Thank you to the following co-sponsors of this conference:
- African Studies Center, UNC
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Arts@TheCore
- Carolina Asia Center
- Carolina Center for Global Initiatives
- Carolina Performing Arts
- College of Arts & Sciences, UNC
- Department of Music, UNC
- Department of Religious Studies, UNC
- Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies (Duke University Middle East Studies Center and the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations), Title VI Grant from the Department of Education
- Institute for the Arts and Humanities
- with additional support from the Chancellors Global Education Fund through UNC Global
Conference organizers:
- Professor Carl Ernst, William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor, UNC Department of Religious Studies, Co-Director, Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations (CCSMEMC)
- Professor Michael Figueroa, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Music
- Matthew Lynch, Graduate Student, Islamic Studies, UNC Department of Religious Studies
- Shai Tamari, Associate Director, CCSMEMC
- Emma Harver, Program/Outreach Coordinator, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies
