REMINDER CfP: Islam in Francophone Cultures. DEADLINE: 15 MARCH

From: Jamal Bahmad <[email protected]>

Dear All,

This is a reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions for the Islam
in Francophone Cultures postgraduate study day at the University of
Stirling is
fast approaching.

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*Allah n'est pas obligé: The Location of Islam in Francophone Cultures*
*SFPS Postgraduate Study Day*
*University of Stirling,*
*20 June 2013*

From France to West Africa and farther afield in the Francophone world,
Islam is a dominant force in the universe that writers, filmmakers and
other social and cultural actors hail from and often turn to for critical
inspiration. It has played a major role in the history of this
world before, during and after the colonial period. However, the study of
Islam has not received sufficient attention in Francophone postcolonial and
cultural studies. Over a decade into the twenty-first century, Islam is
still heavily studied in its disciplinary stronghold of area studies but
rarely in the postcolonial zones of the arts and the humanities. When
one considers its central position in many Francophone cultures and the
insufficient attention it has received in postcolonial studies, Islam can
thus be seen as a very promising research site for new critical
perspectives on cultural production in and beyond the Francophone world.

The next postgraduate study day of the Society for Francophone Postcolonial
Studies (SFPS) will take place at the University of Stirling on 20 June
2013. It aims to bring together postgraduate researchers and attending
scholars in the humanities and the social sciences to reflect on the
location of Islam in Francophone cultures. Potential themes might include
but are not limited to:

● Representations of pre-colonial Islam
● Islam in colonial discourse
● Islam and postcolonialism
● Islam in Francophone literature, cinema, mass media, and arts
● Diasporic and Transatlantic Islam
● *Islam Francais? Islam laïque?*
● Islam and immigration
● Political Islam
● Francophone responses to ‘9/11’
● Islam in West Africa, the Francophone Caribbean and the Maghreb
● Islam in French and Francophone Studies

Proposals of 250 words in English or French accompanied by a short
biography to be sent to [email protected] by *15 March 2013**.*
--
Jamal Bahmad
School of Arts and Humanities
University of Stirling
FK9 4LA
Stirling
Scotland
UK