Location: The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room, Columbia University (Map)

In conjunction with The Museum of the City of New York, hosted by Courtney Bender of the Columbia University Department of Religion

Co-sponsored by The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities

Featuring speakers Azra Dawood (MCNY) and Najam Haider (Barnard)

How do museum exhibitions about religion shape public understandings of religion and race today? What are some of the challenges and prospects that curators and museum professionals face in “representing religion” to diverse audiences? This event brings Azra Dawood, curator of the exhibit, “City of Faith: Religion, Activism, and Urban Space,” currently on display at the Museum of the City of New York, into conversation with Najam Haider, Professor of Religion at Barnard College. Following a presentation on the exhibit, which has a particular focus on South Asian communities in New York, they will address these questions and more, before Q&A from the audience.