Tag Archives: Islam
CFP Deadline: June 25, Workshop, Islam in Europe through the Balkan Prism, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This conference aims to look at Islam in Europe “through the Balkan prism”. What are the historical, institutional and religious traits that characterise endogenous European Muslims? How have they recast themselves vis-à-vis European models and ideas? The workshop will be … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: May 15, Workshop on De-Centering Shi‘ism, United States
Call for papers for a workshop of the Princeton/Oxford collaborative project, Traditional authority and transnational religious networks in contemporary Shi‘i Islam: Results from recent empirical research, to be held at Princeton University, October 3–5, 2013. Conveners: Morgan Clarke (Oxford) and … Continue reading
April 3-5, Conference on “Religion and the idea of a University,” UK
A conference on “Religion and the Idea of a University,” will be held 3 – 5 April 2013 at Gillespie Centre, Clare College, Cambridge, UK. The conference will engage with the broad question ‘what place, if any, does religion have … Continue reading
Mar. 29-30, Conference on “Islam, Political Islam, and Islamophobia,” USA
A conference on “Islam, Political Islam, and Islamophobia” will be held on March 29-30, 2013 at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Muslims representing all strata of society throughout the world face an extraordinary degree of negative attention from both public and … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: April 15, Special Issue on Kurdish Islam
Lately, Kurdish Islamic cultural repertoires and public religious symbolism have become a significant issue in defining contentious ethnic politics in Kurdish-populated regions in the Middle East. Despite its growing importance especially after the Arab Spring, the topic remains to be … Continue reading
Feb 28-March 2, 2013, Conference on Democracy, Religion,Political Culture in the Orthodox and Islamic Worlds, USA
A conference on “Ready for Democracy? Religion and Political Culture in the Orthodox and Islamic Worlds” will be held at Indiana University Bloomington, Feb. 28-March 2, 2013. The conference – sponsored by the Russian and East European Institute (REEI) at … Continue reading
21-22 Feb. 2013: Workshop, “Orders and Itineraries: Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian Networks in Southern Asia, c. 900-1900,” Singapore
The presence and importance of orders, as corporate structures of ritual and interpretive religious specialists, has long been noted in the history of South and Southeast Asia. Most often, however, these discussions have been compartmentalized within fields of study focused … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: Feb 28, “Muslim Identity Formation in Religiously Diverse Societies,” Australia
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Inaugural Australasian Conference on Islam will be held on the theme “Muslim Identity Formation in Religiously Diverse Societies” 24–26 November 2013. Abstract submission date: 28 February 2013. Although religious diversity is more pronounced in the Western … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: Feb 20, Workshop on “Machiavelli, Islam and the East,” Italy
Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa (Italy) is inviting scholars to submit 25-minutes papers for a one-day international workshop titled “Machiavelli, Islam and the East”, which will take place on 6 May 2013. While Niccolò Machiavelli is universally recognized as one … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: Jan 31, Conference on “Religion and the idea of a University,” UK
Proposals are invited for twenty minute papers that engage with the broad question of ‘what place, if any, does religion have in a secular research university?’ for a conference on “Religion and the Idea of a University,” to be held … Continue reading