Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion
IIIT Library 500 Grove Street, Suite 200, Herndon, VA, United StatesLecture led by Elizabeth Hurd.
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GTU CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES FIRST ANNUAL STUDENT SYMPOSIUM- MAY 4, 2017
GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION LIBRARYThe Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU invites you to “Scholarship, Leadership, Activism: Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union” on Thursday, May 4, at 9:00 am in the GTU Library’s Dinner Board Room at 2400 Ridge Road. This first annual CIS student symposium will feature presentations from more than 15 current students and graduates of the GTU’s MA and PhD programs in Islamic Studies. Panel discussions will explore five themes: Studying the Islamic Tradition in Academia, Researching Muslim Diversity and Identity, Teaching and Pedagogy in Islamic Studies, Engaging the Public Sphere, and Expressing Faith through Creativity and the Arts. The all-day conference will conclude with a keynote address by CIS Director Munir Jiwa. Review a full schedule of topics and featured presenters here, and then join us this Thursday to learn more about the vital scholarship being done by students and alumni of the Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU!
Qur’anic Manuscript Studies: State of the Field
Nador 15, CEU Nador utca 15, Budapest, HungaryEvent 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...
Confronting Islamophobia Speaker Series: “Combating Islamophobia”
Reginald F. Lewis Museum 830 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, United StatesRegistration requested. About the Lecture At this moment in our nation’s history, there is an unprecedented need for interreligious education and engagement around Islam. Much of the fear-mongering around Muslims is grounded in a deep...
UCSIA Summer School Religion, Culture and Society: Entanglement and Confrontation: August 27-September 2 2017, Belgium(Deadline: May 14, 2017)
University in Antwerp Prinsstraat 14 , Antwerp, BelgiumWelcome to the website of the UCSIA Summer School Religion, Culture and Society: Entanglement and Confrontation. In 2017 our programme is dedicated to the topic Economic Realities, Social Justice & Faith Traditions (27th of August until 2nd...
Scripts and Scripture: Writing and Religion in Arabia, 500-700 C.E. Conference
University of Chicago 5828 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesIt 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...
Searching for the Divine in Contemporary Islamic Art
torpedo factory art gallery 05 N. Union St., Alexandria, VA, United StatesSearching for the Divine in Contemporary Islamic Art, an exhibition of paintings by newly juried Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association member Ahmed Ansari, will be on display in TAG (Gallery 311) from May 26 – June...
5th Biennial Conference on Religion and American Culture
Alexander Hotel 333 S Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesThursday 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...
Rethinking Islam at the Turn of the 21st Century: Liberal Trends, Agents of Change and Reassessments of Islamic Traditions
Ben Gurion University of the Negev Dalet Mizrah, Beersheba, IsraelThe Middle Eastern Studies Association, in partnership with Ben Gurion University of the Negev, will hold a two-day conference on the theme of "Rethinking Islam at the Turn of the 21st Century: Liberal Trends, Agents...
Contextualizing History Writing in the Ottoman and Indian Worlds (C.1400-1850)
Istanbul Bilgi University Santral Istanbul Campus Kazım Karabekir Cad. No: 2/13, Istanbul, Eyüp İstanbul, Turkeyİstanbul Bilgi University will be holding a conference on the theme of "Contextualizing History Writing in the Ottoman and Indian Worlds (C.1400-1850)" on June 10th-11th at its İstanbul campus. The conference is organized by İstanbul Bilgi...
Faith in Film: Refugees and Islamophobia Sunday
Little River United Church of Christ 8410 Little River Turnpike , Annandale, VA, United StatesFaith in Film: Refugees and Islamophobia Sunday, June 11 & Thursday, June 15 Please join us on Sunday, June 11, at 6:30 pm for a special evening as part of a nationwide film series showcasing...
“Do Maslaks Matter? The Construction of Sunni Muslim Identities in South Asia” Panel
Panel Description Conference Website Panel Description This panel will examine the importance of inter-maslak identities among South Asian Muslims historically and at the present time. Maslak—Deobandi, Barelwi, and Ahl-i Hadith, among others—is the term commonly used by Sunni...
Call for Abstracts – Routledge International Handbook of Religion in Global Society-Deadline July 15
This is a Call for Abstracts to contribute to the Routledge International Handbook of Religion in Global Society (target publication: 2018). We are particularly interested in contributions from early career scholars from around the world....
Call for Papers: Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar
Website and Submission Guidelines Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) publishes original research on a range of issues, including international relations, political science, economics, and Islamic studies, among others. Guidelines Papers should be around...
Kurdish Futures In and Outside of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran: Fresh Hopes or New Tragedies?
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter Stocker Rd, Exeter, United KingdomFollowing the success of the last two previous Kurdish studies conferences in 2012 and 2015 at the University of Exeter Centre for Kurdish Studies, the next conference event will be held over 2.5 days: 26 –...
The Past and Present of a Sufi Order: the Qalāndariyya and Sehwan
Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 1st Floor Multipurpose Room 210 Euston Road, London, United KingdomAbout the Seminar Seminar on the 'Qalāndariyya Sufi Order' based in Sehwan where Dr Hasan Ali Khan will draw on his recent research on the medieval motifs of the Qalāndariyya in contemporary Pakistan and their...
“The Islamicate World Facing its Past: History, Heritage, and Archeology”
Louvre Museum Auditorium Paris, FranceEnglish event page. About the Conference Endangerment and destruction of monuments, archaeological sites and objects, whether antique, medieval or modern, in the present Islamicate World, notably in Syria and Iraq, have received a wide –...
The Power of the President to Shape U.S. Relations in the Middle East and North Africa
Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesEvent page. Registration required. About the Panel Donald Trump promoted a nationalist “America First” approach to foreign policy throughout his campaign for the presidency. But in the months since taking office, the president appears to...
Religion in the World: Beyond the Secular Paradigm-Utrecht Summer School
Utrecht University Utrecht, NetherlandsThis course focuses on current debates in the academic Study of Religion about the role of religion in our globalized world. Theories of secularization are studied in the light of recent research on the resilience...
‘Violence in Sharīʿa and its Contemporary Implications’
Al-Mahdi Institute 60 Weoley Park Road, Birmingham, United KingdomThe 5th annual fiqhī workshop at Al-Mahdi Institute aims to facilitate scholarship directly addressing questions relating to the topic of “violence in Sharī ͑a andits contemporary implications”. The Muslim juristic fiqhī discourse has been framed...
Muslim-Christian Workshop on Philosophy-Theology-Science
The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies Imran bin Hattan Street, Amman, JordanJuly 9-14, 2017, The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman, Jordan The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for philosophical and theological work by Muslim and Christian philosophy or theology graduate students...
Islamic Art and Calligraphy Intensive Course
Islamic Center of Maryland 19411 Woodfield Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesTicket required About the Course Four Day Calligraphy Course from Sunday 7/9 until Wednesday 7/12 This is a special intensive course offering unique skills in the techniques of Arabic calligraphy taught by the renowned Muslim Chinese calligrapher,...
2017 Exeter Gulf Conference – “Hegemonic Boundaries and Asymmetric Power in the Gulf”
IAIS Building/LT1 Exeter, United KingdomAbout the Conference In recent decades, scholarship on the Middle East has benefited from a dynamic approach to the relationship between identities and boundaries. The post-structural turn encouraged us to think beyond bounded communities to...
Islam in the Russian Domain: History, Threats, and Containment
The Institute of World Politics 1521 16th St. NW, Washington, DC, United StatesRegistration requested. About the Lecture Erik Khzmalyan will discuss Russia's interaction with Islam during the Tsarist and Soviet periods, Islam after communism, the radicalization of Muslim populations, and Russia's fear of pan-Islamic movements. About the...
Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Reformation Era
Eckstein Haus Burgstraße 1-3, Nürnberg, GermanyThe conference “Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Reformation Era,” jointly organized by the Verein für Reformationsgeschichte and The Society for Reformation Research, will be held 18-21 July 2017 at the Eckstein Haus in Nuremberg,...
Identity, Colonialism, Nationalisms, and Islamisms in the Middle East
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 50 Washington Square South at 255 Sullivan Street, New York, NY, United StatesRegistration required. Course Synopsis This Summer Institute for k12 educators will focus on the themes of identity, colonialism, nationalisms, and Islam in the Middle East. We will be introduced to the modern history and political...
Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Women and Gender in Religions
Nazareth College 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, United StatesThis international symposium will elaborate on how religions have viewed and interpreted their sacred texts throughout their histories with reference to women and gender relations. It will also reveal how experts in religious studies and social...
“What Kind of Islam Do We Want in America?” Conference
Founders Hall, Room 126 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, United StatesSpeakers List Includes Dr. Ebrahim Moosa Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina Dr. Sheherazade Jafari Dr. Safi Kaskas Dr. Mike Ghouse Ms. Linda Ilham Barto Dr. Sam Hamod Mr. Sami Jamil Jadallah Program/Schedule 8:00-8:50 Light Breakfast- Registration Conference Opens...
Islam in World Affairs Panel at the 11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Campus de la Ciutadella Carrer de Ramon Trias Fargas, 25, Barcelona, SpainRegistration required. Part of EISA's 11th Annual Conference in Barcelona Section 24 - Islam in World Affairs: Politics and Paradigms The section addresses the role of Islam in world affairs. It seeks to explore the empirical...
Call for Papers: Journal of Iranian Political Studies
About the Journal The Journal of Iranian Political Studies, a double-blind peer-reviewed international journal published in print and online by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and the Iranian Association of Political Science invites quality articles, originating...
“Asia, Africa, and Europe” Conference
About the Conference The Deutsche Orientalistentag (DOT) is the largest professional meeting of Oriental Studies in Germany and one of the most important scholarly Orientalist congresses in the world. The range of disciplines encompasses the Ancient and...
THE 4th ASEAN Waqf Seminar 2017
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Bandar Baru Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaThe development of awqaf projects has become an agenda to enhance the economy of ummah and to boost up the importance of the third sector of economy. The interest on the subject of waqf is...
International Conference on Hajj, Umrah and Ziarah (ICHUZ’2017)
Dewan Al-Bukhari Kota Kinabulu, Sabah, MalaysiaConference 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...
Designating Muslims: Islam in American Governmentality
Johnson Center, Room D 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Lecture We are pleased to announce you that our colloquium series will continue with our speaker Dr.Peter Mandaville. His talk "Designating Muslims: Islam in American Governmentality" will explore the various ways in which Muslims have come...
Translating Islam: A Conference in Honor of Carl Ernst
Hampton Inn & Suites 370 E Main St #100, Carrboro, NC, United StatesAbout 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...
Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies
Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations 210 Euston Road, London, United KingdomEvent Website Registration Required About the Workshop Join us for an exploratory and informal workshop to reflect on methodologies, research agendas, and case studies for investigating history writing in Arabic in the Middle East and...
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Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies- October 2017
GMU 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA, United States2017 Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle East Studies October 12, 2017 The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University is pleased to announce the program of the 2017 Book...
Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Johnson Center, Gold Room 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Colloquium The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University is pleased to announce the program of the 2017 Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. The...
“The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History” with Cemil Aydin
Johnson Center, Room F 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Book When President Barack Obama visited Cairo in 2009 to deliver an address to Muslims worldwide, he followed in the footsteps of countless politicians who have taken the existence of a unified global...
An Afternoon of Calligraphy: Presentation and Demonstration by Calligrapher Khalid Casado of Spain
Johnson Center, Room F 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Event This event will feature an introduction from Dr. Larry Butler, Islamic Art historian, and include a presentation and demonstration of Arabic Thuluth script by calligrapher Khalid Casado. Co-sponsored with the Department of...
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IIIT Conference in Honor of Shaykh Taha Jabir Alwani (Oct 2017)- Deadline May 31
IIIT 500 Grove St., Suite 200 Herndon, VA 20170, Herndon, VA, United StatesThe International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) will hold a two-day academic conference on the theme of “Renewal of Islamic Thought: Contemporary Issues” on October 23-24, 2017, at its office in Herndon, Virginia. The conference...
International Symposium, Islamic Arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Website Symposium Description The Symposium Islamic Arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina would like to point out the importance of artistic and architectural heritage of Islamic arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim is to launch a...
Islamic Art: Past, Present and Future?
Cheek Theater, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 200 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA, United StatesAbout the 2017 Symposium The question of what the term “Islamic art” means is challenging. Is it even a useful term? Are there any better alternatives? The problem is particularly difficult when addressing modern and...
“Law, Dynasty, and Islam in Arab Monarchies, 1860s-1930s”
Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall, Room 240 2204 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC, United StatesAbout the Lecture This talk focuses on the legal codification of dynasties in Arab monarchies between the 1860s and 1930s. In a sweeping survey, it compares how the succession order and the members of the...
Identity in the Age of Populism: Southeast Asian Perspectives
Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta, IndonesiaCall 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...
“The Beginnings of Islamic Law: Late Antique Islamicate Legal Traditions” with Lena Salaymeh
Edward B. Bunn S.J. Intercultural Center, Room 270 Washington, DC, United StatesAbout the Lecture The Beginnings of Islamic Law is a major and innovative contribution to our understanding of the historical unfolding of Islamic law. Scrutinizing its historical contexts, the book proposes that Islamic law is...
“(Re)presenting Muslim Bodies of Performance” at ASTR Annual Conference
Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead 3300 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesSection 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 StatesRegistration 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...
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...
Interdisciplinary symposium: Politics of Emotions in Turkey and Its Connected Geographies
London School of Economics London, London, United KingdomIn 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...
15th Annual Duke-UNC Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Conference
Please submit at minimum a 250-300-word abstract accompanied by a working bibliography and CV to DukeUNCConf@gmail.com by December 1, 2017. About the Conference Conference will be held 9-10 February, 2018, in Durham, North Carolina. The...
Teacher Seminar: Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to Contemporary History and Politics
John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University Durham, NC, United StatesThe Ottoman Empire was a vast and diverse entity that spanned centuries and across Anatolia, the Middle East, North Africa, and southern Europe. In this day-long workshop, teachers will explore the historical, political, and cultural...
Islamic Law and Qajar Society
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 50 Washington Square South at 255 Sullivan Street, New York, NY, United StatesA lecture by Nobuaki Kondo, ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies The Iranian Studies Initiative at NYU (ISI-NYU) provides an intellectual and academic space for NYU faculty members and graduate students to study Iranian history, culture and...
Symposium | Ottoman Sufism: Scholars, Works, Problems | December 9-10, 2017
Osmanlı’da İlm-i Tasavvuf: Âlimler, Eserler ve Meseleler İslâm kültür ve medeniyetine dair akademik çalışmalara hakim olan yerleşik anlayış, İslâm düşüncesinin ortaçağlardan itibaren üretkenliğini yitirdiği varsayımına dayanmaktadır. Bu bakış açısının bir neticesi olarak, ortaçağlardan modern dönemlere...
IIIT Winter Student Program (WSP) In Islamic Studies
The Fairfax Institute, IIIT 500 Grove Street Suite 200, Herndon, VA, United StatesCall for Applications Deadline for Applications: Monday, November 6, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: Friday, November 10, 2017 Application site About the Program The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), and its school, The Fairfax Institute, hold...
CfP: Anthropology & Aging | Religion, Spirituality, and Aging | Submissions due on January 15, 2018
Anthropology & Aging CfP: Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Research in fields like public health and social work has demonstrated that enhanced well-being as well as positive health and psychosocial outcomes are associated with different aspects...
Book Launch: Said the Prophet of God
Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505 1957 E St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesWith Joel Blecher Although scholars have long studied how Muslims authenticated and transmitted Muhammad’s sayings and practices (hadith), the story of how they interpreted and reinterpreted the meanings of hadith over the past millennium has...
“Surviving Statelessness: Everyday Life and the Politics of Living among Gaza Refugees in Jordan”
Johnson Center, Room B 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Lecturer Michael Vicente Pérez is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle. His work focuses on refugees and displacement, nationhood and citizenship, precarity, and everyday life. Dr....
Reckoning and Recounting: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi’s Philisophical and Quranic Commentaries
CCAS Boardroom, ICC 141An Islamic Studies Lecture Series. Lecture by Dr. Tony Street (University of Cambridge)
Afghanistan: The Journal of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
About the Journal The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies and Edinburgh University Press are pleased to announce the launch of AFGHANISTAN, which will be published every Spring and Autumn beginning in April 2018. The Editor-in-Chief...
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“The Study of Manuscripts and its Importance for Research on Islamic Literature and Culture” with Dr. Muhammad Isa Waley
Johnson Center, Room C 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Lecturer Dr. Muhammad Isa Waley worked for 45 years as Curator for Persian and Turkish, initially at the British Museum and then at the British Library, London. His main research specializations are (i)...
Ottoman Devotional Manuscripts: Study of a Corpus from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Real Colegio Complutense 26 Trowbridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAbout the Lecturer Mounia Chekhab Abudaya is the Curator for Manuscripts and Western Mediterranean Collections, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha and a Harvard AKPIA Associate
The 6th Intensive Course on Shia Islamic Studies
QomAbout the Course: Shiʿi Islam, with its rich and extensive history, has played a crucial role in the evolution of Islam as both a major world religion and civilization. Shiʿa Muslims account for approximately 15...
Unpacking the Muslim Bans with Shoba Wadhia
Leavey Program Room, Georgetown University 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC, United StatesAbout the Lecture "Unpacking the Muslim Bans: A Conversation on Islamophobia in the Courts and the Administration" The Bridge Initiative is excited to co-sponsor with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and GU Law’s Office of Equity,...
Teach-In on Global Migrations & Refugees: the US & Mid. East
Merten Hall, Room 1204 4441 George Mason Blvd, Fairfax, VA, United StatesThe CCAS is excited to partner with George Mason University's Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and the Arab Studies Institute to host a teach-in on global migrations and refugees. The current global policy environment...
A Teach-In on Global Migrations and Refugees: The US and the Middle East
Merten Hall, Room 1204 4441 George Mason Blvd, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Event The current global policy environment surrounding migration and immigration reflects urgent humanitarian needs. At the same time, global responses are being shaped by resurgent exclusionist tendencies that also defined earlier migration policies...
Evolution of Settlements and Socio-Economic Features in the Bukhara Oasis between Antiquity and Medieval period
Real Colegio Complutense 26 Trowbridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAbout the Lecturer Rocco Rante is an Archaeologist with the Department of Islamic Art, Louvre Museum
“Cinema of the Arab World”: Conference and Call for Papers
New Cairo Campus, AUC AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74, New Cairo, EgyptCall 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...
Occupational Risks: Israel in the West Bank
Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505 1957 E St NW, Washington, DC, United StatesAbout the Lecture This talk raises the two burning questions in this 50th anniversary of the 1967 War. First, “Is the presence of Israel’s military and settlers in the West Bank an occupation?” An answer...
1st Sufi Studies Graduate Student Symposium
Üsküdar University Altunizade Mahallesi, Haluk Türksoy Sk. No:14, Üsküdar/İstanbul, TurkeyAbout the Symposium/Areas of Interest Areas of interest include topics in the context of Sufi studies from multidisciplinary perspectives. This symposium, organized by graduate students, aims to bring together the growing community of researchers and...
A Modern Islamic Perspective on Coexistence and Pluralism
Johnson Center, Room E 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Speaker Dr. Abdulrahman al-Salimi is currently a Patricia Crone Member of Princeton University's Institute for Advanced Study working on early Islamic sources. He is currently editing and studying Ibadi texts of the eighth...
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
Leavey Program Room, Georgetown University 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThe Center for Contemporary Arab Studies is excited to partner with The Bridge Initiative to host Professor Khaled Beydoun for a talk on his newly published book American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of...
“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,...
Itinerant Objects: British Museum and the Ottoman Response to Antiquity
Real Colegio Complutense 26 Trowbridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAbout the Lecturer Belgin Turan Özkaya is Professor of Architectural History at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, and a Harvard AKPIA Associate
Maimonides and Islam
Johnson Center, Room B 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Author Dr. David Novak holds the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies as Professor of Religion and Philosophy in the University of Toronto, where he is a member of University...
L’EMPIRE DES ROSES CHEFS-D’OEUVRE DE L’ART PERSAN DU 19E SIÈCLE
Louvre-Lens Museum 99, rue Paul Bert 62300 Lens, Lens, FranceLe musée du Louvre-Lens présente la toute première rétrospective en Europe continentale consacrée à l’art fastueux de la dynastie des Qajars. Ces brillants souverains régnèrent sur l’Iran de 1786 à 1925. Cette période est l’une des...
IIIT Summer Student Program 2018
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) is pleased to announce its 2018 Summer Student Program (SSP), which will be held in the period of June 25 – July 31, 2018. SSP is an intensive,...
“A Modern Islamic Perspective on Coexistence and Pluralism” with Abdulrahman Al-Salimi
Johnson Center, Room B 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Lecturer Dr. Abdulrahman al-Salimi is currently a Patricia Crone Member of Princeton University's Institute for Advanced Study working on early Islamic sources. He is currently editing and studying Ibadi texts of the eighth...
Kars: Russian Modernity on East Anatolia (1877-1917)
Real Colegio Complutense 26 Trowbridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAbout the Lecturer Neşe Gurallar is Professor, Department of Architecture, Gazi University, Ankara, and a Harvard AKPIA Associate
Imamology in Twelver-Shi’ite Islamic Thought
Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman St., Hartford, CT, United StatesWho is the Imam and what is his role in the worldview of Twelver-Shiʿite Muslims? Hadi Qazwini, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California, will present an overview of the multifaceted doctrine of Imamology in...
April 7 & 14, 2018-Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Pablo Khalid Casado
Diyanet Center of America 9704 Good Luck Road, Lanham, MD, United StatesExperience the beauty of Arabic thuluth style script with our visiting master calligrapher Pablo Casado from Spain. Classes will be held over two Saturdays, April 7 & April 14 at Diyanet Center of America from...
“What is Islam?: Conventional Views and Contemporary Perspectives” Conference
Research Hall, Room 163 10401 York River Road, Fairfax, VA, United StatesResearch 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...
“Racism, Racialization, and African-American Islam in the Americas” Conference
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...
Islam in Africa Brown Bag Lecture Series
Harvard Divinity School Andover Hall 103, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThe Future of Political Islam: Trends and Prospects
Since the 2011 Arab uprisings, the progression of events in the Middle East has provoked new questions on the role of political Islam in the region. The Arab Spring offered Islamist parties the opportunity and...
‘The Past, Present and Future of Shīʿī Ijtihād’
60 Weoley Park Road B29 6RB Birmingham, United KingdomCALL FOR PAPERS The 6th annual AMI Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop on; ‘The Past, Present and Future of Shīʿī Ijtihād’ To be held 5th - 6th July 2018 at Al-Mahdi Institute The relatively recent Shīʿī migration to...
AVACGIS Visiting Scholar Presentations with Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande and Sami Erdem
Johnson Center, Room G 4477 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax, VA, United StatesJoin us for a brown bag lunch as we close the semester with presentations by two of our current Visiting Scholars Ms. Raissa Von Doetinchem de Rand (Princeton University) "Greek Thought and the Limits...
What Next? States, Conflicts, and Policy in the Middle East
Founders Hall, Room 113 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, United StatesRegister/RSVP at meis@gmu.edu Symposium Schedule 12:00 pm Welcome Remarks by Dean Mark Rozell, Jack Goldstone, Bassam Haddad Moderated by Justin Gest and Nadya Sbaiti 12:05 - 1:15 Panel 1: Ongoing Conflicts in the Middle East...
33rd Annual Middle East History & Theory Conference
The University of ChicagoCall 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...
World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean
National Museum of African Art 950 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, United StatesAbout the Exhibit Located at the crossroads of Africa and the Indian Ocean, the Swahili coast has been a vibrant arena of global cultural convergence for over one millennium. For centuries, peoples from the Arabian...
Summer School of Kurdish Studies
University of Chicago 5828 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesSponsored by Zahra Institute May 25-29, 2018 Venue: University of Chicago, Cobb Lecture Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL www.zahrainstitute.org Students and professionals interested in Kurdish language and culture are invited to participate in...
Political Theory and the Question of Religion
Politics, School of Social Sciences Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road M13, Manchester, United KingdomConvenor: Zubair Ahmad, BGSMCS, Freie Universität Contact: zubair@zedat.fu-berlin.de In her recently published book, Liberalism’s Religion (2017), political and legal theorist Cécile Laborde reflects on the “foundational issues about the place of religion in liberal political theory.” In...
OSMANLI’DA İLM-İ TEFSİR SEMPOZYUMU
Istanbul, TurkeyOttoman Tafsīr: Scholars, Works, Problems The established understanding dominant in academic studies on Islamic culture and civilization is based on the assumption that Islamic thought had lost its productivity since the Middle Ages. As a...
The Army, the Economy, and Discontent in Egypt
Merten Hall, Room 1203 4441 George Mason Blvd, Fairfax, VA, United StatesAbout the Lecture From a political economy approach, this talk follows how Egypt’s military institution has been visibly, or often invisibly, controlling the economy and state in the past three decades. Uniquely in its regional...
Call for papers: 4th China and The Middle East Conference
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University , TurkeyCall 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...
Sasanian Sacred Iconography after the Sasanians
University of YorkAbout the Lecture How are we to understand motifs created after the Islamic conquest that refer to Sasanian sacred iconography? Images with Zoroastrian connotations were commissioned and used by non-Zoroastrians in the centuries immediately after...
Approaches to Islamic Studies in North American Universities
Summer Institute for Scholars - 2018 Call for Papers Approaches to Islamic Studies in North American Universities July 11-13, 2018 Herndon, Virginia Background In 2012, the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) published Observing the Observer:...
World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
Rectorate of the University of Seville Calle San Fernando, 4, Seville, SpainThe 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...
CfP: Sharia and the Secular
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesProposals 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’...
URD Intensive Course on Shia Studies
Introduction The University of Religions and Denominations with its experience of organizing six intensive international courses on Shia Studies in Iran (Qom) and attracting more than a hundred participants from 42 countries, is organizing the first Shia Studies...
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Conceptualizing Sectarianization
University of BernAbout 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...
Muslim Women’s Religious Leadership and Authority in Europe and North America
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...
Impact of Emerging Digital Technology and Social Media on Muslim Communities
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...
2018 Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society Education and Muslim Societies Track
Indianapolis, Indiana , United StatesThe Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University invites scholarly papers for a track on education in Muslim societies at its second Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society...
The Reach of Empire – The Early Islamic Empire at Work
Universität HamburgAbout 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...
Muslim Minorities and the Refugee Crisis in Europe: Narratives and Policy Responses
An international conference organised by the Middle East and Central Asia Unit and the Department of Political Studies, Warsaw School of Economics The recent refugee crisis started by the ongoing war in Syria caught Europeans...