Canon or Code? Standardising and Transmitting Islamic Law
On this page we will inform new and old cooperation partners about how we envision our next major workshop in the Cancode-project, to take place in Bergen, 16.-18. June 2022. Call for papers has deadline 10th Jan. 2022.
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Conference听Description and听Call for听Papers听
In the听CanCode-project听(2020-24) we study change and development of Islamic law by using 鈥渃anonization鈥� and 鈥渃odification鈥� as conceptual starting points. "Codification" tends to be reserved for modern phenomena where the colonial or national state imposes new structures on the sharia, while "canonization" is commonly used to describe processes where texts are ascribed authority by a certain interpretive and scholarly community, usually in the pre-modern period. Both concepts have in common processes of selection and validation. During the听kick off events听we听looked into听how these concepts are currently understood and used in our field, at times in different ways.
For our upcoming project conference in June (16.-18) 2022 in Bergen we wish to step beyond the听two concepts "canonization" and "codification"听in order to听focus on the processes behind them, again seeking to keep a comparative focus across the pre-modern/modern divide and using a diversity of empirical cases. We wish to draw in old and new cooperation partners and scholars by inviting to engage in four thematic panels: 1) Courts as a听Locus for听Standardization 2)听Standardization of听fiqh听3)听Transmission of听Knowledge and 4) Translation and听Canonization. The four听panels听will be spread over three days. We aim for around听five听presentations and听a听short keynote听and/or contributions by commentators in听each panel.听We ask for a pre-circulated concept note (max听five听pages). The aim is thus not to present almost finished听research,听but rahter to present theoretical reflections relevant for the specific panel, blanaced with general information of empirical context.听The outcome should be concrete cooperation and co-authorship plans to be followed up in a similar event in Bergen in June 2023.
We make a call for papers (for specific听panels听only): Those interested should听submit听a听one-page听abstract, preferably before January the 10th 2022. We expect participants to present听new ideas/research. We听will cover听accommodation at the conference venue. We can cover travel for those who do not have a budget听for this.听
Update: The call for paper is now close and the workshop program is full.听Updated information can be found in the calendar announcement here.听
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