ABSTRACT DUE MARCH 23, 2016

The Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS) will hold their annual student focused research symposium on April 9, 2016 in collaboration with the Consortium for Christian-Muslim Dialogue (CCMD) at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. This annual event encourages undergraduate university students and high school students to advance their research experience and to develop presentation skills. It also fosters networking with faculty and students with interest in historical and/or contemporary issues related to Muslims or the Islamic world.
Students are invited to submit papers they have written for a course that may cover the arts, sciences, humanities, social sciences or professional disciplines and can relate to people, politics, policy, religion, theology, philosophy, culture and society....in historical or contemporary contexts.
Students give a 15 minute presentation and receive constructive feedback on their papers from faculty discussants. Also, there is a keynote address and lunch is served. The presentations are open to the public