[Discussion] "Ideology, Literature, the Arts and National Identit y and Development in the Islamic World," Villanova Uni versity, Pennsylvania (April 7-8, 2006)

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:22:47 +0200

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C5E716.D3D44D90
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-9"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Call for Papers: ACSIS 2006 Conference: "Ideology, Literature, the Arts =
and National Identity and Development in the Islamic World," Villanova =
University, Pennsylvania (April 7-8, 2006).=20

The topic of the 23rd annual meeting of the American Council for the =
Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), to be held on April 7-8, 2006 at =
Villanova University is "Ideology, Literature, the Arts and National =
Identity and Development in the Islamic World."
=20
Over the last few centuries, throughout the Islamic World, which =
included and still includes Muslim and other empires and/or states, a =
number of national, ethnic, ideological and/or confessional-oriented =
movements developed as a result of both internal and external =
influences.  They were promoted directly by the respective states as a =
means to strengthen unity or by groups of individuals affected by the =
policies of the respective states and were seeking some type of =
separation.  The goal of this conference is to explore in a =
multi-disciplinary manner the influence of ideologies and related =
literature - academic, propagandistic, fictional, etc. - and arts upon =
and within the Islamic World and in the development of modern-day =
states.
=20
We invite proposals dealing with the following:  Pan-Islamism, =
pan-Turkism, Wahhabism, Arab nationalism, Zionism, Marxism, socialism, =
totalitarianism, Kemalism (Ataturkism), Bourguibism, etc. as well as =
other related subjects.
=20
Please send abstracts by December 1, 2005 to: =20
Professor Michael B. Bishku
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy
Augusta State University
2500 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30904-2200
or by e-mail attachment to:  mbishku@aug.edu
------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C5E716.D3D44D90
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="iso-8859-9"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-9">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1515" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DSylfaen><STRONG>Call for Papers: =
ACSIS&nbsp;2006=20
Conference: "Ideology, Literature, the Arts and National Identity and=20
Development in the Islamic World,&#8221; Villanova University, =
Pennsylvania (April=20
7-8, 2006).</STRONG> <BR><BR>The topic of the 23rd annual meeting of the =

American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), to be held =
on April=20
7-8, 2006 at Villanova University is "Ideology, Literature, the Arts and =

National Identity and Development in the Islamic =
World." &nbsp; Over the=20
last few centuries, throughout the Islamic World, which included and =
still=20
includes Muslim and other empires and/or states, a number of national, =
ethnic,=20
ideological and/or confessional-oriented movements developed as a result =
of both=20
internal and external influences.&nbsp; They were promoted directly by =
the=20
respective states as a means to strengthen unity or by groups of =
individuals=20
affected by the policies of the respective states and were seeking some =
type of=20
separation.&nbsp; The goal of this conference is to explore in a=20
multi-disciplinary manner the influence of ideologies and related =
literature -=20
academic, propagandistic, fictional, etc. - and arts upon and within the =
Islamic=20
World and in the development of modern-day states. &nbsp; We =
invite=20
proposals dealing with the following:&nbsp; Pan-Islamism, pan-Turkism,=20
Wahhabism, Arab nationalism, Zionism, Marxism, socialism, =
totalitarianism,=20
Kemalism (Ataturkism), Bourguibism, etc. as well as other related=20
subjects. &nbsp; Please send abstracts by December 1, 2005 =
to:&nbsp;=20
 Professor Michael B. Bishku Department of History, Anthropology =
and=20
Philosophy Augusta State University 2500 Walton Way Augusta, GA =

30904-2200<BR>or by e-mail attachment to:&nbsp; </FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:mbishku@aug.edu"><FONT=20
face=3DSylfaen>mbishku@aug.edu</FONT></A></DIV></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C5E716.D3D44D90--