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SUMMARY:Religious Marriages in the Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Venue and date: Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta \nThis multidisciplinary conference seeks to bring together researchers who have engaged in research on religious marriages in the Mediterranean. Papers may focus on\, but are not limited to\, one or\nmore of the following themes: \n1. Exploring the legal and social interaction between religious and civil marriages in the Mediterranean\, whether contemporary or historical perspective (colonial and postcolonial). \n2. Investigating the non-apparent connections between different religions within and without marriage legislation (Sunni\, Shia\, Catholic\, Orthodox\, Coptic\, Jewish\, Hindu…)\, including papers on\nmixed marriages. \n3. How human/civil rights discourses blend and/or conflict with other forms of theological\, moral and/or customary discourses on religious marriages. \n4. Diverse ways of concluding and/or celebrating religious marriages in the Mediterranean. \n5. Problematization and politicization of religious marriages in the Mediterranean. \nOrganizers:\nIbtisam Sadegh (University of Amsterdam) \nDavid Zammit (University of Malta) \nSusan Hirsch (George Mason University) \nPapers (7\,000-8\,000 words)\, will be considered for publication in a special issue of the international\, peer-reviewed Journal of Mediterranean Studies (ISSN: 1016-3476)\, published by the Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta and available electronically through Project Muse. \nUpon request\, limited travel and accommodation funds (two nights) may be available for short-listed candidates who cannot apply for funding from their own universities. Please submit your request for funding with your paper proposal. \nOrganizers: \nIbtisam Sadegh (University of Amsterdam) \nDavid Zammit (University of Malta) \nSusan F. Hirsch (George Mason University) \nPapers (7\,000-8\,000 words)\, will be considered for publication in a special issue of the international\, peer-reviewed Journal of Mediterranean Studies (ISSN: 1016-3476)\, published \nby the Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta and available electronically through Project Muse. \nUpon request\, limited travel and accommodation funds (two nights) may be available for short-listed candidates who cannot apply for funding from their own universities. Please submit your request for funding with your paper proposal. \nKey note speaker: \nAnnelies Moors\, Professor of Anthropology\, University of Amsterdam \nDeadline for abstract submission: 31 January 2018 \nAbstracts of 200-300 words are to be submitted via e-mail: i.sadegh@uva.nl with ‘abstract’ \nand your last name in the subject heading. \nTimeline: \n31 January 2018: Deadline for abstract submission \n10 February 2018: Notification of acceptance \n1 March 2018: Deadline for complete draft of paper between 5000 – 8000 words \nor a PowerPoint presentation. \n20-21 March 2018: Conference hosted by the Mediterranean Institute \n1 April 2018: Select participants will be invited to submit papers for consideration for publication in 2018 in the Journal of Mediterranean Studies \nThis two-day conference is organized by the University of Malta through the Department of Civil Law and the Mediterranean Institute research group on Belief\, Identity and Exchange in conjunction with the ERC-funded research project on ‘Problematizing “Muslim Marriages”: Ambiguities and Contestations’ hosted by the University of Amsterdam. See http://religionresearch.org/musmar2014/
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/religious-marriages-in-the-mediterranean/
LOCATION:Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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