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International Conference on Hajj, Umrah and Ziarah (ICHUZ’2017)

Dewan Al-Bukhari Kota Kinabulu, Sabah, Malaysia

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...

Translating Islam: A Conference in Honor of Carl Ernst

Hampton Inn & Suites 370 E Main St #100, Carrboro, NC, United States

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...

Identity in the Age of Populism: Southeast Asian Perspectives

Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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...

“(Re)presenting Muslim Bodies of Performance” at ASTR Annual Conference

Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead 3300 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

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...

American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting

Hynes Convention Center 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, United States

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

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...

“Cinema of the Arab World”: Conference and Call for Papers

New Cairo Campus, AUC AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74, New Cairo, Egypt

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...

“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,...