São Paulo – The campus in the city of Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo (USP) will offer between August and October of this year an extension course about women and Islam. Titled “Women and Islam: an anthropological approach”, the classes will debate the Muslim woman and their religious universe based on elements of the Islam theology in an anthropological approach.
According to information published at the university’s website, issues such as marriage, divorce, knowledge, sexuality, among others, will be covered. The course will explain in which context the theological theories about the issues were produced and the important historical moments for the contextualization of the religious phenomena.
The course’s coordinator is Francirosy Campos Barbosa Ferreira, who will teach along sheik Jihad Hammadeh. She is a scholar on the subject and completed her major in Social Sciences, her master’s degree and doctorate in Anthropology at USP. Among other activities, Ferreira is a researcher and teacher at the Anthropology course in USP Ribeirão Preto and organized the book “Olhares femininos sobre o Islã: etnografias, metodologias e imagens” (Feminine Perspectives about Islam: ethnographies, methodologies and images), published in 2010.
The course is organized by the Department of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of USP-Ribeirão Preto and will have only in-attendance classes. Students don’t need to have a degree to attend. The target audience is undergraduate students and majors in the areas of Psychology and Education, besides teachers of public schools and those interested in the topic.
The classes will take place from August 26th to October 19th and registration can be made until August 21st, at the university or online. The course is free but the students need to present a copy of their Identity Card (RG) and go through an interview with the course’s coordinator to be able to attend. To pass the course, the minimum attendance is 85%. There are 100 spots available.
Service:
Extension course:
Women and Islam: an anthropological approach
From August 28th to October 19th, 2015
Department of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of USP Ribeirão Preto
Av. Bandeirantes, 3.900 – CIRP – USP
Registration: Department of Psychology – Block 3 class 9
Phone: 55 16 3315-3722
Website: http://www.ffclrp.usp.br
Email: reneaa@ffclrp.usp.br
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
