Transnational Susfism in Contemporary Societies: International Conference (November 9-11, 2017, Venice) Deadline: March 15, 2017

Fondazione Giorgio Cini invites submissions for an international conference on “Transnational Sufism in Contemporary Societies,” to be held on San Giorgio Island, Venice, on the 9^th – 11^th   November 2017, organised by Francesco Piraino (Scuola Normale Superiore) and Mark Sedgwick (Aarhus University).

Fondazione Giorgio Cini, with this conference, aims to gather researchers from around the world to develop reflections on Sufism and Islamic spirituality in contemporary societies, in its ethical, philosophical, theological, social, and political manifestations.

The themes of the conference (which you will find in detail in the call for papers) are: 1) the cultural and social politics of contemporary Sufism, 2) the reconfigurations of Sufi identities, 3) a reflection on the categories used: what do Sufism, mysticism, and esotericism mean?