UMass Boston Fall Institute: September 12-15, 2007
The 2007 Fall Institute at UMass Boston invites proposals that explore
critically the relationship between Islam and Feminisms today. It seeks to examine
the complex and rich terrain of Islam as a force for understanding global
politics, an impetus for political and psychological self-determination, a
stimulus for cultural productions, and a foundation for identity. By engaging
Islam through a feminist lens, we hope to challenge inadequately interrogated
assumptions and modes of thinking that posit secularism and democracy in
opposition to religiosity and oppression. The critical perspective of feminist
analysis provides a particularly valuable window into the many struggles
internal to Islam, its changing dynamics over time, and the intersecting influences
of economic/cultural globalization, imperialism and patriarchal power
structures in the lives of individuals, communities, and nations.
For more details about the institute and guidelines for submissions, visit
our website at
_ http://www.engagingislam.umb.edu._ ( http://www.engagingislam.umb.edu./ )