The Qur'an: Text, Society and Culture
Conference
10–12 November 2011
SOAS, University
of London
Convenors: Prof. M.A.S. Abdel Haleem and Dr Helen Blatherwick
Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2011
Papers are invited for the Seventh
Biennial Conference on the Qur’an, to be held at SOAS from Thursday 10 to
Saturday 12 November 2011. The conference series seeks to provide a forum for
investigating the basic question: how is the Qur’anic text read and
interpreted? Our objective is to encompass a global vision of current research
trends, and to stimulate discussion, debate and research on all aspects of the
Qur’anic text and its interpretation. While this year’s conference will remain
focussed on the textual study of the Qur’an, contributions on all topics
relevant to Qur’anic studies are welcomed. While the final conference programme
will take account of the range of proposals actually accepted, suggested areas
of specific interest for this session include:
- The Qur’an and
ethics, law and society
-
Applied discourses of the Qur’an:
theology, philosophy, exegesis ...
- The reception
of Euro-American scholarship on the Qur’an and tafsir in the Muslim world
- The Qur’an in
contemporary society and culture
- The Qur’an and
the arts: visual, aural and literary
- The Qur’an:
characters and characterisation, literary trajectories, structure and themes
Selected papers will be published as
articles in the Journal of Qur’anic Studies, subject to standard outside refereeing.
Speakers are expected to give priority to the Journal when publishing these
articles.
It is Centre of Islamic Studies policy to
reimburse featured speakers for their standard travel expenses, hotel
accommodation and board. We do however encourage speakers to try to obtain some
funding from their home universities or other sources wherever that is
possible.
Submission of Abstracts:
The deadline for abstracts is 1 June
2011. Abstracts of around 200 words and details of institutional affiliation should
be submitted by email attachment to quran.conference@soas.ac.uk. Accepted speakers
will be notified by email at the beginning of July.
Presented papers should be 25 minutes
long, and will be followed by 5 minutes for questions per paper.
Further Information:
If you would like further information on
the conference, please visit the conference website at www.soas.ac.uk/cisconference. This will be
updated in the second half of 2010, on an ongoing basis.
If you have any enquiries, please contact
Dr Helen Blatherwick at the Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS, University of London, Brunei
Gallery, Russell Square,
Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG,
or by email at quran.conference@soas.ac.uk.
No registration is required for this
conference and all are welcome to attend. Venue: SOAS, University of London, Brunei
Gallery, Russell Square,
Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG
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