{"id":11485,"date":"2018-11-08T18:35:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T17:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/?p=11485"},"modified":"2026-07-24T19:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:41:17","slug":"reading-the-quran-in-the-context-of-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/reading-the-quran-in-the-context-of-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading the Qur\u2019an in the Context of Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CALL FOR PAPERS — International Qur\u2019an Conference
\nTangier Global Forum | University of New England
\nTangier, Morocco<\/strong> (25-26 July, 2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Qur\u2019anic Studies Association (IQSA) is happy to announce its third biennial conference July 25-26, 2019, which is hosted by the Tangier Global Forum of the University of New England, Tangier, Morocco. The main theme of the conference is Reading the Qur\u2019an in the Context of Empire. <\/strong>We invite enthusiastic scholars to discuss under-researched aspects of Qur\u2019anic Studies. Papers in all areas of the field are welcome, but we are particularly interested in papers about how rulers, politicians, religious figures and later colonial officers and European travelers contributed to the production, distribution and reception of Scriptures in general and the Qur\u2019an in particular.<\/p>\n

Given the history and the pluralistic nature of the conference, participants are encouraged to exchange views on the relationship between the Qur\u2019an and others religions. The conference will unveil new research on the Qur\u2019an, and create a platform for connecting other religions to Qur\u2019anic studies. Further attention will be paid to the important contribution of North African scholars to the emergence and flourishing of methods in the study of Qur\u2019an, tafsir <\/em>and translation. Also, particular attention will be paid to understudied texts, including Qur\u2019anic commentaries, manuscripts, and translations produced under influential early, medieval and modern Islamic empires and sultanates in Turkey, Persia, Africa, Europe and the Malay-Indonesian world. As there have been some long discussions about the way the Qur\u2019an is [supposed to be] taught and examined in different Islamic and non-Islamic academic contexts, researchers will find a chance to discuss and challenge recent ideas and trends in Islamic studies by raising questions about: academic study of the Qur\u2019an and its tafsir<\/em>, reading the Qur\u2019an along with other scriptures, reading the Qur\u2019an in the light of recent archaeological and epigraphic discoveries, among others. The sub-themes of the conference are as follows:<\/p>\n