April 18, 2025 to April 20, 2025
Time:
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
How have Islamic traditions shaped—and been shaped by—South Asia’s rich cultural, political, and religious landscape? What do lived experiences of Islam reveal about identity, pluralism, and change across time?
This year’s most prestigious Humanities and Social Sciences conference at LUMS centres on the theme of Islam and society in historical and contemporary South Asia. In an effort to think creatively about the region, the conference aims for a richer understanding of the variety of Islamic traditions and their lived expressions in South Asia, as well as the relationship between Islam and other religions.
At the heart of this project is our effort to bring together a diverse array of scholars from different disciplines, institutions, and perspectives to expand the current state of knowledge. We have curated a range of themes that address the intersections of Islam with history, politics, culture, and social life in South Asia. Moving beyond simplistic and essentialist readings of religious traditions that treat religious traditions as fixed or monolithic, scholars shall examine their evolution, adaptation, and contestation in response to intellectual, societal, and existential concerns. The conference will also engage with the broader question of how religious traditions intersect with colonial modernity and continue to shape and be shaped by postcolonial contexts.
For more details, please visit https://mgshss.lums.edu.pk/traditions-transitions
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