John Cabot University in Rome Italy. Read more: Notre Dame Conference

Thursday, May 26th – Saturday, May 28th 

The State and Future of Interreligious Learning

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a Co-Leader of the Luce Foundation Book Retreat at Graduate Theological Union.

Tuesday, May 3rd 

Imagining Justice in Baltimore: A Muslim Perspective

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies for their Imagining Justice in Baltimore Speaker Series. Read more: Event Page

Monday, April 25 – Tuesday, April 26th 

Ethics of Healing, Hope and Wholeness in Social Justice Based Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Fresno State University, President’s Commission on Human Relations and Equity Systems on Intersectionality: Where You and I Meet Part II. Read more: Event Page

Monday, April 21st 

Opening Prayer

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she helps lead Opening Prayer for Los Angeles City Day of Religious Pluralism. Read more: Event Page

Sunday, April 20th 

Teachings of Glen Stassen

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she guest lectures at Claremont School of Theology’s course on Christian Perspectives on War & Peace.

Saturday, April 16th 

Interreligious Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at Cedar Valley, Iowa Mosque and Interreligious Dinner.

Saturday, April 16th 

Interreligious Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at Cedar Valley, Iowa Mosque and Interreligious Dinner.

Wednesday, April 13th – Thursday April 14th

Social Justice Framing of Interfaith Cooperation

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at the University of Northern Iowa.

Tuesday, April 12th

The Diminishing Right to the City:Spatialization of Poverty and Policing of Human Bodies

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at the University of Southern California’s First Annual National Association of Social Workers Faculty and Appreciation Banquet.

Wednesday, April 6th

Turn the Page on Hate

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at the University of Southern California’s Turn the Page on Hate event. Read more: Event Page.

Friday, March 25th

Evolving Politics of Interreligious Studies in the Transnational Space

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Claremont Graduate University’s Conference on Religious Freedom in the 21st Century. Read more: Event Page

Tuesday, March 22th

Wholeness, Healing and Hope through the story of Mariam

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Women’s Mosque of Los Angeles.

Wednesday, March 2nd – Thursday, March 3rd

“Approaches to Feminism,Peacebuilding and Muslim Communities” & “Feminist Ethics that Inform the Study of Comparative Theologies”

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa for an two day interfaith symposium. Read more: Event Page.

Wednesday, March 2nd – Thursday, March 3rd

Restorative Love and Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Walnut United Methodist Church.

Sunday, January 31st

Lessons Humans Learn About Peace from Depictions of Nature

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Islamic Center of Southern California, where she will provide Qur’anic commentary Peace from Depictions of Nature.

---

2015

Saturday, November 22nd

God’s a White Racist: Ferguson, Black Death, and Racing Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed on the 21st as she co-chairs the Religion and Politics Section.

the 22nd as the featured respondent at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. Read more: Event Page.

Friday, November 21st

Assessment and Future Trajectories in the Study of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: A Panel Discussion of the Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed on the 21st as she co-chairs the Religion and Politics Section and is the featured speaker at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting for Religion, Social Conflict, and Peace Group. Read more: Event Page.

Saturday, October 24th 9:30AM

Interfaith Peacemaking: Tools to Heal the World

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at San Diego Adventist Forum, topic is Interfaith Peacemaking:Tools to Heal the World.  Read more: San Diego Adventist Forum

Friday, October 30th

Toward a Muslim Social Justice Framework

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker  on working towards a Muslim social justice framework, and in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month will touch upon how we can be better activists on this issue. . Read more: Women’s Mosque

Monday, October 12th 7pm EST/6pm CST/4pm PST

BELIEF Conference Call with Oprah

Please join Oprah and Professor Najeeba Syeed on the call as they discuss BELIEF and explore humankind’s ongoing search to connect with something greater than ourselves. Read more: http://www.oprah.com/app/belief.html#ixzz3oNNektZ1

 

Monday, October 14th 7:30am-7pm

Neighbor: Being Christian in an Multi-faith World

Featuring Keynote Speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Montreat Conference Center event.

 

Wednesday, October 7th 8:00am-2:00am

Religious Values & Cultural Competency on Domestic Violence

Please join The NISWA Association as they present the Religious Values & Cultural Competency on Domestic Violence , featuring keynote speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed.

 

Friday, July 10th 7:30pm-12:00am

The Women’s Mosque of America

Please join The Women’s Mosque of America for their First Annual Co-ed Iftar & Qiyam, featuring speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed. Don’t miss this opportunity to build community and connections with The Women’s Mosque of America families. There will be delicious food, socializing, and a short qiyam afterward. Please note this event is open to both men and women!

For more information, visit: https://t.co/bJLvY7T4ei

Thursday January 28th 4:00-5:30pm CST

Roger W. Heyns Forum

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists David Kaleo Woo and Sunny Kang for the Roger W. Heyns Forum on Religion and Society 2021. The Stanford Office for Religious and Spiritual Life hosts this annual event which features major speakers focusing on problems and challenges in religion and community. Learn more and register for the forum here.

Wednesday January 20th 4:00-5:30pm CST

Typologies of Interfaith Education

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists Steed Davidson, Richard Mouw, Marianne Moyaert, Elías Ortega and Rabbi Or Rose as the discusses the future of seminary education. There panel is entitled “Where do we go from here?” – A Reflection on the Future of Seminary and Divinity School Education in a post-COVID world. The event will be going on from January 11th-21st. Learn more about it here.

2020

Monday December 7th 4:00pm

Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit

Join Prof. Syeed as she discusses her new text Critical Perspectives in Interreligious Education She will be joined by Younus Mirza and other scholars offering presentations on their new publications. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Monday December 7th 4:00pm

Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit

Join Prof. Syeed along with other panelists as they discuss moral anguish and the pandemic. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Tuesday December 1st 1:45pm

Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Women and Religion Unit

Join Prof. Syeed along with other panelists as they discuss Asian and Asian American women theology in religion. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Monday November 2nd 8:00pm

Night of Healing, Action, and Hope.

Join Prof. Syeed along with other faith and community leaders for a evening of prayer for the nation, hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Register for this free event here.

Monday November 2nd 5:00pm

How We Change the World Together

Join Prof. Syeed for an interfaith webinar on interfaith activism. She will be discussing “How We change the World Together.” This event will be hosted by University of Southern California’s Interfaith Council, Ansar and the Muslim Student Union. The Zoom ID can be found here.

Thursday November 26th 11:00am

Rockefeller Chapel Keynote

Join Prof. Syeed for the annual Rockefeller Chapel Thanksgiving Lecture. This year’s lecture will be virtual! Tune in via Facebook LIVE. More information to come.

Thursday October 29th 7:30pm

Anti-Racism as Spiritual Practice

Join Prof. Syeed for session 3 of Anti-Racism as Spiritual Practice. She will join host, Dr. Simran Jeet Singh to discuss Islamophobia, Xenophobia and Interreligious Engagement. Register for this free event here.

Thursday October 22nd 5:30pm

Rooks Lecture Talk-back

Tonight!! at 5:30 pm join Chicago Theological Seminary as we welcome Bree Newsome Bass as our 2020 Rooks speaker! Our speaker is artist and activist who removed the confederate flag from the South Carolina State Capitol. And don’t miss the after talk conversation with Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Prof. Lakisha Lockhart and Rev. Erica Williams, Lead Organizer for the Poor People’s Campaign. RSVP here.

Tuesday October 20th 7:00pm

Civic Duty and Faith

Join Prof. Syeed for this webinar on the relationship between civic duty and faith. Panelists include Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Rabbi Sam Gordon of Congregation Sakkat Shalom and Revered Adam Malak of Faith United Presbyterian. RSVP for this free event here.

Thursday October 1st 7:00pm

Lessons From the Road

Join Prof. Syeed for this creative, story-based panel discussion event inspired by three video clips from the “Ramadan Roadtrip”. The webinar will begin at 7 p.m CST on October 1. Panelists include Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Aseelah Rashid of The Muslim Mix and is moderated by Catherine Orsborn of Shoulder-to-Shoulder. RSVP for this free event and receive the event Zoom link by registering here.

1. Thursday September 24th 7:00pm

Goldstein Lecture in Human Rights 2020

Prof. Syeed will provide the 2020 Goldstein lecture on the topic of Angelic Troublemaking. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Monday June 8 – Tuesday June 9, 2020 

Luce-Hartford Conference in Christian-Muslim Relations

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote presentation for the 2020 Luce-Hartford Conference on Christian-Muslim Relation. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Tuesday June 2 9:00am

2020 Interfaith Conference

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote presentation for the 2020 Interfaith Conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Sunday May 19 12:00pm

Leading with Empathy

Prof. Syeed will join a new series by Change Catalyst Leading with Empathy, where she will explore “Islamophobia and Muslim Identity.l You can find more information and register here.

Thursday April 16

Dr. Lisa Thompson’s Class

Prof. Syeed is excited to give a talk on Muslim women and preaching in the course “Preachijg from the Headlines,” via Zoom.

Wednesday March 11 7:00pm

2020 Interfaith Conference

Prof. Syeed will discus interfaith activism with the University of Southern California’s Interfaith Council. Please be sure to join her there. Update: This event was cancelled to do the pandemic.

Wednesday February 19th, 6:30pm

Cal Lutheran Lecture

Join Prof. Syeed for a lecture she will give at Cal Lutheran entitled “The Death of Civility: On the Birth of Interreligious Rituals of Resistance.” Please be sure to join her. It is free and open to the public. You can find more information and register here.

2019 

Monday November 25, 2019

Religion and Human Rights: Present Problems and Future Possibilities 

Prof. Syeed will be part of this exploratory session at the AAR/SBL Annual Conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information at the AAR/SBL website.

Sunday November 24, 2019

Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism Unit

Prof. Syeed will provide be part of this amazing panel, and the theme of “Teaching Islam and Muslim Studies: Cross-Disciplinary Orientations to Pedagogies in North America Academia. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information on the AAR/SBL website.

Saturday November 23, 2019

Applied Religious Studies Committee

Prof. Syeed will be part of the applied religious studies panel. They will convene around the topic of “Preparing Scholars of Religion for Non-Academic Careers: What’s a Faculty Member to Do?”. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Friday November 22, 2019

Womanist Open Gathering

Prof. Syeed will be a panelist for the 2019 Womanist Ingathering around the topic of “The State of Black Forgiveness in the Wake of White Fragility.” Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

 

McCormick Days 2019

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote address for McCormick Days 2019. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Thursday, October 17 – Friday, October 19th

Political Theology Network Conference Keynote

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote address for the Political Theology Network’s 2nd annual conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Thursday, July 11th – Friday July, 12th

Advisor, Curriculum Revision Retreat

Prof. Syeed will be an advisor to the Curriculum Revision Retreat at Meadville-Lombard Theological School. You can learn more about it here.

Wednesday, May 29th – Friday May, 31st

WorkingNation Town Hall

Prof. Syeed will be a featured panelist at Faith at Work: A WorkingNation Town Hall. Please join her as she talks about dignified work and purpose. You can find more information and register here.

Monday, May 8th 4:30pm

Moral Injury Conference

Prof. Syeed will be a featured speaker at the Moral Injury and Pathways to Peace Conference. Her seminar topic will be “Spiritual Community Responses to Moral Injury.” Please join her for this event. You may register here.

Thursday, April 11th 7:00pm

Center for Lutheran Studies Bonhoeffer Festival

Prof. Syeed will be a featured panelist at Claremont School of Theology’s Center for Lutheran Studies 9th Annual Bonhoeffer Festival. Her panel is entitled “The Role of The Prophet and Pastor: Dietrick Bonhoeffer.” Please join  for this event. You may rsvp here.

Thursday, April 4th 7:00pm

Lecture on World Religions and Interreligious Relations

The Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus invites Prof Syeed to be the featured lecturer on the “The Death of Civility: On the Birth of Dignity Based Interfaith Ritual and Practices.” Please join her at the Methodist Theological School of Ohio for this event. More information can be found here.

Tuesday, April 2nd 6:00pm-8:00pm

Summit on Refugee and Human Rights

Delta Phi Epsilon and the Global Politics Institute at the University of Southern California invites Prof Syeed to be a featured speaker for the Summit on Refugees and Human Rights. Please join her for this event. More information is forthcoming.

Thursday, March 21st 5:30pm

Interfaith Council’s 66th Annual Assembly Keynote Speaker

Prof. Najeeba will give the keynote address for the 66th Annual Assembly of the South Coast Interfaith Council. Please join her this auspicious occasion. More information can be found here.

Wednesday, March 13th 6:30pm

Beyond Borders: Refugee Panel Discussion

Prof. Najeeba will be a featured panelist for the Beyond Borders and Seas: The Refugee Experience event. Please join her at the IMAN Cultural Center.

Wednesday, February 20th 5:00-6:30pm

Jewish and Muslim Models of Sanctuary

Prof Syeed will be a featured speaker, along with Aryeh Cohen for talk on Muslim and Jewish models of sanctuary. Please join her at the UCLA Labor Center for this event. More information coming soon.

Saturday, January 5th 2:00-4:00pm

2019 Prayer for World Peace Ceremony

Prof Syeed will be a featured speaker for the 2019 Prayer for World Peace Ceremony. Please join her at the Hsi Lai Temple for this event. More information can be found here.

2018

Monday, November 19th 7:30-9:00pm

Walter Wink Scholar-Activist Award Reception

Please join Prof Syeed as she and other recipients of the Walter Wink Scholar-Activist Award are honored at a reception hosted by Auburn Theological Seminary at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information can be found here.

Monday, November 19th 11:45-12:45pm

Plenaries

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled, “The Public Religion Scholar in a Social Media Age: Risks, Rewards, Reverberations” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Sunday, November 18th 5:30-7pm

Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Liberation Theologies Unit and Practical Theology Unit

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel entitled, “Community Organizing: Theologies, Practices, Liberation” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Sunday, November 18th 1:00-3:00pm

Exploratory Sessions

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel entitled, “Locating the Spiritual but Not Religious” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Saturday, November 17th 1:00-3:00pm

Wildcard Session

Please join Prof Syeed as she contributes to a Wildcard Session panel entitled, “Wakanda Is the Space for Black Refuge: Black Ontological Space, Death, and Racing Religion in the Era of White Radicalization within Black Panther” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Friday, October 26th – Saturday, October,  27th

Interfaith Women’s Conference

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled, “#Metoo and the Work of Muslim Women Activists” at the Interfaith Women’s Conference in Riverside. More information and registration can be found here.

Thursday, September 13th – Friday, September 14th

Faculty and Staff Seminar and Keynote

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled “Engaging Religion in the Classroom in Times of Islamophobia: Pedagogical Approaches and Strategies” and for her academic keynote “Interfaith Engagement in Times of Islamophobia”, at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. More information and registration can be found here.

 Sunday May, 20th

We Rise LA

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel discussion on breaking the cycle of community trauma. The event will take place at We Rise Los Angeles Festival. More information can be found here.

Tuesday May, 1st

Democracy Now

Please join Prof Syeed for a discussion on the unique challenges of Muslim students. The event will take place at Cal State Los Angeles. More information can be found here.

Saturday April, 28th

 

Sunnia & Shia Islamic Thought

Prof Syeed will be join an exciting group of scholars to for an academic discussion of the prospects and challenges of Sunni and Shia thought. The event will be held at University of California, Irvine. You can purchases tickets here.

Thursday, April, 12th – Saturday, April 14th

33rd Annual PANAAWTM Conference

Prof Syeed will be speaking along with a stellar group of scholars at 33rd Annual Pacific, Asian and North American Asian Women in Theology an Ministry Conference, along Rita Nakashima Brock Jane Iwamura on Embodied Selves: Interreligious Engagements. See panaawtm.org to register.

Wednesday March, 14th

Islam in American Public life

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for a webinar on Islam in American public life. Professor Syeed is presenting along work Dalia Mogahed and Asma Uddin  for free webinar on Islam in American Public. American Academy of Religion:Learn how scholars of Islam & American public life can raise the visibility of their work. Hosted w/@NewseumReligion. Here is the link (ow.ly/JD0w30ivYaP).

 

Monday March, 12th

Sacred Activists: Spirituality and Resistance

Professor Najeeba is excited to be part of launching South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 Faith track. Join her, Jasiri X and RaniaBatrice for their panel Sacred Activists: Spirituality and Resistance. Ream more here!

 

Sunday February, 11th

Bilal Screening & Panel

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza as she joins an interfaith panel (Pastor Kelvin Sauls, Holman United Methodist, and Sister Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, AME Church) at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. You can buy tickets here!

Saturday February, 10th

Faith Leaders Institute

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Cecil Murray Center at University of Southern California. She is the featured speaker for Faith Leaders Institute where she will be teaching models of conflict resolution, presenting my research on inter faith based civic organizing and community problem solving. Learn more here!

 

Wednesday February, 7th

California Bold Immigration Conference

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she is pleased to join a great lineup of speakers for this conference. Register here!

 

Wednesday January, 11th-21st

Into Action – “Faith, Art and Activism”

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for a week long set of arts and inspirational events. Other speakers of note are Sharon Brous, Eddie Anderson, and Traci Blackmon. The event is free and has over 175+ artists confirmed, along with community, social justice and cultural orgs and over 80+ hours of programming lined up. For the list of events please visit  (into-action.us/calendar).  here  Don’t forget to RSVP!

2017

Monday November, 20th, 4:00pm

The Politics of Producing Vulnerable Populations

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion Ethics Unit and Religion and the Social Sciences Unit, “The Politics of Producing Vulnerable Populations“  Annual brochure coming soon!

Friday November, 17th, 8:00am – 5:30pm

Pre-Conference Workshop: Confronting Islamophobia

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at before the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion begins for a workshop on “Confronting Islamophobia”. More info, and the annual brochure coming soon!

Tuesday October, 24th, 6:00pm

Muslim American Women, Activism, & State Surveillance 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Cal State Los Angeles, as she will be joining a panel of Muslim American Women Activists to discuss the film “Watched”. The event is sponsored by the Cross-Cultural Centers, Department of Pan-African Studies, and Program in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.  

Saturday October, 14th, 4:00pm – 6:30pm

Harvesting Seeds of Peace: Past, Present, and Future

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion begins for a workshop on “Confronting Islamophobia”. More info, and the annual brochure coming soon! Prof Syeed joins Dean Varun Soni, Rev. Gwynne Guibord, Prof Philip Clayton, Prof/Rabbi Mel Gottleib and others as a featured presenter at the Southern California Committee for the Parliament of the World Religions Conference for a critical look at interfaith movement.

Saturday September 16th, 8:30am-4pm

Theologies and Practice of Healing Justice in a Time of State Violence 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Religion and Conflict Transformational Fall Retreat.  For more info and to register email rct@bu.edu.

Friday September 8th, 9am-2pm

Summit on De-Institutionalizing Islamophobia on College Campuses

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice of University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education for a summit focused on Muslim college students’ experiences. Read more…USC School of Education Events

Wednesday July 26th, 8:00am – 3:00pm

Los Angeles CPE Day 2017: Pastoral & Prophetic: Care Across Differences, Care within Systems of Power

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she presents her research and activism work at “Pastoral & Prophetic:Care Across Differences,Care within Systems of Power” seminar. Organized by Urban Interfaith Chaplaincy CPE. Registration Link…Los Angeles CPE Day 2017

 

Sunday May 28th, 10:15am

Interreligious and Intersectional Solidarity 

Join Professor Najeeba Syeed at All Saints Pasadena Rector’s Forum.  Read more…interfaith resistance and healing justice

Tuesday May, 16th, 5:30pm

Engaging Interreligious Education through Aesthetics and Art

Join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Chapman University’s Qur’an Cabinet Dedication.  Read more…https://events.chapman.edu/33875.

Tuesday April 25th, 2:30PM 

The Commodification of Hate 

CSUDH welcomes Professor Najeeba Syeed as part of its Tolerance and Violence in the Mind of God speaker series. April 25. csudh.edu/mindofgod

Tuesday April 4th, 6:30PM

Nineteenth Annual Rev. Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture and Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for the 19th  Annual Rev. Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture. Read More:  19th Annual Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture and Dinner…

Thursday March 2nd, 6:30PM

CLUE’s Ingathering 2017: Sacred Resistance

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for CLUE’s annual Educational Forum. This year it will be on Sacred Resistance. Read More: CLUE’s 5th Annual Educational Forum…

Thursday March 2nd, 6:30PM

Muslim Women, Violence & Peacekeeping

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Humanities Nebraska for the UNO Islamic Studies Program and Sustained Dialogue. Read More: Muslim Women, Violence, and Peacekeeping Lecture | March 2 …

2016

Monday November 21st

On Being a Good Muslim

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual conference. She will be speaking at the Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group and Ritual Studies Group, “On Being a Good Muslim: Towards a Critical Interfaith Pedagogy of the Performance Islamic Rituals of Hospitality in the Civic Sphere.” Read More: AAR Annual Meeting Brochure

 

Friday November 18th

Public Understanding of Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion Public Understanding of Religion Committee and the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute. Read More: AAR Annual Meeting Brochure

Tuesday November 1st, 6:30PM

HATRED AND VIOLENCE

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at USC for the Hatred and Violence conversation with scholars. Read More: Race, Faith & Violence

 

Saturday October 22nd, 9:00PM

Jesus Amidst the Many Mosques: Christian Witness, Muslim Contexts

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for this day conference at the Cathedral Center of Saint Paul . Read More: Jesus Amidst the Many Mosques

Wednesday October 19th, 7:30PM

Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism in 2016

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a presenter at the Islamaphobia and Anti-Semitism Panel Discussion. Read More: Skirball Cultural Center

 

Wednesday October 12th, 4:15PM

Identity Politics and the 2016 Election Cycle: A Panel Discussion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a presenter at the Identity Politics Panel Discussion. Read More: Claremont Colleges Discourse Schedule

Thursday, October 6th 9:00AM

Women’s Interfaith Leadership Conference: Strengthening Our Identity & Building Our Community 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Women’s Interfaith Conference.  Read more: Women’s Interfaith Conference

Friday, September 30th 1:00PM

The Importance of Speaking Up 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Women’s Mosque of America of America. Read more: Women’s Mosque in LA

Wednesday, September 28th 

Through the Window of Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary Exploration

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at Chapman University’s Presidential Installation. Read more: Chapman University Presidential Inaguration

Sunday, September 25th 

Teaching Contemplation Across Traditions

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the University of the West. Read more: Wabash Site

Sunday, September 25th 

Not in God’s Name: From Just War to Just Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul as a featured speaker.

Tuesday, September 20th 

Interfaith Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Center for Anglican Communion Studies of Virginia Theological Seminary. See more: three questions in three minutes interview

Monday, September 12th 

Social Justice Ethics and Interfaith Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Claremont School of Theology’s Alumni/ae and Friends Brunch. Read more: Claremont School of Theology Website

Thursday, June 30th 

Peacemaking and Interfaith Relations

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Islamic Center of Southern California.

Saturday, June 18th 

Ten Transformational Practices for Interfaith Healing

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the United Methodist Desert Southwest Conference Alumni Luncheon. Read more: Claremont School of Theology UMC Alumni Event

 

Friday, June 17th 

Politics & Practical Theology of Prophetic Hope: Ethics of Hope from Muslim Sources

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Society for Pastoral Theology Conference. Read more: Pastoral Theology Conference

Thursday, June 16th 

Ethics of Disagreement and Strategic Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Islamic Center of Southern California.

Monday, May 30th – Wednesday, June 1st 

Best Practices of Interfaith Dialogue & Peacemaking and Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Notre Dame Conference held at John Cabot University in Rome Italy. Read more: Notre Dame Conference

Thursday, May 26th – Saturday, May 28th 

The State and Future of Interreligious Learning

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a Co-Leader of the Luce Foundation Book Retreat at Graduate Theological Union.

Tuesday, May 3rd 

Imagining Justice in Baltimore: A Muslim Perspective

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies for their Imagining Justice in Baltimore Speaker Series. Read more: Event Page

Monday, April 25 – Tuesday, April 26th 

Ethics of Healing, Hope and Wholeness in Social Justice Based Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Fresno State University, President’s Commission on Human Relations and Equity Systems on Intersectionality: Where You and I Meet Part II. Read more: Event Page

Monday, April 21st 

Opening Prayer

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she helps lead Opening Prayer for Los Angeles City Day of Religious Pluralism. Read more: Event Page

Sunday, April 20th 

Teachings of Glen Stassen

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she guest lectures at Claremont School of Theology’s course on Christian Perspectives on War & Peace.

Saturday, April 16th 

Interreligious Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at Cedar Valley, Iowa Mosque and Interreligious Dinner.

Saturday, April 16th 

Interreligious Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at Cedar Valley, Iowa Mosque and Interreligious Dinner.

Wednesday, April 13th – Thursday April 14th

Social Justice Framing of Interfaith Cooperation

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at the University of Northern Iowa.

Tuesday, April 12th

The Diminishing Right to the City:Spatialization of Poverty and Policing of Human Bodies

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at the University of Southern California’s First Annual National Association of Social Workers Faculty and Appreciation Banquet.

Wednesday, April 6th

Turn the Page on Hate

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at the University of Southern California’s Turn the Page on Hate event. Read more: Event Page.

Friday, March 25th

Evolving Politics of Interreligious Studies in the Transnational Space

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Claremont Graduate University’s Conference on Religious Freedom in the 21st Century. Read more: Event Page

Tuesday, March 22th

Wholeness, Healing and Hope through the story of Mariam

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Women’s Mosque of Los Angeles.

Wednesday, March 2nd – Thursday, March 3rd

“Approaches to Feminism,Peacebuilding and Muslim Communities” & “Feminist Ethics that Inform the Study of Comparative Theologies”

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa for an two day interfaith symposium. Read more: Event Page.

Wednesday, March 2nd – Thursday, March 3rd

Restorative Love and Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Walnut United Methodist Church.

Sunday, January 31st

Lessons Humans Learn About Peace from Depictions of Nature

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Islamic Center of Southern California, where she will provide Qur’anic commentary Peace from Depictions of Nature.

---

2015

Saturday, November 22nd

God’s a White Racist: Ferguson, Black Death, and Racing Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed on the 21st as she co-chairs the Religion and Politics Section.

the 22nd as the featured respondent at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. Read more: Event Page.

Friday, November 21st

Assessment and Future Trajectories in the Study of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: A Panel Discussion of the Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed on the 21st as she co-chairs the Religion and Politics Section and is the featured speaker at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting for Religion, Social Conflict, and Peace Group. Read more: Event Page.

Saturday, October 24th 9:30AM

Interfaith Peacemaking: Tools to Heal the World

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at San Diego Adventist Forum, topic is Interfaith Peacemaking:Tools to Heal the World.  Read more: San Diego Adventist Forum

Friday, October 30th

Toward a Muslim Social Justice Framework

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker  on working towards a Muslim social justice framework, and in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month will touch upon how we can be better activists on this issue. . Read more: Women’s Mosque

Monday, October 12th 7pm EST/6pm CST/4pm PST

BELIEF Conference Call with Oprah

Please join Oprah and Professor Najeeba Syeed on the call as they discuss BELIEF and explore humankind’s ongoing search to connect with something greater than ourselves. Read more: http://www.oprah.com/app/belief.html#ixzz3oNNektZ1

 

Monday, October 14th 7:30am-7pm

Neighbor: Being Christian in an Multi-faith World

Featuring Keynote Speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Montreat Conference Center event.

 

Wednesday, October 7th 8:00am-2:00am

Religious Values & Cultural Competency on Domestic Violence

Please join The NISWA Association as they present the Religious Values & Cultural Competency on Domestic Violence , featuring keynote speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed.

 

Friday, July 10th 7:30pm-12:00am

The Women’s Mosque of America

Please join The Women’s Mosque of America for their First Annual Co-ed Iftar & Qiyam, featuring speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed. Don’t miss this opportunity to build community and connections with The Women’s Mosque of America families. There will be delicious food, socializing, and a short qiyam afterward. Please note this event is open to both men and women!

For more information, visit: https://t.co/bJLvY7T4ei

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists along with Ava DuVernay and Joshua DuBois for a conversation on Ava’s new docu-series “Home Sweet Home.” Learn more and register for the forum here.

Character in Religious Leadership

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists Deb Richardson Moore, Walter Fluker, and Shmuly Yanklowitz for Wake Forest University’s Character and the Professions Conference. The conference is intended to explore the role of character in the professions and elevate the new ways of understanding the theory and practice of ethical leadership. Learn more and register for the forum here.

Thursday January 28th 4:00-5:30pm CST

Roger W. Heyns Forum

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists David Kaleo Woo and Sunny Kang for the Roger W. Heyns Forum on Religion and Society 2021. The Stanford Office for Religious and Spiritual Life hosts this annual event which features major speakers focusing on problems and challenges in religion and community. Learn more and register for the forum here.

Wednesday January 20th 4:00-5:30pm CST

Typologies of Interfaith Education

Join Prof. Syeed and fellow panelists Steed Davidson, Richard Mouw, Marianne Moyaert, Elías Ortega and Rabbi Or Rose as the discusses the future of seminary education. There panel is entitled “Where do we go from here?” – A Reflection on the Future of Seminary and Divinity School Education in a post-COVID world. The event will be going on from January 11th-21st. Learn more about it here.

2020

Monday December 7th 4:00pm

Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit

Join Prof. Syeed as she discusses her new text Critical Perspectives in Interreligious Education She will be joined by Younus Mirza and other scholars offering presentations on their new publications. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Monday December 7th 4:00pm

Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Unit

Join Prof. Syeed along with other panelists as they discuss moral anguish and the pandemic. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Tuesday December 1st 1:45pm

Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Women and Religion Unit

Join Prof. Syeed along with other panelists as they discuss Asian and Asian American women theology in religion. Register for this annual AAR virtual meetings here.

Monday November 2nd 8:00pm

Night of Healing, Action, and Hope.

Join Prof. Syeed along with other faith and community leaders for a evening of prayer for the nation, hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Register for this free event here.

Monday November 2nd 5:00pm

How We Change the World Together

Join Prof. Syeed for an interfaith webinar on interfaith activism. She will be discussing “How We change the World Together.” This event will be hosted by University of Southern California’s Interfaith Council, Ansar and the Muslim Student Union. The Zoom ID can be found here.

Thursday November 26th 11:00am

Rockefeller Chapel Keynote

Join Prof. Syeed for the annual Rockefeller Chapel Thanksgiving Lecture. This year’s lecture will be virtual! Tune in via Facebook LIVE. More information to come.

Thursday October 29th 7:30pm

Anti-Racism as Spiritual Practice

Join Prof. Syeed for session 3 of Anti-Racism as Spiritual Practice. She will join host, Dr. Simran Jeet Singh to discuss Islamophobia, Xenophobia and Interreligious Engagement. Register for this free event here.

Thursday October 22nd 5:30pm

Rooks Lecture Talk-back

Tonight!! at 5:30 pm join Chicago Theological Seminary as we welcome Bree Newsome Bass as our 2020 Rooks speaker! Our speaker is artist and activist who removed the confederate flag from the South Carolina State Capitol. And don’t miss the after talk conversation with Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Prof. Lakisha Lockhart and Rev. Erica Williams, Lead Organizer for the Poor People’s Campaign. RSVP here.

Tuesday October 20th 7:00pm

Civic Duty and Faith

Join Prof. Syeed for this webinar on the relationship between civic duty and faith. Panelists include Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Rabbi Sam Gordon of Congregation Sakkat Shalom and Revered Adam Malak of Faith United Presbyterian. RSVP for this free event here.

Thursday October 1st 7:00pm

Lessons From the Road

Join Prof. Syeed for this creative, story-based panel discussion event inspired by three video clips from the “Ramadan Roadtrip”. The webinar will begin at 7 p.m CST on October 1. Panelists include Prof. Najeeba Syeed, Aseelah Rashid of The Muslim Mix and is moderated by Catherine Orsborn of Shoulder-to-Shoulder. RSVP for this free event and receive the event Zoom link by registering here.

1. Thursday September 24th 7:00pm

Goldstein Lecture in Human Rights 2020

Prof. Syeed will provide the 2020 Goldstein lecture on the topic of Angelic Troublemaking. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Monday June 8 – Tuesday June 9, 2020 

Luce-Hartford Conference in Christian-Muslim Relations

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote presentation for the 2020 Luce-Hartford Conference on Christian-Muslim Relation. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Tuesday June 2 9:00am

2020 Interfaith Conference

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote presentation for the 2020 Interfaith Conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Sunday May 19 12:00pm

Leading with Empathy

Prof. Syeed will join a new series by Change Catalyst Leading with Empathy, where she will explore “Islamophobia and Muslim Identity.l You can find more information and register here.

Thursday April 16

Dr. Lisa Thompson’s Class

Prof. Syeed is excited to give a talk on Muslim women and preaching in the course “Preachijg from the Headlines,” via Zoom.

Wednesday March 11 7:00pm

2020 Interfaith Conference

Prof. Syeed will discus interfaith activism with the University of Southern California’s Interfaith Council. Please be sure to join her there. Update: This event was cancelled to do the pandemic.

Wednesday February 19th, 6:30pm

Cal Lutheran Lecture

Join Prof. Syeed for a lecture she will give at Cal Lutheran entitled “The Death of Civility: On the Birth of Interreligious Rituals of Resistance.” Please be sure to join her. It is free and open to the public. You can find more information and register here.

2019 

Monday November 25, 2019

Religion and Human Rights: Present Problems and Future Possibilities 

Prof. Syeed will be part of this exploratory session at the AAR/SBL Annual Conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information at the AAR/SBL website.

Sunday November 24, 2019

Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching, and Activism Unit

Prof. Syeed will provide be part of this amazing panel, and the theme of “Teaching Islam and Muslim Studies: Cross-Disciplinary Orientations to Pedagogies in North America Academia. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information on the AAR/SBL website.

Saturday November 23, 2019

Applied Religious Studies Committee

Prof. Syeed will be part of the applied religious studies panel. They will convene around the topic of “Preparing Scholars of Religion for Non-Academic Careers: What’s a Faculty Member to Do?”. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Friday November 22, 2019

Womanist Open Gathering

Prof. Syeed will be a panelist for the 2019 Womanist Ingathering around the topic of “The State of Black Forgiveness in the Wake of White Fragility.” Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

 

McCormick Days 2019

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote address for McCormick Days 2019. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Thursday, October 17 – Friday, October 19th

Political Theology Network Conference Keynote

Prof. Syeed will provide the keynote address for the Political Theology Network’s 2nd annual conference. Please be sure to join her there. You can find more information and register here.

Thursday, July 11th – Friday July, 12th

Advisor, Curriculum Revision Retreat

Prof. Syeed will be an advisor to the Curriculum Revision Retreat at Meadville-Lombard Theological School. You can learn more about it here.

Wednesday, May 29th – Friday May, 31st

WorkingNation Town Hall

Prof. Syeed will be a featured panelist at Faith at Work: A WorkingNation Town Hall. Please join her as she talks about dignified work and purpose. You can find more information and register here.

Monday, May 8th 4:30pm

Moral Injury Conference

Prof. Syeed will be a featured speaker at the Moral Injury and Pathways to Peace Conference. Her seminar topic will be “Spiritual Community Responses to Moral Injury.” Please join her for this event. You may register here.

Thursday, April 11th 7:00pm

Center for Lutheran Studies Bonhoeffer Festival

Prof. Syeed will be a featured panelist at Claremont School of Theology’s Center for Lutheran Studies 9th Annual Bonhoeffer Festival. Her panel is entitled “The Role of The Prophet and Pastor: Dietrick Bonhoeffer.” Please join  for this event. You may rsvp here.

Thursday, April 4th 7:00pm

Lecture on World Religions and Interreligious Relations

The Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus invites Prof Syeed to be the featured lecturer on the “The Death of Civility: On the Birth of Dignity Based Interfaith Ritual and Practices.” Please join her at the Methodist Theological School of Ohio for this event. More information can be found here.

Tuesday, April 2nd 6:00pm-8:00pm

Summit on Refugee and Human Rights

Delta Phi Epsilon and the Global Politics Institute at the University of Southern California invites Prof Syeed to be a featured speaker for the Summit on Refugees and Human Rights. Please join her for this event. More information is forthcoming.

Thursday, March 21st 5:30pm

Interfaith Council’s 66th Annual Assembly Keynote Speaker

Prof. Najeeba will give the keynote address for the 66th Annual Assembly of the South Coast Interfaith Council. Please join her this auspicious occasion. More information can be found here.

Wednesday, March 13th 6:30pm

Beyond Borders: Refugee Panel Discussion

Prof. Najeeba will be a featured panelist for the Beyond Borders and Seas: The Refugee Experience event. Please join her at the IMAN Cultural Center.

Wednesday, February 20th 5:00-6:30pm

Jewish and Muslim Models of Sanctuary

Prof Syeed will be a featured speaker, along with Aryeh Cohen for talk on Muslim and Jewish models of sanctuary. Please join her at the UCLA Labor Center for this event. More information coming soon.

Saturday, January 5th 2:00-4:00pm

2019 Prayer for World Peace Ceremony

Prof Syeed will be a featured speaker for the 2019 Prayer for World Peace Ceremony. Please join her at the Hsi Lai Temple for this event. More information can be found here.

2018

Monday, November 19th 7:30-9:00pm

Walter Wink Scholar-Activist Award Reception

Please join Prof Syeed as she and other recipients of the Walter Wink Scholar-Activist Award are honored at a reception hosted by Auburn Theological Seminary at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information can be found here.

Monday, November 19th 11:45-12:45pm

Plenaries

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled, “The Public Religion Scholar in a Social Media Age: Risks, Rewards, Reverberations” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Sunday, November 18th 5:30-7pm

Latina/o Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Liberation Theologies Unit and Practical Theology Unit

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel entitled, “Community Organizing: Theologies, Practices, Liberation” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Sunday, November 18th 1:00-3:00pm

Exploratory Sessions

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel entitled, “Locating the Spiritual but Not Religious” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Saturday, November 17th 1:00-3:00pm

Wildcard Session

Please join Prof Syeed as she contributes to a Wildcard Session panel entitled, “Wakanda Is the Space for Black Refuge: Black Ontological Space, Death, and Racing Religion in the Era of White Radicalization within Black Panther” at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. More information and registration can be found here.

Friday, October 26th – Saturday, October,  27th

Interfaith Women’s Conference

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled, “#Metoo and the Work of Muslim Women Activists” at the Interfaith Women’s Conference in Riverside. More information and registration can be found here.

Thursday, September 13th – Friday, September 14th

Faculty and Staff Seminar and Keynote

Please join Prof Syeed for her talk entitled “Engaging Religion in the Classroom in Times of Islamophobia: Pedagogical Approaches and Strategies” and for her academic keynote “Interfaith Engagement in Times of Islamophobia”, at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. More information and registration can be found here.

 Sunday May, 20th

We Rise LA

Please join Prof Syeed for a panel discussion on breaking the cycle of community trauma. The event will take place at We Rise Los Angeles Festival. More information can be found here.

Tuesday May, 1st

Democracy Now

Please join Prof Syeed for a discussion on the unique challenges of Muslim students. The event will take place at Cal State Los Angeles. More information can be found here.

Saturday April, 28th

 

Sunnia & Shia Islamic Thought

Prof Syeed will be join an exciting group of scholars to for an academic discussion of the prospects and challenges of Sunni and Shia thought. The event will be held at University of California, Irvine. You can purchases tickets here.

Thursday, April, 12th – Saturday, April 14th

33rd Annual PANAAWTM Conference

Prof Syeed will be speaking along with a stellar group of scholars at 33rd Annual Pacific, Asian and North American Asian Women in Theology an Ministry Conference, along Rita Nakashima Brock Jane Iwamura on Embodied Selves: Interreligious Engagements. See panaawtm.org to register.

Wednesday March, 14th

Islam in American Public life

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for a webinar on Islam in American public life. Professor Syeed is presenting along work Dalia Mogahed and Asma Uddin  for free webinar on Islam in American Public. American Academy of Religion:Learn how scholars of Islam & American public life can raise the visibility of their work. Hosted w/@NewseumReligion. Here is the link (ow.ly/JD0w30ivYaP).

 

Monday March, 12th

Sacred Activists: Spirituality and Resistance

Professor Najeeba is excited to be part of launching South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 Faith track. Join her, Jasiri X and RaniaBatrice for their panel Sacred Activists: Spirituality and Resistance. Ream more here!

 

Sunday February, 11th

Bilal Screening & Panel

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza as she joins an interfaith panel (Pastor Kelvin Sauls, Holman United Methodist, and Sister Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, AME Church) at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. You can buy tickets here!

Saturday February, 10th

Faith Leaders Institute

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Cecil Murray Center at University of Southern California. She is the featured speaker for Faith Leaders Institute where she will be teaching models of conflict resolution, presenting my research on inter faith based civic organizing and community problem solving. Learn more here!

 

Wednesday February, 7th

California Bold Immigration Conference

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she is pleased to join a great lineup of speakers for this conference. Register here!

 

Wednesday January, 11th-21st

Into Action – “Faith, Art and Activism”

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for a week long set of arts and inspirational events. Other speakers of note are Sharon Brous, Eddie Anderson, and Traci Blackmon. The event is free and has over 175+ artists confirmed, along with community, social justice and cultural orgs and over 80+ hours of programming lined up. For the list of events please visit  (into-action.us/calendar).  here  Don’t forget to RSVP!

2017

Monday November, 20th, 4:00pm

The Politics of Producing Vulnerable Populations

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion Ethics Unit and Religion and the Social Sciences Unit, “The Politics of Producing Vulnerable Populations“  Annual brochure coming soon!

Friday November, 17th, 8:00am – 5:30pm

Pre-Conference Workshop: Confronting Islamophobia

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at before the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion begins for a workshop on “Confronting Islamophobia”. More info, and the annual brochure coming soon!

Tuesday October, 24th, 6:00pm

Muslim American Women, Activism, & State Surveillance 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Cal State Los Angeles, as she will be joining a panel of Muslim American Women Activists to discuss the film “Watched”. The event is sponsored by the Cross-Cultural Centers, Department of Pan-African Studies, and Program in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.  

Saturday October, 14th, 4:00pm – 6:30pm

Harvesting Seeds of Peace: Past, Present, and Future

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion begins for a workshop on “Confronting Islamophobia”. More info, and the annual brochure coming soon! Prof Syeed joins Dean Varun Soni, Rev. Gwynne Guibord, Prof Philip Clayton, Prof/Rabbi Mel Gottleib and others as a featured presenter at the Southern California Committee for the Parliament of the World Religions Conference for a critical look at interfaith movement.

Saturday September 16th, 8:30am-4pm

Theologies and Practice of Healing Justice in a Time of State Violence 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Religion and Conflict Transformational Fall Retreat.  For more info and to register email rct@bu.edu.

Friday September 8th, 9am-2pm

Summit on De-Institutionalizing Islamophobia on College Campuses

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice of University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education for a summit focused on Muslim college students’ experiences. Read more…USC School of Education Events

Wednesday July 26th, 8:00am – 3:00pm

Los Angeles CPE Day 2017: Pastoral & Prophetic: Care Across Differences, Care within Systems of Power

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she presents her research and activism work at “Pastoral & Prophetic:Care Across Differences,Care within Systems of Power” seminar. Organized by Urban Interfaith Chaplaincy CPE. Registration Link…Los Angeles CPE Day 2017

 

Sunday May 28th, 10:15am

Interreligious and Intersectional Solidarity 

Join Professor Najeeba Syeed at All Saints Pasadena Rector’s Forum.  Read more…interfaith resistance and healing justice

Tuesday May, 16th, 5:30pm

Engaging Interreligious Education through Aesthetics and Art

Join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Chapman University’s Qur’an Cabinet Dedication.  Read more…https://events.chapman.edu/33875.

Tuesday April 25th, 2:30PM 

The Commodification of Hate 

CSUDH welcomes Professor Najeeba Syeed as part of its Tolerance and Violence in the Mind of God speaker series. April 25. csudh.edu/mindofgod

Tuesday April 4th, 6:30PM

Nineteenth Annual Rev. Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture and Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for the 19th  Annual Rev. Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture. Read More:  19th Annual Joseph Maguire, SJ Lecture and Dinner…

Thursday March 2nd, 6:30PM

CLUE’s Ingathering 2017: Sacred Resistance

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for CLUE’s annual Educational Forum. This year it will be on Sacred Resistance. Read More: CLUE’s 5th Annual Educational Forum…

Thursday March 2nd, 6:30PM

Muslim Women, Violence & Peacekeeping

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at Humanities Nebraska for the UNO Islamic Studies Program and Sustained Dialogue. Read More: Muslim Women, Violence, and Peacekeeping Lecture | March 2 …

2016

Monday November 21st

On Being a Good Muslim

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual conference. She will be speaking at the Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group and Ritual Studies Group, “On Being a Good Muslim: Towards a Critical Interfaith Pedagogy of the Performance Islamic Rituals of Hospitality in the Civic Sphere.” Read More: AAR Annual Meeting Brochure

 

Friday November 18th

Public Understanding of Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the American Academy of Religion Public Understanding of Religion Committee and the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute. Read More: AAR Annual Meeting Brochure

Tuesday November 1st, 6:30PM

HATRED AND VIOLENCE

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at USC for the Hatred and Violence conversation with scholars. Read More: Race, Faith & Violence

 

Saturday October 22nd, 9:00PM

Jesus Amidst the Many Mosques: Christian Witness, Muslim Contexts

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed for this day conference at the Cathedral Center of Saint Paul . Read More: Jesus Amidst the Many Mosques

Wednesday October 19th, 7:30PM

Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism in 2016

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a presenter at the Islamaphobia and Anti-Semitism Panel Discussion. Read More: Skirball Cultural Center

 

Wednesday October 12th, 4:15PM

Identity Politics and the 2016 Election Cycle: A Panel Discussion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a presenter at the Identity Politics Panel Discussion. Read More: Claremont Colleges Discourse Schedule

Thursday, October 6th 9:00AM

Women’s Interfaith Leadership Conference: Strengthening Our Identity & Building Our Community 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Women’s Interfaith Conference.  Read more: Women’s Interfaith Conference

Friday, September 30th 1:00PM

The Importance of Speaking Up 

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Women’s Mosque of America of America. Read more: Women’s Mosque in LA

Wednesday, September 28th 

Through the Window of Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary Exploration

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at Chapman University’s Presidential Installation. Read more: Chapman University Presidential Inaguration

Sunday, September 25th 

Teaching Contemplation Across Traditions

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the University of the West. Read more: Wabash Site

Sunday, September 25th 

Not in God’s Name: From Just War to Just Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul as a featured speaker.

Tuesday, September 20th 

Interfaith Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Center for Anglican Communion Studies of Virginia Theological Seminary. See more: three questions in three minutes interview

Monday, September 12th 

Social Justice Ethics and Interfaith Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Claremont School of Theology’s Alumni/ae and Friends Brunch. Read more: Claremont School of Theology Website

Thursday, June 30th 

Peacemaking and Interfaith Relations

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Islamic Center of Southern California.

Saturday, June 18th 

Ten Transformational Practices for Interfaith Healing

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the United Methodist Desert Southwest Conference Alumni Luncheon. Read more: Claremont School of Theology UMC Alumni Event

 

Friday, June 17th 

Politics & Practical Theology of Prophetic Hope: Ethics of Hope from Muslim Sources

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Society for Pastoral Theology Conference. Read more: Pastoral Theology Conference

Thursday, June 16th 

Ethics of Disagreement and Strategic Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Islamic Center of Southern California.

Monday, May 30th – Wednesday, June 1st 

Best Practices of Interfaith Dialogue & Peacemaking and Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Notre Dame Conference held at John Cabot University in Rome Italy. Read more: Notre Dame Conference

Thursday, May 26th – Saturday, May 28th 

The State and Future of Interreligious Learning

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a Co-Leader of the Luce Foundation Book Retreat at Graduate Theological Union.

Tuesday, May 3rd 

Imagining Justice in Baltimore: A Muslim Perspective

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies for their Imagining Justice in Baltimore Speaker Series. Read more: Event Page

Monday, April 25 – Tuesday, April 26th 

Ethics of Healing, Hope and Wholeness in Social Justice Based Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at the Fresno State University, President’s Commission on Human Relations and Equity Systems on Intersectionality: Where You and I Meet Part II. Read more: Event Page

Monday, April 21st 

Opening Prayer

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she helps lead Opening Prayer for Los Angeles City Day of Religious Pluralism. Read more: Event Page

Sunday, April 20th 

Teachings of Glen Stassen

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as she guest lectures at Claremont School of Theology’s course on Christian Perspectives on War & Peace.

Saturday, April 16th 

Interreligious Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at Cedar Valley, Iowa Mosque and Interreligious Dinner.

Saturday, April 16th 

Interreligious Dinner

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at Cedar Valley, Iowa Mosque and Interreligious Dinner.

Wednesday, April 13th – Thursday April 14th

Social Justice Framing of Interfaith Cooperation

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured speaker at the University of Northern Iowa.

Tuesday, April 12th

The Diminishing Right to the City:Spatialization of Poverty and Policing of Human Bodies

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at the University of Southern California’s First Annual National Association of Social Workers Faculty and Appreciation Banquet.

Wednesday, April 6th

Turn the Page on Hate

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at the University of Southern California’s Turn the Page on Hate event. Read more: Event Page.

Friday, March 25th

Evolving Politics of Interreligious Studies in the Transnational Space

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Claremont Graduate University’s Conference on Religious Freedom in the 21st Century. Read more: Event Page

Tuesday, March 22th

Wholeness, Healing and Hope through the story of Mariam

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Women’s Mosque of Los Angeles.

Wednesday, March 2nd – Thursday, March 3rd

“Approaches to Feminism,Peacebuilding and Muslim Communities” & “Feminist Ethics that Inform the Study of Comparative Theologies”

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa for an two day interfaith symposium. Read more: Event Page.

Wednesday, March 2nd – Thursday, March 3rd

Restorative Love and Peacemaking

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Walnut United Methodist Church.

Sunday, January 31st

Lessons Humans Learn About Peace from Depictions of Nature

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as the featured at Islamic Center of Southern California, where she will provide Qur’anic commentary Peace from Depictions of Nature.

---

2015

Saturday, November 22nd

God’s a White Racist: Ferguson, Black Death, and Racing Religion

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed on the 21st as she co-chairs the Religion and Politics Section.

the 22nd as the featured respondent at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting. Read more: Event Page.

Friday, November 21st

Assessment and Future Trajectories in the Study of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: A Panel Discussion of the Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed on the 21st as she co-chairs the Religion and Politics Section and is the featured speaker at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting for Religion, Social Conflict, and Peace Group. Read more: Event Page.

Saturday, October 24th 9:30AM

Interfaith Peacemaking: Tools to Heal the World

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker at San Diego Adventist Forum, topic is Interfaith Peacemaking:Tools to Heal the World.  Read more: San Diego Adventist Forum

Friday, October 30th

Toward a Muslim Social Justice Framework

Please join Professor Najeeba Syeed as a featured speaker  on working towards a Muslim social justice framework, and in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month will touch upon how we can be better activists on this issue. . Read more: Women’s Mosque

Monday, October 12th 7pm EST/6pm CST/4pm PST

BELIEF Conference Call with Oprah

Please join Oprah and Professor Najeeba Syeed on the call as they discuss BELIEF and explore humankind’s ongoing search to connect with something greater than ourselves. Read more: http://www.oprah.com/app/belief.html#ixzz3oNNektZ1

 

Monday, October 14th 7:30am-7pm

Neighbor: Being Christian in an Multi-faith World

Featuring Keynote Speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed at the Montreat Conference Center event.

 

Wednesday, October 7th 8:00am-2:00am

Religious Values & Cultural Competency on Domestic Violence

Please join The NISWA Association as they present the Religious Values & Cultural Competency on Domestic Violence , featuring keynote speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed.

 

Friday, July 10th 7:30pm-12:00am

The Women’s Mosque of America

Please join The Women’s Mosque of America for their First Annual Co-ed Iftar & Qiyam, featuring speaker Professor Najeeba Syeed. Don’t miss this opportunity to build community and connections with The Women’s Mosque of America families. There will be delicious food, socializing, and a short qiyam afterward. Please note this event is open to both men and women!

For more information, visit: https://t.co/bJLvY7T4ei