ICI 2012 - Third International Conference on Islam

The Third International Conference on Islam will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, on April 13-14, 2012. The objective of the conference is to create an environment for the discussion of different aspects of Islam in an academic setting and in a non-speculative way. The conference will serve the purpose of bringing together academics, scholars and researchers interested in different aspects of Islam, and will provide an opportunity to share new findings, approaches and research on Islam. Selected papers from the conference will be published as a book.
Keynote Speakers:
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
John O Voll, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Theme: The theme of this year’s conference will be “Islam and Democracy”.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
?Islamic Theological Perspectives on Democracy
?Islam, Liberalism, and Pluralism
?Islam, Secularism, and the State
?Islam and Nationalism
?Muslim Women and Democracy
?Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
?Islam and Democracy in Central Asia
?Islam and Democracy in Europe
?Islam and Democracy: Turkey Model
?Arab Spring