[Bilimsel Haber] Call for Papers/ Panel: Sociology of Islam and Muslims Societies, April 9-12, 2008, Richmond

[Tugrul Keskin]

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 A¹la 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
Œnew¹ 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/