Registration is now open for an exciting ‘expert seminar’ sponsored by the Islamic Studies Network on 18 May 2012 at London Metropolitan University. Please register on our website here: Social Scientists examine Islam and the lives of Muslims
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The event will consist of four 30 minute presentations, followed by 30 minutes discusssion time for each of the following speakers:
* Nilu Ahmed (Swansea University): Mosques, media and mehfils: changing religious meanings and practice among first generation Bangladeshi women in London
* Professor Shaheen Ali (University of Warwick): Balancing Multiculturalism, Legal Pluralism and Muslim Women’s Rights: A Critical Look at Shari’a Councils in Britain
* Dr Nasar Meer (Northumbria University): Misrecognising Muslim Consciousness in Europe
* Dr Sara Silvestri (City University London): Unpacking and repacking Islam and the political Respondents: Professors Mona Siddiqui (University of Edinburgh) and Jeff Haynes (London Metropolitan University) Chair/convenor: Max Farrar (Emeritus Professor, Leeds Met University)
A full programme is available online. Please forward widely. Lisa Dr Lisa Bernasek Academic Coordinator, Islamic Studies Network www.islamicstudiesnetwork.ac.uk<http://www.islamicstudiesnetwork.ac.uk> LLAS: Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies University of Southampton | Avenue Campus | Southampton | SO17 1BJ +44 (0) 23 8059 9637 | www.llas.ac.uk
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