Tag Archives: Sufism
CFA Deadline: Aug. 20, Dissertation Fellowships,13th-16th century Islamicate Intellectual History, UK
[ August 14, 2014 to August 20, 2014. ] Applications are invited for Final Year Dissertation Write-up Fellowships in 13th to 16th century Islamicate Intellectual History as part of the ERC Project IMPAcT, to commence on 1 October 2014 for one year. Three grants are available for scholars who are in the process of completing a dissertation on a topic relevant for 13th to [...]
CFP Deadline: June 5, Workshop on Religious Groups and Their Activities in Kyrgyzstan
[ May 30, 2014 1:00 am to June 5, 2014 1:00 am. ] The Central Asian Research Center (ORASAM) at Kyrgyzstan-Turkey “Manas” University will hold a workshop on “Religious Groups and Their Activities in Kyrgyzstan,” June 25-27
National, religious, ethnic, communal and gender identities have been re-conceptualized in Central Asia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. With the collapse of old political, economic, societal and even belief systems, [...]
21-22 Feb. 2013: Workshop, “Orders and Itineraries: Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian Networks in Southern Asia, c. 900-1900,” Singapore
[ February 21, 2013 to February 22, 2013. ] 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 on a single religious tradition. This workshop on “”Orders and Itineraries: Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian [...]
Discovering religion in the classroom