Opiniestuk uit het NRC van zaterdag 24 februari 2024, door Thijl Sunier, emeritus hoogleraar antropologie aan de Vrije Universiteit met de leerstoel ‘Islam in Europese samenlevingen’ en bestuursvoorzitter van Onderzoekschool NISIS. Foto: Marten van Dijl/ ANP  

Peripheral Islam: Muslims on the Geographical, Normative, Political and Religious Margins It is doubtful whether the Arab world should actually be seen as central to Muslims worldwide. One could easily make the case that the periphery – in all its diversity – is actually more important from a geographical point of view. This Spring School…

THIS CALL WAS CLOSED ON MAY 1st. We don’t accept any registrations received after the closing date. Peripheral Islam: Muslims on the Geographical, Normative, Political and Religious Margins When picturing the mainstream of Islam, many people will think of Arabs from the Middle East. While the latter area is clearly the first region in which…

Call for Paper – Deadline March 1, 2024 Beyond Binaries: Intersex in Premodern Islamic Legal, Medical, and Literary Discourses On 26 June 2024, I am organising an international conference entitled “Beyond Binaries: Intersex in Premodern Islamic Legal, Medical, and Literary Discourses” at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. This conference is…