Call for Proposals

This Group solicits paper and panel proposals with special attention paid to the following topics:

• Depiction of Sufis as "good Muslims" in popular media
• Sufism in North America
• Women, gender, and the body in Islamic mysticism
• The pedagogy of incorporating Islamic mystical material into courses

Other topics will also receive full consideration. Ninety-minute sessions or panels should be no more than three papers with a respondent. All proposals should engage existing scholarly research rather than simply presenting the views of a text, figure, or order. Methodological approaches should be explicit in the proposal. We also encourage prearranged sessions or panel proposals cosponsored outside the broader Islam Groups for both session lengths. Prearranged session or panel proposals reflecting diversity in gender, ethnicity, theoretical method, and rank are highly encouraged.

Mission

Islamic mysticism is a broad rubric, one that allows us to engage in areas such as Sufism, Isma’ili and broader Shi’i esoteric thought, some aspects of Islamic philosophy, and allegorical interpretations of the Qur’an. The study of Islamic mysticism also allows our members to engage Islamic materials from many different parts of the world, including but not limited to Persianate regions, the Arab world, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and North America.

Anonymity of Review Process

Proposer names are visible to Chairs but anonymous to steering committee members.

Questions?

Omid Safi
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Laury Silvers
University of Toronto
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Method of Submission

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