The Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Western Ontario, in partnership with Huron University College and King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, are holding a three day interdisciplinary conference on 23-25 March 2012 entitled Islam and Democracy.
In this context, submissions of papers are invited from established scholars and graduate students on various concerning Islam and Democracy.
This conference will consider critical and timely questions: first, what is the outlook for democracy in Muslim-majority states? And related to this, to what extent are the principles of Islam and Democracy compatible? Through intellectual exchange and interdisciplinary synthesis among legal scholars, historians, political scientists, philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists and professionals from outside of the academy, the conference aims to identify and foster the development of a set of core principles suited to democratic constitutions in Muslim-majority states.
Topics and Issues
Islam, Democracy and Theology: what has been the historical experience? Religious and theological studies of Islam will explore the question of how politics is/has been integrated within Islam? What possibilities exist in Islamic thought to enhance Democratic processes?
Islam, Democracy and Political Theory: what do existing models and ideals of democracy have to contribute to the evolution of constitutional principles in Muslim-majority countries?
Islam, Democracy and Constitutionalism: what are the commonalities and the asymmetries between Constitutional law and the principles of Islamic (Shariah) law and between western and Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh)?
Islam, Democracy and Contemporary Politics: how are existing patterns of democracy and representation in Muslim-majority states and institutional structures evolving across a broad range of regimes?
Islam, Democracy and Political Culture: how can patterns of civic engagement, community organization, discourses of citizenship and political identity, social and political movements and political partisanship inform the evolution of democratic processes within Muslim communities and societies?
Some support for presenters’ travel and lodging expenses will be available.
In the first stage, Conference organizers invite the submission of proposals which should include a 300-word abstract and a short CV for the presenter. Thereafter, presenters of selected abstracts will need to submit the final papers.
Last date for submitting the abstracts is October 1, 2011
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