Hartford Seminary and the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut are both co-sponsors for a yearlong series at Wesleyan University called “Muslim Women’s Voices.” The 2014-15 series featuring artists from around the world will, according to Wesleyan, “expand awareness, knowledge, and understanding of Muslim cultures through the lens of performance. … Through this journey, we invite audiences to celebrate the complexity of Muslim women today, and the historical and cultural context from which they have emerged.”
Purchase a Passport to Muslim Women’s Voices at Wesleyan for only $50 and save up to 38%off the general public ticket prices. Click here for more details about this special offer. Offer ends Saturday, September 20, 2014. For the full schedule and to buy tickets, visit this link on the Wesleyan University website.
Muslim Women’s Voices at Wesleyan is part of the Creative Campus Initiative of the Center for the Arts, and is made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters: Building Bridges: Campus Community Engagement Grants Program, a component of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
For Muslim Women’s Voices at Wesleyan, the Center for the Arts has partnered with Wesleyan’s Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Center for Community Partnerships, Dance Department, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, French Studies, Green Street Arts Center, Middle Eastern Studies Certificate Program, Music Department, Muslim Students’ Association, Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Equity and Inclusion, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Psychology Department Culture and Emotion Lab, Religion Department, South Asia Studies, Theater Department, and Turath House.
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