[Discussion] Muslims' Experiences of Globalization

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*Muslims' Experiences of Globalization*
*Location:* 	Georgia
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United States
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The goal of this conference is to explore, on the one hand, how Muslim
majority societies have been transformed by the processes of
globalization, and how, on the other hand, Muslims have conditioned and
informed these processes by their participation in or contestation of
its institutions. The conference is also informed by a view that
conceives globalization as a world historical event without a
unidirectional flow and with paradoxical consequences. The main premise
of this conference is to analyze different dimensions of globalization
in the context of Muslims responses to it. More specifically, the
conference will explore the political economy of globalization, its
cultural productions and their dissemination through new technologies of
networking, not as a unidirectional transformative event from the West
towards the Rest, but rather as reciprocal and paradoxical processes of
social change and cultural transitions.

The conference is free to public and there are no registration fees.
Please visit our website for the preliminary program.

	Prof. Behrooz Ghamari
Georgia State University
Department of Sociology

Email: bghamari@gsu.edu <mailto:bghamari@gsu.edu>
Visit the website at http://www.cas.gsu.edu/units/default.aspx?unit=mec2