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International symposium on Religion and Migration (Rabat, 25-27 Nov 2010) |
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An international symposium on Religion and Migration will be held at the
Institute of African Studies, Rabat (Morocco), on 25-27 November 2010.
The aim of this symposium is to bring together researchers and scholars
from across the disciplines of the social and human sciences interested
in religion-migration dynamics. Scholars in all fields of scholarship
are invited to submit abstracts focusing on theoretical, empirical or
comparative studies of the religion-migration interface. Themes to be
considered may include, but are not restricted to:
- Philosophical and spiritual dimensions of migration
- Migration in the history of religions
- The role played by religious institutions in migration
- Religion, territoriality and trans-locality
- Religious diasporas and multicultural societies
- The religious market and the marketing of religion
- Religion and discourses on migration
Migrations, both voluntary and involuntary, have marked every era of
human history and migration continues to fashion the contemporary world.
Studies over the past several decades have highlighted the extent to
which migration is having a fundamental impact on societies, cultures
and economies of both emitting and receiving countries. In the host
countries of the developed world national politics and public debate are
increasingly preoccupied with issues such as identity, minority rights,
security, social integration, cultural diversity and religion in the
public sphere, issues which are construed as being linked to
immigration. What is more, research on migration has helped formulate
some key concepts and theories in the fields of the social and human
sciences. Among these we can list: globalization, trans-nationalism,
post-modernity, post-coloniality, diasporas, hybridity, cosmopolitanism
and autochthony.
No less than other domains of social interaction, religion has been
affected by migration. Historically, 'organized' religions spread
through diverse migratory movements: proselytizing missions, mystical
peregrinations, study journeys, pilgrimage, trade, but also conquest and
exile. In today's world of mass travel and cheap instantaneous
communication, even religions which were historically circumscribed
within narrow geographical perimeters are being practiced in countries
very distant in space and culture from their original hearths. Shiite
mosques in Australia, temples to Shiva and Krishna in Dubai, Vietnamese
Buddhist temples in Canada, Evangelical churches in Morocco, Sikh
gurudwaras in Brazil, Santeria churches in the USA, Mormon temples in
Ghana, Naqshbandiya khanqas in England; all of the world's religions now
effectively share the same streets.
Until now, the study of migration and research on religious dynamics
have developed separately. It is time therefore to ask how these
phenomena are interconnected. It is with this aim that two of the
Institute of African Studies' research groups: Religious Dynamics in
Africa; (ERDRA), and Planning and Development of Desert Regions
(GRADLED), are
organizing the symposium. By proposing the theme of Religion and
Migration for this conference we hope to focus attention on the
religious and spiritual dimensions of migration and, at the same time,
assess the role that migration plays in the (re)configuration of
religions across Africa and globally. Morocco is an ideal venue for a
debate on this interconnectedness given its situation at the crossroads
of continents, seas and civilizations, and its status at once as an
emitting country, a receiving country and a "country of transit" for
migrants.
The languages of the conference will be English, French and Arabic.
Abstract for presentation proposals (300 words), along with a brief CV,
must be submitted electronically to
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by April
15, 2010. Conference participants will be notified by April 30, 2010.
Final drafts of presentations will be due October 15, 2010.
For more information, leave a message at the above email or contact:
Fatima Harrak,
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Dr Fatima Harrak
Institute of African Studies
Mohamed V University
Allal al-Fassi Avenue
PB 8968 Madinat al-Irfane, Rabat-Agdal
Morocco
tel: (+212) 537 77 12 72
Email:
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