Symposium 'Islamic ethics & living in ethnic and cultural diversity'

For whom
Employees , Private individuals , Students
When
21-06-2023 from 09:30 to 20:00
Where
Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent
Language
Dutch
Organizer
Research Centre for Culture and Gender, Department of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
Contact
An.VanRaemdonck@UGent.be

International symposium on studying Islamic ethics anthropologically, including a roundtable in collaboration with Muslim civil society.

Anthropology’s encounters with Islamic ethics/theology

  • 9.15 Coffee
  • 9.30 Welcome and introduction
  • 9.45 – 11.15 Roundtable 1 with Samuli Schielke (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Martijn de Koning (Radboud University Nijmegen), Mieke Groeninck (KU Leuven; Odisee University College), Merve Reyhan Kayikci (KADOC- KU Leuven)
  • 11.15 - 11.30 Coffee
  • 11.30 – 12.45 Panel 1 Paper presentations (to be announced) & Q&A
  • 12.45 – 13.45 Lunch The role of Islamic ethics in the lives of Muslims in Europe (with live translation English/Dutch)
  • 14.00 – 15.00 Keynote Mohamed Hashas “On Islamic thick and thin ethics and the challenge of modern pluralism”
  • 15.00 – 16.00 Panel 2 Paper presentations (to be announced) & Q&A
  • 16.00 – 16.15 Coffee
  • 16.15 – 18.00 Roundtable 2 (NL) with Muslim civil society organisations “The role of Islamic ethics in everyday life” With Cindy Raes (Al Minara), Kautar Oulad El Haj (Netwerk Islamexperten), Amal Miri (FMV vzw), VOEM vzw - TBC.
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