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A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian Studies


CONF./CFP- Islam and Globalization, Islam and Localization, Stanford University

Dear Colleagues:

The Islamic Studies Initiative of Stanford University invites you to submit
an abstract for a proposed paper to be delivered at a Workshop on "Islam and
Globalization, Islam and Localization." The goal of the workshop will be to
examine comparatively three periods: the expansion of the world capitalist
market into the Ottoman and Qajar empires from the mid-18th and early 19th
centuries, the classical "age of empire" from the 1870s to World War I, and
the latest phase of corporate-led globalization from the 1970s to the
present. These three periods are characterized by an accelerated circulation
of ideas, commodities, capital, and people -- phenomena now commonly called
globalization. Multifaceted movements of Islamic revival and reform across a
broad geographic range arose during all these periods.  We wish to explore
what, if any, are the intersections between these two sets of processes.

We envision a small day-long workshop which will seek to address the
following questions: Are the Islamic movements of these periods comparable?
Is there anything comparable about the manner in which the movements of
Islamic revival and reform of each period intersect with the economic and
social processes of the two periods?  Are the movements of Islamic revival
and reform part of the processes of globalization?  Are they a form of
resistance to it?  Or are they, in fact, expressions of local identities and
traditions?

Individual participants need not address all three periods in their
individual papers.  Case studies situated in a single period or comparisons
of two periods are suitable.  However, we encourage prospective participants
to think as broadly as possible.  We will have a synthetic comparative
concluding to discuss what is comparable across the three periods.  The
workshop is not premised on the hypothesis that there is any particular
direct connection between Islamic movements and processes of globalization;
we seek to explore that possibility based on better empirical evidence than
is now available.

Those interested in participating are invited to submit abstracts of no more
than 500 words by October 1, 2002.  We will inform those whose abstracts
have been accepted for the workshop shortly thereafter.  The workshop will
be held on Saturday, April 12, 2003 on the campus of Stanford University.
The Islamic Studies Initiative will reimburse participants' travel (economy
air fare) and lodging expenses (two nights) and provide an honorarium of $200.

Best wishes,

Joel Beinin & Ahmad Dallal

Joel Beinin
Professor of Middle East History
Department of History
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2024

President, Middle East Studies Association of North America, 2001-02

Tel: 650-723-4956
Fax: 650-725-0597
E-Mail: beinin@stanford.edu



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