The KU Leuven Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies is organizing a workshop May 28-29, 2015 on “Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European Muslim’s Participation in (New) Media.” It will be entirely conducted in English and will be hosted by KU Leuven Gülen Chair in Leuven, Belgium.
During this workshop, the organizers want to address the politics of identity construction and representations of Muslims in Europe through having a look at the updated mediascape based on the following themes.
- Muslim networks and movements in Western Europe : Formation of transnational communities
- Social networking and Muslims in the West
- (Social) Media and Participation: Muslims in Europe
A detailed call for papers is available at the workshop website. Abstracts must be sent by January 10, 2015.