{"id":13,"date":"2014-10-07T22:49:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T22:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-01-17T07:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:18:59","slug":"contact-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/contact-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"yiv0204389684MsoNormal\">\n<div id=\"attachment_52\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/Naramata2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-image-52 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/Naramata2012-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/Naramata2012-300x260.jpg 300w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/Naramata2012-1024x887.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/Naramata2012-624x540.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me with my friends Sarah and Miriam at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naramatacentre.net\/\">Naramata <\/a>Centre in 2011<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am a fellow of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laih\/\">Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>An article about me from the <a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.lmu.edu\/articles\/americas-muslims\/\">LMU Magazine<\/a> is available online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>You can see video of me giving a keynote presentation in 2007 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ci.digitellinc.com\/b\/sp\/amir-hussain-2341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chautauqua Institution.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;font-size: 1rem\">I am on the Board of Scholars of <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cfgu1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Center for Global Understanding.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"yiv7035599380MsoNormal\">My degrees are from the University of Toronto; undergraduate from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uc.utoronto.ca\/\">University College,<\/a> and graduate from the <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.utoronto.ca\/\">Centre for the Study of Religion.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"yiv7035599380MsoNormal\">I am on the Advisory Board of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abrahamicalliance.org\/\">Abrahamic Alliance International<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.ca\/\">I am Canadian \/ Je suis Canadien.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada is Hockey and Hockey is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>.\n<div id=\"attachment_155\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/01\/Adaliz-and-Amir-New-Years-Outfit-2017-min-2-e1515443214901.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155\" class=\"wp-image-155 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/01\/Adaliz-and-Amir-New-Years-Outfit-2017-min-2-e1515443214901-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/01\/Adaliz-and-Amir-New-Years-Outfit-2017-min-2-e1515443214901-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/01\/Adaliz-and-Amir-New-Years-Outfit-2017-min-2-e1515443214901-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/01\/Adaliz-and-Amir-New-Years-Outfit-2017-min-2-e1515443214901-624x1109.jpg 624w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/01\/Adaliz-and-Amir-New-Years-Outfit-2017-min-2-e1515443214901.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adaliz and Amir 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414095792930_10086\" type=\"disc\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The greatest band to come out of Canada was, well, <a href=\"http:\/\/theband.hiof.no\/\">The Band<\/a>.\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414095792930_10086\" type=\"disc\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>My favourite Canadian band is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluerodeo.com\/\">Blue Rodeo<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The greatest guitarist you\u2019ve probably never heard of is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richardthompson-music.com\/\">Richard Thompson<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/AmirandMathis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55\" class=\"wp-image-55 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/AmirandMathis-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"AmirandMathis\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/AmirandMathis-179x300.jpg 179w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/AmirandMathis-611x1024.jpg 611w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/AmirandMathis-624x1044.jpg 624w, http:\/\/faculty.lmu.edu\/amirhussain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2014\/10\/AmirandMathis.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amir and \u201cJudge\u201d Mathis in 2014<\/p><\/div>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414095792930_10086\" type=\"disc\"><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blakearchive.org\/blake\/index.html\">William Blake Archive<\/a> is an excellent starting point to learn about the visionary poet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodyguthrie.org\/\">Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives<\/a> are now online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a fellow of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities. An article about me from the LMU Magazine is available online. You can see video of me giving a keynote presentation in 2007 at the Chautauqua Institution. 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