A CARTOGRAPHY OF LOVE - in Malcolm, with Malcolm, and through Malcolm X: An Evening of Storytelling and Heartful Exploration

A CARTOGRAPHY OF LOVE
- in Malcolm, with Malcolm, and through Malcolm
An Evening of Storytelling and Heartful Exploration

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

6:00 PM – Dinner Served
6:45 PM – Lecture, Response & Storytelling

Old Refectory
Yale Divinity School
409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT

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Featuring

Dr. Martin Nguyen
Professor of Theology, Fairfield University
Author of Modern Muslim Theology

Response by
Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman
Yale Divinity School

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About the Evening

In this special program, Dr. Martin Nguyen explores the many forms of love embedded within Islamic theology—divine, prophetic, and communal—through a sustained reflection on the life and legacy of Malcolm X.

Tracing Malcolm’s transformation as not only political but profoundly spiritual, the evening frames love as justice, mercy, and ethical striving. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman, celebrated scholar and long-time student of Malcolm X’s life and thought, will offer a response.

Distinctively, this gathering integrates storytelling into the evening. Participants will be invited to share brief reflections inspired by themes of love, transformation, and liberation. An interfaith and interdisciplinary celebration of love, this event takes place as we approach Ramadan and Valentine’s Day, centering dialogue, listening, and collective meaning-making.

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Partners:

Unity Pictures Foundation (UPF)
Muslim Leadership Lab at Dwight Hall, Yale
Yale Divinity School (Office of the Associate Dean of Community Engagement)
Yale Chaplain's Office

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Co-hosted with: Yale University Chaplain's Office, Dwight Hall at Yale - Center for Public Service and Social Justice (OWNER), YDS Office of Community Engagement

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