“Islamic Law and the Transitioning State in Nigeria and Egypt.” Keynote address, conference “Law and Religion in Times of Crisis, Challenges and Change.” Fordham University, London, UK. March 20, 2025.
“Islamophobia and the Move from a Unipolar to a Multipolar World.” Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA. April 4, 2024.
“Law and Theology in Ancient Christianity and Modern Islam” (with Prof. Emanuel Fiano). Fordham University, Bronx, New York. March 20, 2024.
“Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.” Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. April 24, 2023.
“Political Islam in Action: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.” Butler University, Indianapolis, IN. March 30, 2023.
“Islamic Thought in Contemporary Egypt.” Centre College, Danville, KY. April 11, 2022.
“Theological Trends in Contemporary Egypt.” Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA. April 3, 2022.
“On the Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.” Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY. March 1, 2022.
“What Explains the Rapid Fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt?” World Affairs Council, Olympia, WA. April 18, 2019.
“A Gendered Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, 1928–2013.” Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. March 27, 2019.
Author Meets Critic, Featured Book of the Year, Shari’ah on Trial: Northern Nigeria’s Islamic Revolution. Religions in Africa Annual Conference, Lusaka, Zambia. August 4, 2018.
“The World that Created Boko Haram: The Islamic Revolution in N. Nigeria.” Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. April 26, 2018.
“Examining the Shari’ah ‘Revolution’ in N. Nigeria: The Infamous Stoning Case of Amina Lawal.” Al-Waleed b. Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. April 17, 2018.
Book Discussion Series in African Studies, Shari’ah on Trial: Northern Nigeria’s Islamic Revolution. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. March 10, 2018.
“Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.” Middle East Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. March 8, 2018.
“Notes on the Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.” Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Jan. 22, 2018.
“Minority Governance in Egypt and Nigeria.” Center for Muslim Societies and Cultures, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Nov. 16, 2017.
Lecture on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Desmond Tutu Center for Human Rights, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Nov. 12, 2017.
“Shari’ah on Trial in Northern Nigeria.” Center for African Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Nov. 9, 2017.
“Shari’ah on Trial in Northern Nigeria.” Center for Islamic Studies, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. Nov. 9, 2017.
“Amina Lawal, African Islam, and Stoning.” World Affairs Lecture, Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. April 27, 2017.
“Islam, Gender, and Scholarly Priorities in Islamic Studies in Western Academia.” Media and Communications Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Dec. 6, 2016.
“African Women, Stoning and Islamic Law.” Williams College, Williamstown, MA. Nov. 5, 2016.
“Western Feminist Theory and Islamic Traditions.” Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. Oct. 6, 2016.
“African Women, Stoning, and Islamic Law.” University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN. Sept. 2016.
“Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood.” Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. March 3, 2015.
“Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood.” Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Jan. 22, 2014.
“Islamic Law and Gender in Post-Morsi Egypt.” Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Nov. 21, 2013.
“From Resistance to Mainstream Power: The Changing ‘Islam’ of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.” Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Sept. 26, 2013.
“Political Theology in Contemporary Egypt.” Department of Sociology and the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. March 27, 2013.
“Stoning in the Islamic Tradition: Early Source Material and Contemporary Appropriations.” Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Dec. 12, 2006.
Presentations at Workshops and Conferences; Guest Teaching
Forthcoming: “The Mechanics of the Phrase ‘Judeo-Christian Civilization’ and Its Effect on the Muslim-Majority World.” Panel “Judeo-Christian Civilizational Politics After Palestine and Iran,” American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO. Nov. 23, 2026.
Discussant, “Shīʿite Esoteric Platonisms.” American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA. Nov. 24, 2024.
International Consortium for Law and Religious Studies. University of Notre Dame. Oct. 21–23, 2024.
Building Bridges: Intensive Catholic/Muslim Dialogue, sponsored by Georgetown University. Washington, D.C., and Virginia. June 24–29, 2024.
“Middle East, Law & Practice: Conference exploring some key aspects of legal practice in the Middle East and North Africa.” New York University School of Law. April 9, 2024.
“The Problem of Indigeneity in Middle Eastern Studies.” Middle East Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nov. 3–5, 2023.
“Christian Theological Engagement with Islam.” Study Day, Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica, Rome, Italy. Oct. 26, 2023.
Discussion of the Partisans of the Nude art exhibition (Kristen Scheid). Wallach Gallery, Columbia University. Oct. 7, 2023.
“Idealized vs. Political Shari’ah in N. Nigeria.” Religion in Public Life in Africa and the African Diaspora Conference, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. March 3–4, 2023.
Guest Professor, “The Middle East.” Colgate College, Hamilton, NY. For Prof. Azadeh Ganizadeh. Feb. 9, 2022.
Guest Professor, “Gender and Sexuality in the Modern Middle East.” University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO. For Prof. Naseem Surhio. April 8, 2021.
Guest Professor, “Intro to Islam.” University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. For Prof. Mohja Kahf. March 10, 2021.
Guest Professor, “Modern Islam.” Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. For Prof. David Warren. Nov. 17, 2020.
“The Muslim Brotherhood from Below: Al-Azhar, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the State.” Middle East Studies Association, Zoom. Oct. 11, 2020.
Guest Professor, “Islamic Theology.” Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. For Prof. Khalil Andani. Sept. 30, 2020.
“Reflections on Teaching as a Woman of Color in the Classroom.” American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA. Nov. 27, 2019.
“How Does the Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood Affect Religious Minorities in the Middle East?” Christian Academic Forum for Citizenship in the Arab World, Nicosia, Cyprus. Nov. 1–3, 2019.
“The ‘Religious’ and the ‘Civil’ and the ‘Secular’: A Workshop on Concepts and Methods.” Göttingen, Germany. July 6, 2019.
“The Sunnaic Paradigm: A Historiography of Liberation in N. Nigeria.” Uses of the Past Islamic Law Conference, European Union, Exeter University, United Kingdom. Sept. 27, 2018.
“The Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.” World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies, Seville, Spain. July 16, 2018.
“Joseph Schacht in Northern Nigeria: Islamic Legal Scholarship in the Service of the British Crown.” American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA. Nov. 21–24, 2017.
“Joseph Schacht in Northern Nigeria: Islamic Legal Scholarship in the Service of the British Crown.” Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Feb. 22, 2017.
“Being Muslim/Muslim Being: Mobilities and Practices.” Symposium in Honor of Shahab Ahmed (1966–2015), Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. April 8, 2016.
“Is the Muslim Brotherhood Modern?” and “Reflections on Accurately Reflecting Antisexism Views of Women in the Developing World: The Case of Nigeria.” American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA. Nov. 21, 2015.
“The Muslim Brotherhood and the Arab Nahda (Enlightenment): A Reexamination.” Middle East Studies Association, Denver, CO. Nov. 23, 2015.
“Nahda vs. Sunna as Theology vs. Politics: Tracing the Genealogy of the Muslim Brotherhood to Understand Contemporary Islamist Movements.” Unfinished Project of the Arab Spring: Why ‘Middle East Exceptionalism’ Is Still Wrong, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Sept. 12, 2015.
Briefing of German political parties on strategies to combat religious extremism, with Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Christian Democratic Union), Berlin, Germany. June 14, 2014.
“On Normativity in the Field of Islamic Studies.” Paper: “Order, Not Instability: Post-Coloniality from the Contemporary Nigerian Perspective.” American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, MD. Nov. 26, 2013.
“Gender, Public Space, and the Question of Democracy in Egypt.” American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, MD. Nov. 25, 2013.
“Secular/‘Objective’ Scholars and Islamic Movements: The Question of Positionality.” Forum on Identity and the Question of Tradition, Forum Transregionale Studien, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Nov. 11, 2013.
“The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the Rhetoric of Authenticity.” Middle East Studies Association, New Orleans, LA. Oct. 11, 2013.
“Women in the Arab Uprisings: A Roundtable Discussion.” Middle East Studies Association, New Orleans, LA. Oct. 11, 2013.
“Revolution or Coup? Ousting Morsi in Egypt.” Center for International Studies, Democracy Program, International House, University of California, Berkeley. Sept. 12, 2013.
“Stoning and Post-Colonial Nigeria: Methodological Spaces.” Gendered Rites/Gendered Rights Conference, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University. April 15, 2013.
“Geschlechterdemokratie und Menschenrechte in Ägypten zwischen Revolution, Militär und Islamismus” (Gender Democracy and Human Rights in Egypt: Between Revolution, Military and Islamism). Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany. July 5, 2012.
“Ijbār (Child Marriage), Polygamy and Divorce in the Post-1999 Sharī’ah Order in Northern Nigeria.” American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, CA. Nov. 20, 2011.
“Sharī’ah as Social Text in Contemporary Northern Nigeria.” Transforming Social Orders in African Muslim Contexts: (Re)Constructions of Identities, Institutions, Movements and Markets, joint conference of the Bayreuth Graduate School of African Studies, Bayreuth, Germany, and the Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Societies and Cultures, Berlin, Germany. June 2011.
“Political Sharī’ah in Nigeria: 19th Century Jihāds, and the Present.” Society for Muslim Ethics, New Orleans, LA. Jan. 5, 2011.
