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CFP- Bodies Matter: Death and Shiite Muslim Migrants
Call for papers
Bodies Matter
Death and Shiite Muslim Migrants
Deadline: March 25th, 2019
Conveners
Emel Akal (Swansea University, U.K.)
Pedram Khosronejad (Oklahoma State University, U.S.A.)
This is a call for a one-day brainstorming meeting regarding Death and Shiite
Muslim Migrants which will be held in the Department of Politics and
International Relations at Swansea University, in the United Kingdom from July
8-13, 2019 (the precise day will be announced later).
The aim of this international and interdisciplinary meeting is to bring
together scholars of different fields in social and human sciences
(anthropology, sociology, religion, politics, international law, international
relations, refugee studies), NGOs and GOs, policymakers, journalists, and
religious leaders to discuss how Shiite Muslim migrants (including refugees
and asylum-seekers) deal with the phenomenon of death and its related matters
once they are no longer in their mother country, and how the host countries,
their governments and institutions, and consequently local communities respond
to this.
The main aim of this gathering is to ascertain who is who in the field of
research and encourage participants to collaborate in an international
research project within a new research network.
Based on information from the Missing Migrants Project
(https://missingmigrants.iom.int), since 2014, more than 4,000 fatalities have
been recorded annually on migratory routes worldwide and this is why death and
dying in the context of migration will become a key issue for the specialists
of the field.
Since the past two centuries, Shiite Muslims of different countries, for
different reasons, and at different points in time have migrated to other
continents and countries. Therefore, Shiite migrants, their religion, related
ceremonies and traditions have been brought into close proximity with others,
in most cases, Western Christian host countries.
By studying the beliefs, customs and practical actions surrounding the death
of Shiite Muslim migrants, we can gain access to deeply held values and also
to the assumptions, worldviews and reactions of the host countries. Dying as a
Shiite migrant in a Western country should be considered a particularly
intense experience, and certainly people are challenged and forced to deal
with legal, political, and socio-cultural problems, which may not be
compatible with their original needs and values.
In this international program, we are interested in exploring and discussing
legal, religious, political, socio-cultural and economic aspects of the death
and dying of Shiite migrants and also the institutionalization of Shiite Islam
in this regard among Western societies. Even though our focus will be on
Shiite Muslims migrants in the United Kingdom, European countries, the United
States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, other researchers working on the
same topics but in a non-western context and also those who are working on
other Muslim groups are welcome to submit their proposals. Following this
general framework, some of our main sub-topics of interest will be:
- Death at the borders
- Death on the high seas
- Death in refugee camps and detention facilities
- Death during deportation or forced return to the homeland
- Burial rituals and ceremonies as sign and expression of identity
- Treatment of corpses
- Legal death organizations, cemeteries and burial plots
- Tombstones and funerary epitaphs
You are invited to send the title and abstract of your paper (500 words)
including your official affiliation and e-mail address by March 25th, 2019 to
(pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu).
Draft papers must be pre-circulated to participants by May 10th, 2019.
All participants will be responsible for their travel, accommodation and
related costs.
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Dr. Pedram Khosronejad
Farzaneh Family Scholar
Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies
School of Global Studies & Partnerships/School of Media & Strategic
Communications
Oklahoma State University
201 Wes Watkins Center
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
Phone: 405-744-2507
E-mail: Pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu
| Chief Editor, Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central
Eurasia SeanKingston
| Series Editor, The Anthropology of Persianate
Societies, SeanKingston
| Series Editor, Iranian and Persian Gulf
Studies, LIT Verlag
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Bodies Matter
Death and Shiite Muslim Migrants
Deadline: March 25th, 2019
Conveners
Emel Akal (Swansea University, U.K.)
Pedram Khosronejad (Oklahoma State University, U.S.A.)
This is a call for a one-day brainstorming meeting regarding Death and Shiite
Muslim Migrants which will be held in the Department of Politics and
International Relations at Swansea University, in the United Kingdom from July
8-13, 2019 (the precise day will be announced later).
The aim of this international and interdisciplinary meeting is to bring
together scholars of different fields in social and human sciences
(anthropology, sociology, religion, politics, international law, international
relations, refugee studies), NGOs and GOs, policymakers, journalists, and
religious leaders to discuss how Shiite Muslim migrants (including refugees
and asylum-seekers) deal with the phenomenon of death and its related matters
once they are no longer in their mother country, and how the host countries,
their governments and institutions, and consequently local communities respond
to this.
The main aim of this gathering is to ascertain who is who in the field of
research and encourage participants to collaborate in an international
research project within a new research network.
Based on information from the Missing Migrants Project
(https://missingmigrants.iom.int), since 2014, more than 4,000 fatalities have
been recorded annually on migratory routes worldwide and this is why death and
dying in the context of migration will become a key issue for the specialists
of the field.
Since the past two centuries, Shiite Muslims of different countries, for
different reasons, and at different points in time have migrated to other
continents and countries. Therefore, Shiite migrants, their religion, related
ceremonies and traditions have been brought into close proximity with others,
in most cases, Western Christian host countries.
By studying the beliefs, customs and practical actions surrounding the death
of Shiite Muslim migrants, we can gain access to deeply held values and also
to the assumptions, worldviews and reactions of the host countries. Dying as a
Shiite migrant in a Western country should be considered a particularly
intense experience, and certainly people are challenged and forced to deal
with legal, political, and socio-cultural problems, which may not be
compatible with their original needs and values.
In this international program, we are interested in exploring and discussing
legal, religious, political, socio-cultural and economic aspects of the death
and dying of Shiite migrants and also the institutionalization of Shiite Islam
in this regard among Western societies. Even though our focus will be on
Shiite Muslims migrants in the United Kingdom, European countries, the United
States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, other researchers working on the
same topics but in a non-western context and also those who are working on
other Muslim groups are welcome to submit their proposals. Following this
general framework, some of our main sub-topics of interest will be:
- Death at the borders
- Death on the high seas
- Death in refugee camps and detention facilities
- Death during deportation or forced return to the homeland
- Burial rituals and ceremonies as sign and expression of identity
- Treatment of corpses
- Legal death organizations, cemeteries and burial plots
- Tombstones and funerary epitaphs
You are invited to send the title and abstract of your paper (500 words)
including your official affiliation and e-mail address by March 25th, 2019 to
(pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu).
Draft papers must be pre-circulated to participants by May 10th, 2019.
All participants will be responsible for their travel, accommodation and
related costs.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Pedram Khosronejad
Farzaneh Family Scholar
Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies
School of Global Studies & Partnerships/School of Media & Strategic
Communications
Oklahoma State University
201 Wes Watkins Center
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
Phone: 405-744-2507
E-mail: Pedram.khosronejad@okstate.edu
| Chief Editor, Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central
Eurasia SeanKingston
| Series Editor, The Anthropology of Persianate
Societies, SeanKingston
| Series Editor, Iranian and Persian Gulf
Studies, LIT Verlag
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