Name: The 9th International Symposium “Politics and Society in the Islamic World”
Start: 2026-10-21T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-23T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politologicznych Uniwersytet Łódzki

$The 9th International Symposium \u201cPolitics and Society in the Islamic World\u201d$

Planned as a joint initiative of the Department of Middle East and North Africa (University of Lodz), the Institute of the Middle and Far East (Jagiellonian University), the Department for European Islam Studies (University of Warsaw), and Khayrion (Bratislava), the 9th International Symposium “Politics and Society in the Islamic World” aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scholarly reflection on political, social, and cultural processes in societies shaped by Islam in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Proposed thematic areas include (but are not limited to):
- Politics, governance, and religion in Muslim societies
- International relations, geopolitics, and religious factors
- State, civil society, and religion: dynamics of cooperation and contestation
- Nationalism, citizenship, secularism, and religion
- Religion and social movements, activism, and political mobilization
- Religious practices, norms, and traditions and their impact on political and social interactions
- Identity politics: religion, ethnicity, gender, and generation
- Islam in Europe and beyond: Muslim diasporas, integration, and transnational ties
- Global migration and the category of the “Muslim refugee”: analytical challenges and political implications
- Religion and responses to humanitarian crises and conflicts
- Religious perspectives on climate change, environmental protection, and sustainability
- Islam, religion, and technological change (digital religion, media, AI, surveillance)
- Security, radicalization, counterterrorism, and the politics of religious discourse
- Comparative and transnational approaches to Islam and Muslim societies
- Literature, cultural production, and narrative representations of Islam, politics, and society (including diasporic and postcolonial perspectives)
Applications for participation in the Symposium should be sent via the online form: https://forms.office.com/e/sCL3r3egMn
until May 31, 2026. Conference fee: 120 EURO. We are planning the publication of the conference proceedings.
More information: https://www.kbwipa.uni.lodz.pl/en/islamic-symposium/islamic-symposium-2026