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Seminar ‘Islam and Diversity’

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In collaboration with the Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies (NISIS), Maastricht University will host a one-day seminar titled ‘Islam and Diversity’ to bring together distinguished scholars, and PhD and master’s students who work on topics related to Islam and Muslim societies.

The seminar is organized annually by NISIS for PhD students and research master students in the Netherlands to offer young researchers a platform where they can test and improve their research and methodological skills, meet researchers from other disciplines with a perspective  to stimulate participation in the current academic debate in Islam-related field.

 


This year’s seminar will be held at Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) and Faculty of Law (FdR) on Friday January 17, 2020. Theme of the Seminar will be Islam and Diversity, divided into three subthemes, representing various disciplines: Law, Civil Society, and Gender & Diversity. Two distinguished scholars will hold a lecture, followed by workshops where researchers will present their research and will get feedback from senior researchers and other participants. 

 

 

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Programme

  Keynote Lectures, Location: Spiegelzaal at Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Grote Gracht 90
10.00 - 10.05                   Opening by Prof. Rianne Letschert, Rector UM
10.05 - 10.10 Introduction NISIS by Prof. Christian Lange
10.10 - 10.25     Presentation UM research 
  • Faculty of Law by Mr. Pauline Kruiniger
  • FASoS by Prof. Lies Wesseling
10.30 - 11.15      Keynote by Prof. Imen Gallala-Arndt, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Germany) (incl. Q&A)
11.15 - 11.30       Coffee break
11.30 - 12.15      Keynote by PD Dr. Gabriele Dietze, Humboldt University Berlin (incl. Q&A)
12.15 - 12.30       Time for discussion and walk to Faculty of Law
12.30 - 13.30       Lunch at Faculty of Law, Bouillonstraat 1-3
  Workshops, Location: Rooms D0.225 + D0.227 at Faculty of Law, Bouillonstraat 1-3
13.30 - 15.00     

Workshop 1: Law, Islam and Diversity 
Location: D0.225 | Moderator: Prof. Frans van der Velden

  • Eliyeh Delavari (Maastricht University), ‘The Intertwine of Family and
    Nationality Law in Iran’
  • Judith van Uden (Leiden University/Van Vollenhoven Institute), ‘The role of family rights for Middle Eastern migrants in Morocco’
  • Nada Heddane (Leiden University), ‘Legal Practices of sub-Saharan Migrants in Morocco: A Theoretical framework’

Workshop 2: Gender, Islam and Diversity
Location: D0.227 | Moderators: Dr. Lana Sirri and Prof. habil. Ulrike Brunotte

  • Fama Dieng (Hamad Bin Khalifa University), ‘The Lack of Representation of Black Muslim Scholars in Academia and its Effect on Anti-black Racism in
    Western Muslim Communities’
  • Ameen Omar (Hamad Bin Khalifa University), ‘The Unthought of Antiblack
    Discourse’
  • Karlien Strijbosch (Maastricht University), ‘“Dieu est grand”: Narrating the
    paradox of hegemonic masculinities and suffering by ‘unwanted’ return
    migrants in Senegal’
15.00 - 15.15 Break
15.15 - 16.45     

Workshop 3: Gender, Law, Islam and Diversity
Location: D0.225 | Moderator: Prof. Lies Wesseling

  • Farah Hasan (Humboldt University Berlin), ‘Judges with a “Muslim migration
    background” in the Germany Judiciary’
  • Benedicta Deogratias (Maastricht University), ‘The inclusion of the extended
    family in policy efforts to address honour-based violence in several European countries’

Workshop 4: Civil Society, Islam and Diversity
Location: D0.227 | Moderator: Eleni Diker MSc

  • Ruben Elsinga (Erasmus University Rotterdam), ‘The Revolutionary Turn:
    Change in Civil Society & Diversity in majority Sunni Muslim Tripoli,
    Lebanon’
  • Kholoud al-Ajarma (University of Groningen), ‘Moroccans in Mecca: personal
    and national identifications in the Muslim pilgrimage’
  • Betül Demirkoparan (KU Leuven), ‘Religious Identity formation and new
    institutional form of Islam in Belgium’
  Closing session, Location: Statenzaal C1.302 at Faculty of Law, Bouillonstraat 1-3
16.45 - 17.00       Closing session by Prof. Christian Lange and Prof. Lies Wesseling
18.00 - 21.00

Dinner for speakers and organisation at Restaurant Mandalin

 

 

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