Religion, Heritage, and Identity in Tanzania’s Omani-Ibadi Community
Event Details
Date
Monday, November 3, 2025
Time
12-1:15 p.m.
Location
206 Ingraham Hall
Description
Dr. Kimberly Wortmann is an assistant professor at Wake Forest University, affiliated with African and Middle East/South Asia Studies. Trained in Islamic and African Studies, she researches transregional knowledge networks between East Africa and the Persian Gulf, focusing on Ibadhi-run Islamic schools and charities in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and Oman. She uses Swahili and Arabic and has lived in Uganda, Yemen, and Kenya.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email middleeaststudies@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Monday, October 20, 2025, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.