Call for Proposals

This Group invites submissions on all subjects related to Islam in the contemporary world. We are, however, particularly interested in papers dealing with contemporary Islam in relation to the following topics:

• Performance and ritual


• Social media, e-preaching, and/or virtual networks


• Translation and multilinguality


• Memorialization and public memory


• Material culture and Baraka


• For a possible cosponsored session with the Middle Eastern Christianity Group and Religion and Migration Group, topics exploring Middle Eastern Christian and/or Muslim migrant communities and using sound methodologies that address issues related to migration


• For a cosponsored session with the Religion and Politics Section, Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group, and Religions, Social Conflict and Peace Group, proposals that critically and creatively examine the methodology and impact of different interreligious responses to moments of civic unrest or violence in a religious context

Mission

The mission of this Group is to provide a venue for discussing emerging problems and developments within Muslim societies and Islamic studies during the past 200 years, particularly in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Anonymity of Review Process

Proposer names are anonymous to Chairs and Steering Committee members during review, but visible to Chairs prior to final acceptance or rejection.

Questions?

Danielle Abraham
Harvard University
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Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
Reed College
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Method of Submission