Fw: CONF./CFP- Islam and Globalization, Islam & Localization, Stanford U.

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From: "Joel Beinin" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:02 PM
Subject: CONF./CFP- Islam and Globalization, Islam & Localization, Stanford
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> A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian
Studies
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> CONF./CFP- Islam and Globalization, Islam and Localization, Stanford
University
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> The Islamic Studies Initiative of Stanford University invites you to
submit
> an abstract for a proposed paper to be delivered at a Workshop on "Islam
and
> Globalization, Islam and Localization." The goal of the workshop will be
to
> examine comparatively three periods: the expansion of the world capitalist
> market into the Ottoman and Qajar empires from the mid-18th and early 19th
> centuries, the classical "age of empire" from the 1870s to World War I,
and
> the latest phase of corporate-led globalization from the 1970s to the
> present. These three periods are characterized by an accelerated
circulation
> of ideas, commodities, capital, and people -- phenomena now commonly
called
> globalization. Multifaceted movements of Islamic revival and reform across
a
> broad geographic range arose during all these periods.  We wish to explore
> what, if any, are the intersections between these two sets of processes.
>
> We envision a small day-long workshop which will seek to address the
> following questions: Are the Islamic movements of these periods
comparable?
> Is there anything comparable about the manner in which the movements of
> Islamic revival and reform of each period intersect with the economic and
> social processes of the two periods?  Are the movements of Islamic revival
> and reform part of the processes of globalization?  Are they a form of
> resistance to it?  Or are they, in fact, expressions of local identities
and
> traditions?
>
> Individual participants need not address all three periods in their
> individual papers.  Case studies situated in a single period or
comparisons
> of two periods are suitable.  However, we encourage prospective
participants
> to think as broadly as possible.  We will have a synthetic comparative
> concluding to discuss what is comparable across the three periods.  The
> workshop is not premised on the hypothesis that there is any particular
> direct connection between Islamic movements and processes of
globalization;
> we seek to explore that possibility based on better empirical evidence
than
> is now available.
>
> Those interested in participating are invited to submit abstracts of no
more
> than 500 words by October 1, 2002.  We will inform those whose abstracts
> have been accepted for the workshop shortly thereafter.  The workshop will
> be held on Saturday, April 12, 2003 on the campus of Stanford University.
> The Islamic Studies Initiative will reimburse participants' travel
(economy
> air fare) and lodging expenses (two nights) and provide an honorarium of
$200.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Joel Beinin & Ahmad Dallal
>
> Joel Beinin
> Professor of Middle East History
> Department of History
> Stanford University
> Stanford, CA 94305-2024
>
> President, Middle East Studies Association of North America, 2001-02
>
> Tel: 650-723-4956
> Fax: 650-725-0597
> E-Mail: [email protected]
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