47th Annual Conference of the
North American Association of Islamic and
Muslim Studies (NAAIMS)
“Impact of
Emerging Digital Technology and
Social Media on
Muslim Communities”
Cosponsored By:
Middle East and
Middle Eastern American Center
The Graduate Center
City University of
New York (CUNY)
New York, NY
Friday, September 14, 2018
Deadlines:
Abstracts: March 30,
2018
Final Papers: August
20, 2018
Social Media is very popular in the Muslim world and has become
the “go to” source for Muslims seeking information on Islamic practices and
beliefs. The Internet serves as an emerging interpretive space for
understanding Islam which has led to the increasing fragmentation of already
decentralized traditional ‘ulematic authority.
When Muslims seeking spiritual and/or religious guidance go to the Internet,
this is a direct challenge to traditional channels of Islamic religious
authority. Who will be the leading religious authorities on the interpretation
and/or the dissemination of such Islamic concept as Shari’ah, Sunnah, Hadith, etc.? How will digital platforms
transform traditional forms of Islamic education?
This conference will focus on how the Internet and social media
platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc., have impacted Muslim
religious beliefs and practices globally. Among the questions that will be
addressed will be how social media is used by Muslims (men and women) globally,
religious scholars (‘ulema), and
religious organizations to distribute supplications from the Sunnah and Qur’an
(da’wa), teach and/or analyze Hadith,
and disseminate information on the Islamic faith. How is Islamic authority
being altered by the Internet and social media?
We invite a diverse range of papers from professors and advanced Ph.D.
candidates in the humanities and social sciences. Questions the papers might address include, but are
not limited to the following:
Abstracts
(250 words) Due by March 30,
2018:
ONLY Abstracts from Professors and
Advanced Ph.D. Candidates will be considered
·
Abstracts will be evaluated
according to following criteria: clear data & methodology used, relevance
& contribution of proposal to conference theme. Abstracts must include a
title, author’s full name, contact information, and university position (Professors
or Ph.D. Candidates)
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Panelists required to pre-register
& pay non-refundable registration fees of $105.00 by Friday, May 11, 2018.
Online registration will be available
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Final papers must be submitted by
August 20, 2018
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Send abstracts & final papers to
Layla Sein, NAAIMS Executive Director, and Director of Academic Affairs at conferences@naaims.org
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Direct all questions to Layla Sein
Program
Chair: Professor Anna Ayşe Akasoy
City
University of New York (CUNY)
New
York, NY
North American Association of Islamic and
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration
Age: Findings from Pew’s 2017 Survey of U.S. Muslims”
(George Mason University, Fairfax, VA): “Digital Islamic Studies: Pedagogical Perspectives
from The Maydan Experience”
Judith Rahima Jensen (www.sistersufi.com, Klamath Falls, OR): “Teaching Modern Islamic
Sufism and Interreligious Understanding via Twitter and Blog”
Identity Formation”
Husniye Esma Celebioglu (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA): “Techno-religious
Objects and Transformation of Conservatism in Turkey”
Emad Hamdeh (Embry Riddle University, Daytona Beach, FL): “Traditional Ulamā’ and the
Reservation of Self-Learning”
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Calligraphic Islam”
Digital Age: Public and Private Domains”
Change: A Study of the Virtual Discourse on Climate Change”
Equate Women with Men in Inheritance Ignited Fire and Fury on Social Media”
Hasan Azad (Columbia University, New York, NY): “Digital Muslims, Colonial(ized) Islam?”
Zainab Alam (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ): “Celebrity Politics in Pakistan: The
Case of Qandeel Baloch”
(Program Chair)
Impact of Emerging Digital Technology and
Social Media on Muslim Communities
Layla Sein
NAAIMS Executive Director, and
Director of Academic Affairs
Managing Editor, Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies (JIMS)