About

Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates is a new-media initiative that seeks to challenge misconceptions and stereotypical perceptions about Islam and Muslims worldwide through a collaboration between UW-Madison’s nine area and international studies centers, Wisconsin Public Radio, and the public. Inside Islam is funded by a grant from the Social Science Research Council’s “Academia in the Public Sphere Grants Program,” which in turn is supported by funding from the Carnegie Corporation. Drawing on the UW’s longstanding strength in international studies and WPR’s pioneering international news and global cultural affairs talk show, Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Inside Islam creates a public forum for positive and constructive sharing of knowledge about Islam through innovative use of new media. The project’s emphasis on interactive technology underlines the importance of active communication between Muslims and non-Muslims, as well as between academics and the broader community. By illuminating underrepresented or neglected cultural, intellectual, and political aspects of Islam and Muslims, Inside Islam spotlights the diversity of dialogues and debates within Islam as well as with other religions and communities.

Contact

• Questions about the Inside Islam website or the project in general? Contact infoislam@insideislam.wisc.edu.
• Questions about the Inside Islam blog or radio series? Contact blogislam@insideislam.wisc.edu.

Inside Islam Participants

Bloggers
•  Reem Hilal
•  Lisa Bu
•  Kaitlin Foley (former blogger)

Executive Committee
•  Jim Delehanty, Associate Director of African Studies
•  Jean Feraca, Host and Executive Producer of Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Wisconsin Public Radio
•  B. Venkat Mani, Associate Professor of German
•  Mary McCoy, Visiting Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Communication Arts
•  Uli Schamiloglu, Program Director of the Middle East Studies Program and Central Asian Studies
•  Steve Smith, Associate Director of Global Studies
•  Amy Stambach, Director of Global Studies

Wisconsin Public Radio
•  Jean Feraca, host and executive producer of Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Wisconsin Public Radio
•  Sheryl Gasser, Talk Director, Wisconsin Public Radio

UW-Madison’s Area and International Studies Centers
• African Studies Program
• Center for East Asian Studies
• Center for European Studies
• Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
• Center for South Asia
• Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Global Studies
• Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies
• Middle East Studies Program