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Abdul-Rehman Malik (Yale) gives the Department's 8th Annual October Lecture on Literature and Religion --his topic: "A Malignant and Turban’d Turk: Interrogating Muslim Manhood in a Time of Mass Death" Lecture followed drinks reception

Taking his title from Shakespeare’s Othello, Abdul-Rehman Malik explores depictions of the Muslim man as an embodiment of social danger and political disruption.

Watch Abdul-Rehman in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRNLZm_X5UM

This lecture is the Department's annual "welcome" lecture, taking place in Lancaster's beautiful medieval Priory, and with meet-and-greet drinks reception to follow.

Writer, journalist, educator, and pop culture aficionado Abdul-Rehman Malik, now at the Yale Divinity School, is a former artist-in-residence at the Doris Duke Foundation's Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Design and Culture, where he curated a series called "What is Muslim Culture?" His most recent work for the BBC was a radio essay for Holy Week entitled "Behold the Man," a Muslim meditation on a medieval depiction of Jesus. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio, Radio 4, Radio 2, and the World Service, and in countless online and print publications. He is a Toronto native and an enthusiastic Aga Khan Museum supporter.