H-IslamInAfrica

H-IslamInAfrica promotes scholarly research, both within and outside Africa, in all areas and disciplines of the social sciences and humanities relevant to Islam in Africa. We want to encourage international cooperation and facilitate the exchange of ideas and meaningful dialogue among persons engaged in research on Islam in Africa. Toward those ends, the network aims to:

Encourage the publication and dissemination of scholarly and artistic works as well as primary sources on Islamic studies and related topics.
Organize panels, symposia, and conferences on Islam in Africa at meetings of regional, national and international organizations.
And provide the general public with information on issues of historical, cultural, and contemporary interest in Islam in Africa.

Recent Content

IASG Business Meeting

Dear all,

I am happy to announce that this year’s IASG – during ASA’s meeting – will be will be Friday, 11/22 7:30pm-8:30pm/Clarendon.

Agenda

Reports on the status quo
1. Overall
2. Members
3. Finances
4. Website
Panels for next year
Discussions of future plans

I would also take the opportunity to encourage you to sign up for membership of the Islam in Africa Studies Group – along with your membership in ASA. You can easily sign up by clicking here.

Thanks,

Terje

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Terje Ostebo

Chair, Department of Religion

Associate Professor

Center for African Studies &

Sign up NOW for a Writing Workshop at the 2019 African Studies Association Annual Meeting in Boston

Dear Friends,

Please find attached a CFP for a writing workshop co-convened by the African Studies Review and the Islam in Africa Studies Group at this year's annual meeting of the ASA. There are ten places reserved specifically for advanced PhD students and early career scholars working on topics related to Islam in Africa. Applicants must belong to the ASA and already be on the program for the Boston meeting. If you are interested in participating, please visit the link below for more details. You may contact Professor Scott Reese for more information (Scott.Reese@nau.edu).

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CfP: Religions, Special Issue: Religious Conversion in Africa

CALL FOR PAPERS

Religions

Special Issue: Religious Conversion in Africa

Dear Colleagues,

This is a call for essays for a special issue of the peer-reviewed international journal Religions on the topic of religious conversion in Africa. Over the past decade, scholarly attention has focused on the “explosive” expansion of Pentecostalism across the African continent and its narrative of discontinuity with the pre-Pentecostal lives of Pentecostal adherents. This sophisticated research has demonstrated how the emic prioritization of rupture within the Pentecostal discourse of conversion was predicated

Membership of Islam in Africa Studies Group

Dear all,

This year’s ASA Annual Meeting is fast approaching – and we would like to take the opportunity to encourage you to sign up for membership of the Islam in Africa Studies Group – along with your membership in ASA. You can easily sign up by clicking here.

Thanks,

Terje