October 19/20: Online Workshop - Cultures of Islam: Variations of Muslim Belief and Practice from the Irtysh River to the Black Sea

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Cultures of Islam: Variations of Muslim Belief and Practice from the Irtysh River to the Black Sea

19 - 20, October 2020

In this open discussion, we examine the diversity of Muslim belief and practice in Russia beyond the capital, Moscow, and look at Siberia, the Ural and Volga regions, the North Caucasus and Crimea. Of primary interest is the relationship between Islam and various aspects of culture: when and why some aspects of culture (national, ethnic, regional, local) become influential, whose interests are being served, and which kind of power struggles can be determined through these interactions? Further, we ask whether global and local interpretations of Islam clash or co-exist. The discussion encompasses the uneasy convergence of one Islamic revelation and a multitude of Muslim traditions.

Monday, October 19 (Time EDT)

9:00 AM - Welcoming Remarks

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Marlene Laruelle, Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Director, Central Asia Program and Research Professor of International Affairs.

9:10 - 10:30 AM - Session 1: Muslim Identities

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9:10 - 9:21 AM - The Sociology of Competition of “Traditional” and “Globalized” Islam among Tatars from Russia: actors and heir interests

Liliya Sagitova, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Sh. Marjani Institute of History

9:22 - 9:33 AM - Muslim Identity Politics in Contemporary Tatarstan: historical legacies, secular cultures and religious beliefs

Bulat Akhmetkarimov, Kazan Federal University

9:34 - 9:45 AM - To Be a Muslim in a Crimean Tatar Way: ethnic culture and global trends

Elmira Muratova, Crimean Federal University

9:46–9:57 AM - Some Reflections on the Study of Islamic Traditions in Siberia

Alfrid Bustanov, University of Amsterdam

10:00 - 10:30 AM - Discussion

10:30 - 10:40 AM - Coffee break

10:40 - 11:20 AM - Session 2: Religious Activism and Lifestyles

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10:40 - 10:51 AM - Muslim Communities of Kazan in the Beginning of the XXI century: reasons of rise and fall of Islamic youth activism

Guzel Guzelbaeva, Kazan Federal University

10:52–11:03 AM - Halal Headaches: entanglements of (Islamic) rule and law in Tatarstan

Matteo Benussi, University of California, Berkeley

11:05–11:20 AM - Discussion

Tuesday, October 20 (Time EDT)

9:00 - 9:40 AM - Session 3: Islamic Educational Systems

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9:00 - 9:11 AM - Islamic Education in Post-Soviet Tatarstan: translocality, ethnicity and the struggle for identity

Leila Almazova, Kazan Federal University

9:12–9:23 AM - Re-appropriating Traditional Tatar Educational Culture or Building its Own: homeschooling practices among observant Muslims in Tatarstan, Russia

Liliya Karimova, Northern Virginia Community College-Annandale

9:25–9:40 AM - Discussion

9:40–9:50 AM - Coffee break

9:50 - 11:10 AM - Session 4: Vernacular Muslim Practices

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9:50–10:01 AM - Pilgrimage to Muslim Shrines in Hybrid Everyday Cultures: three Dagestani cases

Vladimir Bobrovnikov, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg

10:02–10:13 AM - Local Shia Community and the Sacred Mount: social practices around Shalbuzdag pilgrimage in Dagestan

Ekaterina Kapustina, Kunstkamera

10:14–10:25 AM - Divine Presence: Sufi practice as a means of enchantment in the Urals and beyond

Jesko Schmoller, Perm State University

10:26–10:37 AM - Sufism in Dagestan after the USSR: a retrospective view on the history of discussions about Sufism (This presentation is in Russian.)

Shamil Shikhaliev, Institute of History, Makhachkala/University of Amsterdam

10:40–11:10 AM - Discussion

Monday and Tuesday, October 19-20, 2020

9:00 - 11:20 EDT

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