Brannon Ingram
@brannoningram.bsky.social
Professor at Northwestern. Posts about Islam and colonialism, the British empire, and the occasional political rant
Muslim-Christian entanglements in Umayyad Syria: a Muslim man threatens a priest because the priest refused to give his Christian wife communion. Incredible detail.
- John Tolan, Islam: A New History, 40, citing Lev Weitz, Between Christ and Caliph, 201-2
- John Tolan, Islam: A New History, 40, citing Lev Weitz, Between Christ and Caliph, 201-2
August 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Muslim-Christian entanglements in Umayyad Syria: a Muslim man threatens a priest because the priest refused to give his Christian wife communion. Incredible detail.
- John Tolan, Islam: A New History, 40, citing Lev Weitz, Between Christ and Caliph, 201-2
- John Tolan, Islam: A New History, 40, citing Lev Weitz, Between Christ and Caliph, 201-2
When I discovered this podcast I literally thought “I wonder when they’re going to do Schmitt”
May 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When I discovered this podcast I literally thought “I wonder when they’re going to do Schmitt”
Everyone in academia, especially administrators, should read this piece. The DOE’s recent interpretation of SCOTUS’s 2023 decision misinterprets race-neutrality as devaluing racial diversity itself, even though that 2023 ruling explicitly values racial diversity.
February 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Everyone in academia, especially administrators, should read this piece. The DOE’s recent interpretation of SCOTUS’s 2023 decision misinterprets race-neutrality as devaluing racial diversity itself, even though that 2023 ruling explicitly values racial diversity.
It’s cute how this Malaysian journal from 1938 gently cajoles this Japanese businessman to convert
February 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It’s cute how this Malaysian journal from 1938 gently cajoles this Japanese businessman to convert
Chicago friends: a colleague’s stepdaughter has organized a night of Irish and Palestinian music to raise funds for Gaza relief. Saturday might at the Irish American Heritage Center. Posting the Chicago Reader write up on the event below.
February 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Chicago friends: a colleague’s stepdaughter has organized a night of Irish and Palestinian music to raise funds for Gaza relief. Saturday might at the Irish American Heritage Center. Posting the Chicago Reader write up on the event below.
Cryptic street sign in London as endlessly malleable metaphor
February 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Cryptic street sign in London as endlessly malleable metaphor
Just a hunch and maybe I’m wrong but bombing chemical weapons stockpiles seems like a bad idea
December 10, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Just a hunch and maybe I’m wrong but bombing chemical weapons stockpiles seems like a bad idea