Call for Papers: for ‘Beyond ‘Sectarianism’? Towards an Alternative Understanding of Identity Politics and Communal Antagonism

24-25 October 2019
Woolf Institute, University of Cambridge
Enquiries to Dr Emanuelle Degli Esposti: ed530@cam.ac.uk

The University of Cambridge invites applications for a two-day interdisciplinary workshop to be held at the Woolf Institute as part of the British Academy-funded project “Beyond ‘Sectarianism?’”. Despite its prevalence in the academy and the public sphere, the term “sectarianism”, with its problematic normative and empirical assumptions, cannot do justice to the nuances and intricacies of individual and collective forms of subjectivity and belonging in the contemporary global age.

This two-day workshop on 24,25th October will bring together scholars working on issues of individual and group identity in order to work towards building a common conceptual and theoretical tool kit for the study of intra-communal antagonism.

Papers are welcomed from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including those that focus on the conceptual, epistemological, ontological, and ethical implications of the term “sectarianism”. For more information and see the attachment or access from  here.

Please submit abstracts of up to 350 words, plus a short bio (max 150 words) detailing author name, institutional affiliation, and contact information, to Dr Emanuelle Degli Esposti at the Centre of Islamic Studies (ed530@cam.ac.uk) by 30 June 2019.

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