Tag: Islam

A Muslim American Curriculum for a Million

It may be one of the most important projects on which I have ever worked. For the past couple years, I have served as lead scholar for Hidden Voices: Muslim Americans in United States History, a curriculum written for the New York City Department of Education (DOE), which operates the largest single public school district in the country–over 900,000 students. The first volume is now … Continue reading A Muslim American Curriculum for a Million

Unknown's avatarEdward E. Curtis IV

Why My New Edited Volume Features Students of Vernon Schubel

More than any other factor, the reason why I became a professional scholar of Islam and Muslim cultures is because of my undergraduate adviser, Prof. Vernon Schubel of Kenyon College. As a first-year student at Kenyon in the fall of 1989, I enrolled in a course on classical Islam. Vernon, as he invited us to call him, used Marshall Hodgson’s magisterial Venture of Islam to … Continue reading Why My New Edited Volume Features Students of Vernon Schubel

Unknown's avatarEdward E. Curtis IV