Jihad in Islam: The Creation of a Mujahid Identity in the Past and Present

HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM

Dr. Masood Raja will consider the historical, cultural and contemporary context of jihad and its complex relationship to Muslim politics, male subjectivity and global paradigms of power. Raja, a Belmont graduate, holds a Ph.D. from Florida State University and teaches in the English department at Kent State University. He specializes in Postcolonial Literature and Theory with an emphasis on South Asia and the Islamic world.