About the Conference Carl Ernst has devoted his academic life to translating Islam, linguistically and culturally. From his first book, Words of Ecstasy in Sufism (1985), to his most recent book, co-edited with Fabrizio Speziale, Perso-Indica: An Analytical...
Call for Papers: Abstracts due by 15 August 2017 About the Conference With liberal democracy becoming an increasingly important norm in contemporary world, masses constitute significant element in directing state policies. On one hand, the...
Section webpage here. Conference Website. Section Description This working group foregrounds theatre and performance in Islamic countries and cultures, and representations of Muslim bodies on stage. Orientalist ‘othering’ into an age of paranoid nationalism has...
Registration required. Conference Website. About the Conference The 2017 Annual Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts, November 18–21, hosted by the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, is the world's largest gathering of scholars interested...
In Their Words / In Our Words: A conference about representations of the Other in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Call for Papers: Abstracts due by July 24 We are proud to welcome...
About the Conference The Qur'an and Tafsir Academy have taken the academic studies on the agenda of the Qur'anic studies as an issue of the year, 2017. Masters and Doctoral theses in the field of...
In Turkey politics is often emotional and emotions are highly politicized. However, a closer look at public and political expressions of emotions shows that distinctive emotions show salience at different decades and under different political...
Call for Papers Please submit 300-400-word abstracts, including a short biographical statement and a 5-entry bibliography, to Terri Ginsberg and Iman Hamam by August 31, 2017. Acceptance notices will be circulated by October 1, 2017. Participants must submit their completed...
Conference on The Global Status of Women and Girls at Christopher Newport University Call for Papers: Abstract Deadline is September 3, 2017 Submissions from any academic discipline are welcome, including, but not limited to, art,...
Research Hall, Room 163 In the two years since its publication, the late Shahab Ahmed’s inquiry into What is Islam? has generated much needed debate across multiple fields related to the study of Islam. His erudite proposal...
Johnson Center, George's (3rd Floor above JC Library) In the last two decades, a renewed interest in African Muslims’ forced and voluntary journeys into American continent produced a number of noteworthy publications. Combined with an...
Call for Proposals We invite proposals for papers and pre-arranged panels from graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars about the Middle East from the sixth century c.e. to the present day, including but not limited...
Call for papers: 4th China and The Middle East Conference: China and West Asia: Economic Development; and Social and Political Cooperation Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University Cappadocia - TURKEY June 20-22, 2018 Organized by Nevsehir...
The Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation welcomes the Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES). WOCMES Seville 2018 will be held in the capital of Andalusia on 16-22 July 2018, serving as a meeting point to present, debate...
Proposals should be sent to isgsc@cmes.ucsb.edu and must be received by July 30, 2018 About the Conference The SoCal Islamic Studies Graduate Student Consortium invites papers exploring the theme of “Sharia and the Secular.” Does Sharia rule Muslims’...
About the Conference Conceptualizing Sectarianization: Perspectives on the Dynamics of Ethno-Religious Difference in Studying the Middle East and North Africa Demarcating a given community on the basis of its confessional identity or religious denomination has...
CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline is 03 April 2018) The rise of female Islamic scholarship and leadership in the non-Muslim world is a relatively recent phenomenon that is garnering increasing public attention. Growing opportunities for women...
CALL FOR PAPERS 47th Annual Conference of the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS) “Impact of Emerging Digital Technology and Social Media on Muslim Communities” Cosponsored By:Middle East and Middle Eastern American...
About the Conference As the ERC project “The Early Islamic Empire at Work – The View from the Regions Toward the Center” nears its end, its final conference shall invite participants to examine the reach...
