[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Translating Islam: Cultures, Histories and the Presentist Challenge, Duke University, April 14-15, 2006

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Call for Papers
3rd Duke-UNC Graduate Student Conference on Islamic Studies

-Translating Islam: Cultures, Histories and the Presentist Challenge-

Conference Dates: April 14-15, 2006
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2006

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the question of =
translation across the humanities and in the social sciences. The =
linguistic and cultural turn that has shaped the modern formation of =
interpretive studies currently pushes toward further engagement with =
issues of translation, namely how concepts, ideas and practices are =
related to a more complex substrate in culture. In a more radical way, =
the theoretical frameworks derived from post-structuralism and =
post-colonial studies equate the ideal of translatability with that of =
universality.

The aim of this conference is to explore ways in which the issue of =
translation figures in theories, methodologies, ethnographic and =
historiographic dimensions of the study of Islam and Muslim societies. =
We invite paper as well as panel proposals that deal with the following =
questions, which are not exhaustive:

* How do Islamicate cultural and intellectual discourses engage in =
translation both within and between traditions?
* How does the analytic of translation shape comparative studies on =
Islam?
* What role does translation play in the exegesis, reception and =
transmission of Islamic textual archives?
* What kind of translation strategies are embedded in contemporary =
discourses on Islam?

Suggested topics include:
* translation in the early centuries of Islam
* translating Islamic normativities across time and space
* translating the Qur'an in content and form
* translation in Western scholarship on Islam
* Muslim modernism and the translation of Enlightenment concepts
* translation and Muslim networks
* theories of translation in Sufism
* ethics, law and politics in translation

The conference will proceed in an interactive workshop format. We expect =
that those invited to present papers will remain for the duration of the =
conference in order to engage the work of other participants. =
Proceedings will be held on the Duke University campus in Durham, NC.

To apply, please send 1) a proposal up to five-hundred words 2) a paper =
title and 3) a CV to Cate Mills (cate.mills@duke.edu). The deadline for =
submissions is February 15th 2006.

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Islam: Cultures, Histories and the Presentist =
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Dates: April 14-15, 2006 Submission Deadline: February 15, =
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