Living Islam in Europe: Muslim Traditions in European Contexts

Living Islam in Europe: Muslim Traditions in European Contexts
Location: Germany
Call for Papers Date: 2008-09-15

The conference will seek to address issues related to Muslims’ religious practice as well as the institutional settings and translocal dynamics of European societies. It will be held in two consecutive sections:

1. Islamic actors and institutions in Europe This section will include 3 panels on
• Islamic Mission,
• Islamic Education, and
• Islamic practice of organised Muslims.

Here papers will be expected to discuss the evolution and nature of specific actors and institutions. While panels 1 and 2 will be devoted to various forms of Islamic mission and education, panel 3 will allow addressing cross-cutting topics such as gender, morality or religious practice and ritual. The panels thereby trace the differentiation and expansion of religious lifeworlds of Islam in the minority context of a secularised Europe. These are areas much driven by the concerns of Muslim activism. They reflect various forms of adaptation to the local environment as well as the search for legitimation and religious authority under new conditions.

2. On the European and translocal character of Islamic mobilisation This section will include 3 panels on institutional and legal arrangements of state, nation and religion which have affected Muslim settlement in Europe,
• emerging national or supranational governance of Islam in Europe, and
• translocal dynamics with Islamic societies in Asia and Africa with a specific focus on (post)colonial legacies.

Accepted papers will be published as part of the planned conference volume. Priority will be given to the presentation of original research. The final papers will circulate in advance among the participants to facilitate discussion. They have to be submitted by March 31, 2009. The editing of the papers for publication should be completed by 1 June 2009. For participants whose proposals are selected there is a limited budget to cover travel cost and accommodation. Please indicate whether you intend to claim the refund. The decision will be taken by the selection commit-tee.

For further information please contact:
Robert Robert Pelzer
Zentrum Moderner Orient (Centre for Modern Oriental Studies)
Kirchweg 33 14129 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 80307-216 Fax: +49 30 80307-210
Email: robert.pelzer@gmx.net