www. Study of Islam .org

Islam at AAR

• Study of Islam Section
• Contemporary Islam Group
• Islamic Mysticism Group
• Qur'an Group

Study of Islam Section

The Study of Islam Section is the home for the academic study of Islam within the American Academy of Religion. The section encompasses various approaches and subjects, from Qur'anic studies to modern reform movements, and from textual research to sociology; the section also has an enduring interest in pedagogical issues associated with the teaching of Islam. The purpose of the section is both to provide a forum for dialogue among differing approaches and projects within Islamic studies and also to provide opportunities for the discussion of work that affects the overall field of the study of religion. The section normally meets for five to seven two-and-a-half-hour sessions at each Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Check groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/ for more info.

Chairs
Ahmet T. Karamustafa (Washington University, St. Louis)
akaramus@wustl.edu

Omid Safi (University of North Carolina)
omid@email.unc.edu

Steering Committee
Kecia Ali (Boston University)
ka@bu.edu

Juliane Hammer (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
jhammer@uncc.edu

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons (University of Florida)
zoharah@religion.ufl.edu

Nargis Virani (The New School)
nvirani@post.harvard.edu

Homayra Ziad (Yale University)
Homayra.Ziad@trincoll.edu

Program Unit Information
Sessions Allotted: 5
Next Review: 2009

2009 Call for Papers
We encourage paper proposals in all areas of Islamic studies. Successful proposals will reflect theoretical and methodological sophistication, engagement with existing scholarship, along with innovative examination of Islamic practices and texts. As always, we welcome submissions dealing with the Qur’an and the Sunna, Islamic law, philosophy, theology, mysticism, ritual, gender and sexuality, modernity and globalization, teaching Islam, religious pluralism, and other areas of general interest. Furthermore, we encourage proposals dealing with Shi’ism within and across these areas. This year, we also invite panels on the following particular themes: Theory and method in the study of Islam with a special focus on the insider/outsider debate; religious pluralism, with particular attention to pluralism within Islam; the study of Islam in North America; and literary, visual, and material cultures of Muslims. This year, we also invite panels on the following particular themes: *Theory and method in the study of Islam with a special focus on the insider/outsider debate *Religious pluralism, with particular attention to pluralism within Islam. *The study of Islam in North America *Literary, visual and material cultures of Muslims.