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Ellen McLarney

Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708-0414
2204ERWIN Road Room 226, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Building Bridges: Black Muslims in America · January 2021 - January 2023 co-PI · Awarded by: Doris Duke Foundation · $275,000.00 A grant in conjunction with Duke Islamic Studies Center and Duke Performances to bring Black Muslim artists, musicians, and filmmakers to present and talk about their work with the Duke community and the local Durham community.
Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Black Muslims & Racial Justice in the U.S. South · 2021 Lead · Awarded by: Duke Office of the Provost https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/new-faculty-research-explore-race-south-diverse-angles
Black Muslim Atlantic · January 2020 Awarded by: Trent Foundation This symposium focuses on these cultural forms as a way of fore-fronting the powerful role played by Islam and Muslims in a shared culture of the black Atlantic. Islam so often occupies a marginal position in the study of the black Atlantic, just as the study of the black intellectual tradition occupies a marginal position in Islamic studies. This symposium focuses on the intersection of these shared cultural traditions, bringing its rich history and thriving present into detailed focus. The symposium is in memoriam of C. Eric Lincoln, professor of Religious Studies at Duke—whose work on both black Muslims and race and religion helped pioneer the field and raise more nuanced consciousness about these subjects. This symposium explores how far the field has come from this earlier moment.
Fulbright Scholar Award · January 2018 - June 2018 Fellowship · Awarded by: Fulbright · $12,000.00 Muslim Communities in Latin America: A Digital and Cultural Map
Building Bridges: Muslims in America · 2018 Awarded by: Duke Performances Course development grant for Black Muslim: Race, Religion, and Culture course for integrating performance and art into the curriculum.
David Paletz Innovative Course Enhancement Grant · 2018 Awarded by: Duke University Curriculum Development
Center for Faculty Development and Diversity · 2017 Awarded by: Duke University
Arts and Sciences Research Grant · 2014 Awarded by: Duke University
Islamic Media: Technologies of the Sacred · September 2013 - May 2014 Emerging Humanities Network, Duke University · Awarded by: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Art of Democratic Revolution · September 2013 - May 2014 Partnership for a Global Age, Duke University · Awarded by: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Hurford Family Fellow · April 2011 Awarded by: National Humanities Center