BRISMES Annual Conference 2012
Revolution and Revolt: Understanding the Forms and Causes of Change
26-28 March 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
The Middle East Centre at LSE will host
the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) annual
conference on 26-28 March 2012. The conference will be held in
association with the European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES) and the Asian Federation of Middle East Associations.
The unprecedented uprisings in the Middle
East over the past year have drawn comparisons with a wide scope of
revolts from the French Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This
conference seeks to place the focus on a multi-disciplinary
consideration of the local and regional sources and forces which have
fuelled the uprisings, as well as the narratives of the events. In
addition to an emphasis on dynamics within and interpretations of the
uprisings, presenters are encouraged to reflect on what the events may
mean for the study of the region.
The conference will also highlight the areas of research undertaken by the BRISMES research networks:
- Clerical Authority in Shiite Islam
- Critical Middle East Studies
- Faith, Politics and Society
- Liberation, Domination and Expression
- Resistance, Representation and Identity
And an additional sub-theme organised by
LLAS Centre for languages, linguistics and area studies with the
sponsorship of the Higher Education Academy Islamic Studies Network:
- Teaching and learning about Islam and Muslims in UK higher education
As in previous BRISMES conferences,
panels on topics not covered by the overall theme or the research
networks maybe also be proposed. Individual papers, however, will not be
accepted unless they are relevant to the overall theme, relevant to the
research network sessions, or integral to a panel proposed on the
topic.
Non-presenting conference participants are warmly welcomed.
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