Shii News – CfP: “Materiality, Rituals and Senses: The Dynamic World of Lived Shi‘i Islam” (Tbilisi, 19-21 October, 2022)
CfP: “Materiality, Rituals and Senses: The Dynamic World of Lived Shi‘i Islam”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 19 – 21 October 2022
This conference explores the material, ritual and sensory forms of expression that constitute and shape the experiences of Shi‘i Muslims in diverse geographies and different time periods. It therefore seeks to uncover the dynamics of lived Shi‘i Islam and its varied temporal and spatial dimensions.
Themes: Devotion and ritual practice and its multiple sensory, material, embodied and aesthetic forms; Gendered dimensions of Shi‘i cultural production; Translocal and transnational entanglements and flows of ideas, capital, and people; Political economy of Shi‘i cultural production; Impact of regional and world politics on content and form in Shi‘i cultural production.
We welcome research on various subdivisions of Shi‘i Islam, including the Twelver, Ismaili, and Zaidi subbranches, as well as research on Alid piety and different forms of devotion to ahl al-bayt more generally. Scholars of all career levels and disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to submit an abstract, including from Anthropology, Area Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Media Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, Ethnomusicology and other relevant and related disciplines and fields.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2022.
Further information:
https://www.ctr.lu.se/en/about-us/calendar/event/materiality-rituals-and-senses-dynamic-world-lived-shii-islam/
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