[Bilimsel Haber] Panel - Sociology of Islam and Muslims Societies (April 9-12, 2008, Richmond, Virginia)

[Onur Inal]

Panel - Sociology of Islam and Muslims Societies

The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society

http://www.southernsociologicalsociety.org/ 

April 9-12, 2008, Richmond, Virginia - USA

Invitation for Panel Papers 


Dear all, 

At the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting last year there were
five panels with 20 presentations on Islam, the Sociology of Islam, and
Islamist Movements. This coming year, the annual meeting will take place
on April 9-12, 2008 in Richmond, Virginia and we will be organizing
panels on Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies.

Islam and Muslim societies are being increasingly studied by
sociologists, particularly by those interested in how different Islamic
groups are responding to globalization. In the current political, social
and economic conflict between the West and Muslim Societies, Islam has
entered the political arena as a manifestation of
Muslims against Western-based capitalism and hegemony. In this context,
religion has transformed from a belief system to an ideology of
political resistance in both the mind and within the actions of Muslims.
>From Turkey to Indonesia, this conflict may be creating the unified
Muslim identity-the Muslim Ummah- Islamist and social thinkers such as
Sayyid Qutb and Abul A'la Mawdudi were promoting nearly a half a century
ago. From the Danish and Swedish cartoon crisis to Islamophia, Muslims
appear to be crafting a collective identity that transcends the old
categories of tribe, community and nation-state. This `new' identity now
exists beyond the nation-state, both in the West and in Muslim-populated
countries, and is reshaping the understanding of globalization by
Muslims.

We are organizing two panels entitled, "Sociology of Islam and Muslims
Societies," and welcome submissions related to but not limited to the
following subjects:

. Islam, Modernity and Secularism
. Islamist Movements and Collective identity,
. Islam and Muslims in Europe and US
. The Middle Eastern Politics


The deadline for abstract paper submissions is: DECEMBER 12, 2007


Please send abstract to: sociologyofislam at vt.edu 


Tugrul Keskin 
tugrulk at vt.edu 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
http://tugrulkeskingoren.blogspot.com

Stephen Poulson 
poulsosc at jmu.edu 
James Madison University
http://www.jmu.edu/sociology/socio_faculty_poulsons.html 

Kemal Silay 
ksilay at indiana.edu 
Indiana University 
http://php.indiana.edu/~ksilay/