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Conference

Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000–1600: The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text

Schloss Hohentübingen, Institut für Klassische Archäologie, room 165, Burgsteige 11 Burgsteige 11, 72070, Tübingen, Germany

International Conference Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000–1600: The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text Tübingen, 30 March to 1 April 2017 http://www.spatial-thought.uni-tuebingen.de/ Convenors Kurt Franz (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) Zayde Antrim (Trinity College, Hartford,...

History and Society on TV in the Middle East Conference

Francis Scott Key Hall, University of Maryland College Park, MD, United States

Investigating Middle Eastern televised fiction in shaping popular culture Prelude to conference includes showings of Middle Eastern productions Middle Eastern-produced television serials are a billion-dollar industry, and one that has stirred controversy among audiences in...

Islamophobia and the end of liberalism?

UC Berkeley Boalt Hall, Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

Islamophobia is most commonly understood to be a problem that impacts adversely on Muslim minorities living in Western countries.   The growing literature on Islamophobia has contributed to this understanding by focusing on the role of...

Translators, copyists and interpreters: Jews, Christians and Muslims

University of Cordoba Avd. Medina Azahara, 5, Córdoba, Spain

The aim of the international conference Translators, copyists and interpreters: Jews, Christians and Muslims and the transmission of the Bible in Arabic in the Middle Ages is to foster an international and interdisciplinary cooperation on...

ICAIS 2017 : 19th International Conference on Arabic and Islamic Studies

The ICAIS 2017: 19th International Conference on Arabic and Islamic Studies aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of...

Qur’anic Manuscript Studies: State of the Field

Nador 15, CEU Nador utca 15, Budapest, Hungary

Event website. This conference aims systematically to take stock of the state of the field in Qur'anic manuscript studies and assess its broader significance. The conference hopes to consider the new directions provided to the...

Scripts and Scripture: Writing and Religion in Arabia, 500-700 C.E. Conference

University of Chicago 5828 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

It has long been known that in the centuries leading up to the emergence of Islam, various religions, both monotheistic and otherwise, were practiced in the Arabian peninsula. The Muslim tradition itself, for example, describes...

5th Biennial Conference on Religion and American Culture

Alexander Hotel 333 S Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Thursday 6:00-8:00 pm Opening Reception, Platt 99 8:00-8:30 pm Alexander Hotel Art Tour, Lobby Friday Studying and Teaching American Religion in the 21st Century 8:30-10:00 am Alexander Ballroom Nones Even casual observers of American religion...