Women negotiating secularism & multiculturalism through civil society organisations, Coventry University

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Registration open for: Women negotiating secularism and multiculturalism
through civil society organisations

Coventry University, 30th June – 1st July 2015

Sponsored by the International Society for the Sociology of Religion &
organised by Coventry University, Uppsala University, University of
Helsinki & the Centre for Social Studies, Lisbon.

The second of three workshops asking “Is secularism bad for women?
Women, Religion and Multiculturalism in contemporary Europe”, this
workshop will explore how European societies can secure religious
women’s freedom and flourishing. How can societies ensure both gender
equality and religious freedom, without sacrificing either? What
political arrangements offer the most to those who are religious and
female? Is religion an impediment to women’s freedom, or can it be a
force for social justice, and how should societies negotiate these issues?

This workshop approaches these questions by focusing on what women’s and
religious organisations are doing to address faith, gender, secularism
and multiculturalism. How do these differ by geography or faith group?
To what extent do faith-based organisations working for religious
inclusion in civil society press for gender equality? How do women’s
organisations approach religion, and do they consider religion to be an
equality issue alongside ethnicity, gender, sexuality or disability? How
are women’s faith-based organisations’ working across secular/religious
spheres and with other civil society organisations? How do
theological/hermeneutical approaches inform religious organisations’
work on gender and women’s issues?

Programme: Keynote lectures by Dr Line Nyhagen & Dr Niamh Reilly
https://womenreligionandsecularism.wordpress.com/coventry-university-keynote-speakers/.
Featuring 15 speakers (academic and from women’s organisations) from the
UK, Netherlands, USA, Mauritania, Belgium, Germany & Sweden. Topics
include: Muslim women’s organisations, Christian feminism, FGM,
non-religion & gender, Hindu nationalism, legal regulation of women’s
dress and new media and religion. Details via:
https://womenreligionandsecularism.wordpress.com/coventry-university-programme/

Practical information & how to register: Participation fee (includes
lunch & refreshments): £15 (standard), £10 (unwaged, PhD, post-doc or
civil society organizations). Details via:
https://womenreligionandsecularism.wordpress.com/coventry-university-practical-information/

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New journal: Body and Religion

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http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/BAR/index

Co-Editors
Shawn Arthur, Wake Forest University
Nikki Bado,Iowa State University

Book Review Editor
Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University
Send books for review to:
Kevin Schilbrack, Professor and Chair
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Appalachian State University
Greer Hall 113
Boone, NC 28608
USA

Digital Media Content Manager
Eric Waite, Iowa State University

Body and Religion is an internationally peer reviewed, interdisciplinary
journal devoted to all issues of body and religion. We welcome
English-language submissions from scholars who use diverse methodologies
and approaches, ranging from traditional to innovative, to explore
issues of “body” as a fundamental analytical category in the study of
religion. We seek to publish the widest possible diversity of critical
inquiry into the relationships between all manner of bodies; concepts of
“body,” and both traditional and alternative religious traditions,
popular culture, literature, the arts, psychology, philosophy, the
natural sciences, national and social movements, gender and sexuality,
modification and transformation, underground/alternative culture, time
periods, and regions.

The journal provides a forum for the study of all manner of ancient and
contemporary practices, concerns, ideals, and connections or
disconnections between body and religion. Essays and analyses are
capable of being delivered on a multi-media platform, assisting in
examining performances, rituals, and other topics that are not easily
captured in print. However, alternate and innovative presentations must
include a significant written portion for print, while corresponding
extra color art, video, and other media will be included on the journal
website and in other electronic forms.

Body and Religion considers submissions from both established scholars
and research students. All articles are refereed. There are two issues
per year commencing in 2016.

Publication and Frequency
Two issues per volume year.
ISSN 2057-5823 (Print)
ISSN 2057-5831 (Online)

Send books for review to:
Kevin Schilbrack, Professor and Chair
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Appalachian State University
Greer Hall 113
Boone, NC 28608
USA

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Book Announcement: A Sociology of Prayer

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A Sociology of Prayer
Edited by Giuseppe Giordan, University of Padua, Italy and Linda
Woodhead, University of Lancaster, UK
Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series
Ashgate, July 2015

http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409455851

Prayer is a central aspect of religion. Even amongst those who have
abandoned organized religion levels of prayer remain high. Yet the most
basic questions remain unaddressed: What exactly is prayer? How does it
vary? Why do people pray and in what situations and settings? Does
prayer imply a god, and if so, what sort? A Sociology of Prayer
addresses these fundamental questions and opens up important new debates.

Drawing from religion, sociology of religion, anthropology, and
historical perspectives, the contributors focus on prayer as a social as
well as a personal matter and situate prayer in the conditions of
complex late modern societies worldwide. Presenting fresh empirical data
in relation to original theorising, the volume also examines the
material aspects of prayer, including the objects, bodies, symbols, and
spaces with which it may be integrally connected.

Contents:

Introduction: You never know. Prayer as enchantment, Giuseppe Giordan;
Prayer as practice: an interpretative proposal, Carlo Genova; For youth,
prayer is relationship, Michael C. Mason; Pentecostal prayer as personal
communication and invisible institutional work, Yannick Fer;
Transcendence and immanence in public and private prayer, Martin
Stringer; Prayer as a tool in Swedish Pentecostalism, Emir Mahieddin;
Contrasting regimes of Sufi prayer and emotion work in the Indonesian
Islamic revival, Julia Day Howell; A socio-anthropological analysis of
forms of prayer among the Amish, Andrea Borella; Filipino Catholic
students and prayer as conversation with God, Jayeel Serrano Cornelio;
The embodiment of prayer in charismatic Christianity, Michael Wilkinson
and Peter Althouse; Prayer requests in an English cathedral, and a new
analytic framework for intercessory prayer, Tania ap Siôn; An analysis
of hospital chapel prayer requests, Peter Collins; Conclusion: Prayer as
changing the subject, Linda Woodhead; Index.

About the Editor:
Giuseppe Giordan is Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion at the
University of Padua (Italy). He is Co-Editor of the Annual Review of the
Sociology of Religion (Brill), elected member of the Executive Council
of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and served as General
Secretary of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion
from 2009 to 2013. His books include Identity and Pluralism. The Values
of the Post-Modern Time. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 2004;
Vocation and Social Context (ed.), Leiden: Brill, 2007; Conversion in
the Age of Pluralism (ed.), Leiden: Brill, 2009; Youth and Religion,
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion (ed.), 1, Leiden Brill, 2010;
Religion, Spirituality and Everyday Practices (ed. with William H.
Swatos, Jr.) New York: Springer, 2011.

Linda Woodhead is Professor of Sociology of Religion at Lancaster
University, and Director of the £12m AHRC/ESRC Research Programme on
Religion and Society. Her books include Religion and Change in Modern
Britain, ed. with Rebecca Catto, London: Routledge, 2012; A Sociology of
Religious Emotion, with Ole Riis, Oxford: OUP, 2010; The Spiritual
Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality, with Paul
Heelas, Blackwell, 2005; An Introduction to Christianity, Cambridge
University Press, 2004. Edited and co-edited books include Religions in
the Modern World 2nd edition, London: Routledge, 2009; Congregational
Studies in the UK, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004; Predicting Religion:
Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003;
Peter Berger and the Study of Religion, London: Routledge, 2002;
Reinventing Christianity: Nineteenth Century Contexts, Aldershot:
Ashgate, 2001; Religion in Modern Times, Oxford: Blackwell.

Reviews:

‘An astonishing array of insights about something generally neglected
and taken for granted: what are people up to when they pray? The fresh,
empirically-based contributions will engage and inform readers. Most
importantly, the collection helps move forward the only recently-opened
discussion about the sociality and relationality of prayer, a practice
that persists within and on the borders of the sacred and the secular.’
Abby Day, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

‘Insightfully, in her conclusion, Linda Woodhead considers prayer as
“changing the subject”. The chapters brought together in this book help
us to understand why. Each of them makes a distinctive contribution to a
topic that is insufficiently understood by sociologists.’
Grace Davie, University of Exeter, UK

‘For those living within western cultures, prayer remains one of the
most perplexing of religious phenomena. This collection of essays
approaches prayer as a social fact, as patterns of behaviour that confer
meaning within the lives of individuals and communities across the
globe. It takes seriously the ways in which acts of prayer are shaped by
their social context, and as such, challenges the assumption that prayer
is always individual and self-serving, instead highlighting its social
consequences, such as the cultivation of relationships and civic
responsibility, and the reinforcement of community boundaries. These
essays are international in scope, and offer an important contribution
to the international sociology of religion. Those who want to understand
better why prayer endures as a social phenomenon would do well to engage
seriously with this book.’
Mathew Guest, University of Durham, UK

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The BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World

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The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are
delighted to announce the launch of the BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize in the
Study of Islam and the Muslim World. This international prize will be
awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first
monograph based on a doctoral thesis. English-language submissions on
any aspect of the academic study of Islam and the Muslim world, past and
present, including Muslim-minority societies are accepted. Applicants
can be based in any country, and manuscripts will be assessed on the
basis of scholarly quality and originality.

The award includes publication of the winning manuscript and a prize of
£1,000, and will be officially presented at the Annual Conference of
BRAIS. The selection process will be undertaken by a seven-member prize
committee comprising established academics from across the field.

Dr Anke Beck, Managing Director of De Gruyter, underscores De Gruyter’s
commitment to the support of the academic study of Islam and the Muslim
world, a rich and growing area of scholarship: ‘Islamic Studies is a
vital field in contemporary academic and cultural circles, and De
Gruyter is committed to publishing top scholarly work that promotes the
field and advances our understanding of Islam. The BRAIS prize is an
ideal way for us to support early-career scholars and encourage
innovative research’.

Details of the first round of the prize are available online, at
www.brais.ac.uk/prize/2016. The deadline for receiving submissions is 1
August 2015. The first prize will be awarded at the Annual Conference of
BRAIS in April 2016.

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CFP: Re-thinking Boundaries in the Study of Religion and Politics

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Call for Papers: Postgraduate Conference – Re-thinking Boundaries in the Study of Religion and Politics

Proposal Deadline: 19th June 2015

11-12 September 2015

Linklater Rooms, University of Aberdeen

A common approach to the study of religion and politics frames the
inquiry using boundaries. Such boundaries include religion/secular,
private/public, belief/practice and theism/atheism, to name just a few.
It may be argued that these categorisations are analytically useful in
understanding social phenomena because, for example, what is ‘religious’
should be analysed in relation to what is ‘secular.’ Another approach
may instead point to the problem with the construction of such binaries
in that empirically these distinctions become blurred, so that framing
an action, for example as ‘public’ or ‘private’, does not reflect the
diversity of human experience. The various approaches to the study of
these boundaries meet different critiques. For one, it may be argued
that the use of these categories does not always provide adequate
contextual, historical or empirical consideration, and may then fall
victim to generalisation. On the other hand, it may also be argued that
the way these boundaries have been constructed should be critically
addressed to shed light on the reasons they are often sustained
analytically despite their empirical blurriness. Therefore, the
conference aims to provide a space for participants to engage in a
constructive dialogue on how to think about these boundaries. The
committee is trying to move beyond noting the blurriness between these
categories of thought, and instead seek to examine the consequences of
these boundaries by creating a space for interdisciplinary dialogue.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

  • What kinds of boundaries do scholars of religion work with?
  • What are the political/social/cultural/theological consequences and
    implications of critically approaching these boundaries?
  • What does such an examination say about the subject of post-secularity?
  • What kinds of frameworks help to bridge together a critical analysis
    of these boundaries whilst taking into account agency and the life
    experiences of individuals?
  • What is the dynamic relationship between these boundaries when
    thinking about them as categories of analysis and also of action?
  • How is such an examination important in depicting relations between
    religion and social and cultural outlooks, including politics, law,
    education and theology in contemporary societies?
  • What is the political and how might our understanding of politics
    develop from examining these categories?
  • In relation to the conference theme, what does faith-based mean?

The conference organisers welcome postgraduate researchers interested in
exploring how closer attention to the ways in which such boundaries are
constructed can be meaningfully questioned to engage with working
research questions. Methodological approaches may include both empirical
studies (both qualitative and quantitative) and theoretical analysis.
The conference invites those studying in a variety of disciplinary
fields within the Humanities and Social Sciences with the intention of
creating interdisciplinary engagement. Additionally, the conference
welcomes applications from those studying contemporary contexts within
any geographical area.

We welcome presentations on any of the following:

· Research papers for submission to academic journals
· Research findings or excerpts from a PhD thesis
· Methodological or research design ideas for a PhD thesis
· Masters papers in the final stages with a view to continuing into a
PhD programme

Delegates will benefit from hearing lectures given by scholars in the
field. They will also gain further presentation experience, receive
feedback on their work and establish networks with other early career
researchers with overlapping research interests. Scholars from the
University of Aberdeen will provide feedback on presentations.

Confirmed keynote speakers:

· Abby Day (Goldsmiths University of London, University of Kent)
· Timothy Fitzgerald (University of Stirling)

Additionally, part of the conference will be organised as a workshop to
give participants the opportunity to take part in theme-specific talks.
These workshops will be facilitated by University of Aberdeen academics.
Details will follow once all proposals are received.

Tentative themes will be:

1) approaching the category of Islam from empirical to analytical,
2) gender and non-belief,
3) religion and politics as categories of the modern state.

Please submit your proposal of a maximum 250 words and a short CV to
Sarah Hynek at r01seh11@abdn.ac.uk by the deadline of 19 June 2015.

Proposals that arrive after this deadline without a particular reason
will not be accepted. The conference is free of charge (lunch and
refreshments will be provided). Hotel accommodation on the evening of 11
September will be reserved and the costs covered. Attendees are expected
to arrange and pay for their own travel expenses.

Presenters will be allotted 15 minutes for their presentation and 15
minutes for discussion. Those in the early stages of research presenting
their methodology or research design will be allotted 10 minutes to
present and 10 minutes for discussion.

Please do not hesitate to contact the email address indicated above
should you have any inquiries. We look forward to receiving a proposal
from you.

Conference Committee

Sarah Hynek
Yutaka Osakabe

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Call for Applications: Four Junior Fellowships

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Call for Applications – Four Junior Fellowships
Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies – Jewish Scepticism, University of Hamburg
The application deadline for the fall 2015 semester fellowship is June 30, 2015.
The application deadline for the spring 2016 semester fellowship is December 31, 2015.

The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies – Jewish Scepticism (MCAS-JS) offers four Junior Fellowships, i.e. two for PhD candidates and two for Post-Docs, in each case for a period of six months, either during the fall or spring semester 2015-16. In well-founded cases according to an evaluation of the fellow’s results achieved so far an extension of the period of six months up to one year is negotiable. The award supports original research on (Jewish) scepticism in Ancient Times at the MCAS-JS. In this context, scepticism is understood as enquiry into (secular and sacred) belief and knowledge, the expression of doubts toward any kind of authority – raising the question of the criterion of truth (including implicit and explicit sceptical paradoxes) – and the purposefully evoked suspension of judgement to avoid dogmatism. Applications are welcome from young scholars in any field who are in the final stage of their thesis or Post-Doc research project. Fellowships carry a stipend of €1,400 for PhD candidates respectively €1,700 for Post-Docs.

Responsibilities of Junior Fellows
o    Conduct original research at the MCAS-JS on a full-time basis; Fellows are required to spend a minimum of three days per week in residence.
o    Deliver at least one workshop at the MCAS-JS based on the research conducted.
o    Participate actively in the scholarly community at the MCAS-JS.
o    Acknowledge MCAS-JS in all publications resulting from the fellowship.
o    Submit a detailed report upon completion of the fellowship describing the experience as a MCAS-JS Fellow.

Eligibility
o    Open to all scholars who are in the final stage of their PhD or Post-Doc project.
o    It is the responsibility of the applicant to have the appropriate visa for acceptance of the stipend for the duration of the award.

Applications should include
1.    Cover letter stating area of interest, knowledge of relevant languages, and how the project relates to the agenda of MCAS-JS, and preferred fellowship start date.
2.    Curriculum Vitae, including contact information, education, publications, scholarly activities, teaching experience, and any other relevant work experience, as well as a transcript of records (PhD candidates) respectively PhD diploma (Post-Docs).
3.    Research proposal of no more than three double-spaced pages, including clearly stated goals for research during the period of the fellowship.
4.    A one-page bibliography of important secondary sources for the project.
5.    Two letters of recommendation, which address the significance of the candidate’s work for his or her field as well as the candidate’s ability to fulfill the proposed research project. Letters of recommendation should be submitted directly by the referees to the address below; please list the names and email addresses of the referees in your CV. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that letters of recommendation are submitted by the deadline.
6.    Please submit application, point 1-4, by email as one continuous PDF file.

Application schedule
o    Applications for the fall 2015 semester are due June 30, 2015; applications for the spring 2016 fellowship are due December 31, 2015.  For consideration all application materials, including the letter of recommendation, must be received by the deadline.
o    Announcement of grant recipients: August 2015 for the fall semester; February 2015 for the spring semester.
o    Commencement of grant period: October for the fall semester; April for the spring semester.

Applications are to be submitted to:
Dr. Bill Rebiger
Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies
– Jewish Scepticism
University of Hamburg
Rothenbaumchaussee 34
20148 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 428 38 8997
Email: bill.rebiger@uni-hamburg.de

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PhD scholarship in sociology of religion at University of Agder, Norway

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Attached you will find an announcement of a three years’ PhD scholarship
in sociology of religion at our department at University of Agder,
Kristiansand. Note that this time knowledge of Scandinavian language is
required. Note also the deadline, June 20.

http://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/114745/doktorgradsstipendiat-i-religionssosiologi

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Call for Contributions – Liminal Spaces from Sacred to Urban: The Friday Mosque and the City

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Targeted contributions are sought for an edited volume exploring the dynamic relationship between the Friday Mosque and the city, specifically the liminality between sacred and urban spaces.

Islamic law requires believers to congregate on Fridays as a social code. The Prophet himself was instrumental in establishing the first congregational space in Medina. Whatever the original terminology was to define this space, it is usually accepted as the prototype of the “mosque” by the architectural historians. The English term “mosque” derives from the Arabic masjid, a term designating a place of prostration, whereas the term jāmi‘ which is translated variously as
Friday mosque, great mosque or congregational mosque, originates from the Arabic term jama‘ –that is, to gather. The distinctions in terminology are important because, according to Islamic legal tradition, the presence of a Friday mosque was an important parameter in defining a “city” (madina).

As the dominion of Islam (dar al-Islam) spread across continents, they gradually embraced local socio-cultural traditions, which became reflected in the overall designs of these buildings and their dependencies. Thanks to the symbolic importance of the Friday sermon (khutba), mosques also became the loci for displays of power and declarations of independence that became increasingly important with the proliferation of Islamic states. As embodiments of the inter-state rivalry, Friday mosques were instrumental in the urban development and
identity of new Islamic capital cities. The concepts of the Friday mosque and the “Islamic City” have been independently discussed at great length and widely studied by historians of Islamic architecture and urbanism and are therefore not the focus of our attention. Instead, we are particularly interested in the functional and spatial ambiguity of the transition between the city and the Friday mosque.

In understanding the relationship between the Friday mosque and the city, what constitutes the boundaries of one versus the other is often difficult to define. Moreover, those “urban thresholds”, which changed over time and geography, act as liminal spaces between the sacred and urban. So, where does liminality or sacredness begin? And in the context of Friday mosques, is the sanctuary defined by the interior of the mosque? Or does sacredness extend to ambiguous spaces as well? For example when one enters the ziyada of the Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo, do the rules of the sacred precinct apply? Similar questions can be asked in relation to courtyards or portico entrances (son cemaat yeri) in Ottoman mosques.

The development of the complex complicates this discussion further as the different social and historical contexts gave various meanings to such spaces. What happens when a mosque is combined with dependencies and is thereby transformed into a complex, such as the Khuand Khatun Complex in Kayseri? Or even when the buildings are conceptualized together, as in the case of many Ottoman mosque complexes in Istanbul, at what point does one enter the sacred zone?

Outlined above are some of the issues that we hope to address in this volume. We welcome works from all periods and geographies where Friday mosques were built.

Possible themes may include (but not limited to):

  • the role of the Friday mosque in urban development
  • the mosque as a complex
  • the ambiguity of interior / exterior zones
  • everyday life in and around the mosques
  • Friday mosques as urban public spaces
  • the intended versus actual usage of “urban thresholds”
  • cross-cultural interactions in mosque architecture
  • converted mosques and urban implications

Interested colleagues should send an abstract of 800-1000 words and a CV to the editors Drs. A. Hilâl Uğurlu and Suzan Yalman (liminalspaces2016@gmail.com) by 21 August 2015. Potential contributors should plan on submitting their papers (min.7000 – max. 10000 words) for
peer review by 29 February 2016. For the final publication, we are currently in the process of discussion with university and academic publishers.

For further questions and comments please contact the editors at liminalspaces2016@gmail.com.

Deadlines & Dates

Abstract submission deadline (800-1000 words) 21 August 2015
Notification of abstract acceptance 02 October 2015
Full paper submission for peer review deadline 29 February 2016
Return of peer reviewed papers 01 June 2016
Final Submission 01 August 2016

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CFP – Mapping Shia Muslim Communities in Europe: Local and Transnational Dimensions

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Call for articles for a special issue of the Journal of Muslims in Europe on:

Mapping Shia Muslim Communities in Europe: Local and Transnational
Dimensions

The current political situation in the Middle East influences and shapes
the perception of Islam and of Muslims in Europe. The ambitions of Iran
and its use of Shia Islam to mobilise Shia minority communities in the
region, not least since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, have been, a
major focus of academic research. In Europe, however, although Islam and
Muslims more generally have received extensive attention by the media,
the wider public and in academic research in recent decades, Shia
Muslims have only very lately attracted the attention of some scholars
working on Shia communities in Europe and their transnational links.

This planned special issue intends to fill this gap in academic research
and aims at mapping Shia communities in various European countries. Shia
Muslims in Europe constitute a minority within a minority and are
characterised by being highly diverse in terms of their ethnic
background, ideological orientation and socio-political and migratory
status. The purpose of this issue is to bring articles together that
discuss the presence of Shia Muslims in Europe and to cover a broad
range of topics which include mapping the historical development of Shia
Muslim communities and changing demographics as well as investigating
their local- and trans-local communal and organisational connectivities
and religious ritual practices within a European context.

Submission guidelines and procedure

The articles should be between 5000-7000 words (including notes and
references). Article proposals may engage with the overall topic of Shia
Islam and Shia Muslims in Europe from any discipline on the following
topics (not exhaustive):

  • Shia communities in different European contexts

  • Shia ritual practices in Europe

  • Shia Islam and gender in Europe

  • Demotic processes in the articulation and performance of Shia identities
    in Europe

  • Shia Muslims of diverse backgrounds (Iranian, Iraqis, Pakistanis,
    Indians, Khojas, Lebanese, Saudi-Arabian, Bahraini, Kuwaiti etc.) and
    their relationship to each other in European minority contexts

  • Generational dynamics within European Shia communities

Articles can discuss Shia communities in a broader European context
across different nation-states or focus on case studies within a
particular European country. We also welcome abstract submissions that
explore various transnational links between European and other Shia
Muslim communities across the world.

Individuals who are interested in submitting an article for
consideration should submit an abstract between 300-500 words in a
Microsoft Word or pdf document together with a short bio (not more than
300 words) to

y.shanneik@chester.ac.uk

We encourage PhD students and early-career researcher to submit
proposals as well.

Important dates:

Abstract deadline: 1 July 2015
Notification of abstract acceptance: 17 July 2015
Submission deadline of full articles: 1 February 2016
Planned publication: Spring 2017

The editors are seeking original research only. Articles submitted must
therefore not have been published, accepted for publication or currently
be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Article guidelines will be sent upon acceptance notification.

The editors are seeking to publish a special edition in the Journal of
Muslims in Europe published by Brill: www.brill.com/jome.

We are looking forwards to receiving your abstracts.

Guest-Editors:

Dr Yafa Shanneik
Dr Sufyan Abid
Chris Heinhold

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Conference: The Governance of Religious Diversity – More or Less Secularism?

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CONFERENCE: THE GOVERNANCE OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY – MORE OR LESS SECULARISM?
Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia – Via Boccaccio, 121 – Florence
Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June,2015

The Roundtable with Tariq Ramadan, Tariq Modood, Gurpreet Mahajan, Joseph H.H. Weiler and Bhikhu Parekh on 10 June from 16.15 to 19.00 will be available in live web streaming.

For further information on the event please visit the following link: http://globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/the-governance-of-religious-diversity-more-or-less-secularism/

To attend the event, please register online.

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