[Air-L] Workshop CFP "Intersections of Youth, Gender, and Religion under Digital Media in the MENA Region"

[Ülker Sözen]

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*Call for Papers*

*Intersections of Youth, Gender, and Religion under Digital Media in the
MENA Region*


*Workshop*


*26-27 September 2024, Leipzig University, Germany*


*German* *Research Foundation Project **“**Contested Pieties and
Secularities: Family** a**nd Youth Politics in (post-Kemalist) 'New Turkey'*
*”*


This workshop aims to offer a platform to case studies and theoretical
undertakings concentrating on the intersections of youth, gender, and
religion under digital media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
region.


Some possible themes and topics for contributions to be analyzed within the
framework of youth and/ or gender, religion, and digital media in the MENA
region are:


- Expressions and performances of religious identities

- Governance strategies and policies targeting the youth, gender, and
sexuality

- New age religions and spiritualities

- Social media influencer economies

- Trans-regional and global flows and networks enabled by the digital
condition

- Youth cultures

- Feminist and LGBTQ politics and collective movements

- Anti-gender politics and ideologies

- Negotiation of the religious-secular divide

- Anti-religious and secularist politics and post-secularity on digital
media


Travel and accommodation costs of the selected participants will be covered
or subsidized. However, due to limited budget, participants are encouraged to
use their institutional funding if available. One of the aims of the
workshop is producing a special journal issue or a joint publication. After
the workshop, submission of the final papers for publication will be
expected within a reasonable amount of time.


*Please send your abstracts of up to 500 words accompanied by a short bio** and
information regarding whether you will need financial support for travel* *and
accommodation **to* *uelker.soezen at uni-leipzig.de*
<uelker.soezen at uni-leipzig.de>* by May 3, 2024. *


*Convener:* Dr. Ülker Sözen, Institute for the Study of Religion, Leipzig
University & Associate Member, Multiple Secularities Research Team


*Deadline for abstracts: **03 May **2024*

*Announcement of the selected papers: **17 **May 2024*


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