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September 2017
International Conference on Hajj, Umrah and Ziarah (ICHUZ’2017)
Conference Website Conference Theme "Managing Hajj, Umrah and Ziarah : Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium" Conference Description The International Conference on Hajj, Umrah and Ziarah (ICHUZ'2017) with the theme "Managing Hajj, Umrah and Ziarah : Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium" is intended to gather academicians and industry…
Find out more »October 2017
Translating Islam: A Conference in Honor of Carl Ernst
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…
Find out more »November 2017
Identity in the Age of Populism: Southeast Asian Perspectives
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…
Find out more »“(Re)presenting Muslim Bodies of Performance” at ASTR Annual Conference
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…
Find out more »American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
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…
Find out more »In Their Words / In Our Words
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…
Find out more »Academic Theses in Qur’anic Studies: West and Muslim World in Comparison
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…
Find out more »December 2017
Interdisciplinary symposium: Politics of Emotions in Turkey and Its Connected Geographies
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…
Find out more »March 2018
“Cinema of the Arab World”: Conference and Call for Papers
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…
Find out more »“Women, Social Change and Activism: Then and Now”
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,…
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