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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Timur Hammond\, Syracuse University\, will speak on: Reli
 gion In\, Of\, and From the City\n\nHosted on Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us
 /s/83467586121 Passcode: 1234\n\n1:30 PM EST (UTC -5).\n\nThe Keenan Chair
  of Interfaith Studies and the James ɬ�﷬ Professor of Islamic Philosoph
 y are collaborating in a reflection on religion\, Islam\, and cosmopolitan
 ism associated with ɬ�﷬’s academic tradition of Islamic Studies\, and e
 pitomized by scholars such as Wilfred Cantwell Smith\, Fazlur Rahman\, and
  Toshihiko Izutsu.\n\nIn preparation for the Keenan Conference on World Re
 ligions and Globalization\, to be held in Montreal in Spring 2022\, we are
  hosting an online lecture series titled ReOrienting the Global Study of R
 eligion: History\, Theory\, and Society. While the study of the Islamosphe
 re has stimulated a critical reconceptualization of the notion of religion
 \, we would like to extend this reflection to how religious concepts have 
 been embedded in broader views of history and society\, including the West
 ern colonial construction of the “Middle East” as the cradle not just of I
 slam but of all Abrahamic religions.\n\nThe fourth speaker in the series w
 ill be Prof. Timur Hammond\, Syracuse University. The title of the lecture
 \, which will be followed by a Q&A\, is Religion In\, Of\, and From the Ci
 ty. The lecture is based on a chapter that Professor Hammond is contributi
 ng to The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East in course of
  publication (both online and in print) with Oxford University Press\, edi
 ted by Armando Salvatore\, Sari Hanafi\, and Kieko Obuse: Oxford Handbook 
 of the Sociology of the Middle East - Oxford Handbooks.\n\nAbstract:\n\nTh
 e ‘city’ and ‘religion’ have a long and rich history in scholarship in\, o
 f\, and about the Middle East\, ranging from early articulations of the ‘I
 slamic city’ to more recent engagements with questions of politics\, urban
  life\, everyday experience\, and governance. Yet despite a shared interes
 t in the place of religion in the city\, scholars often operate from quite
  distinct methodological\, conceptual\, and epistemological positions. In 
 this talk\, I identify four meta-questions that underpin much of this scho
 larship: (1) How do we conceptualize ‘religion’ and the ‘city’ as linked o
 bjects of study? (2) How and why do we think about religious difference wi
 thin and between cities? (3) Is there a single urban process? (4) And what
  are the advantages and disadvantages of framing our work as a regional an
 alysis of the Middle East?\n\nPaying greater attention to these questions 
 provides an opportunity to revisit – and perhaps reframe – the unacknowled
 ged assumptions that tend to structure our research questions\, methods\, 
 disciplinary approaches\, and findings. Indeed\, I use the talk to suggest
  that beginning from these questions opens up new opportunities for an exp
 anded interdisciplinary exchange. In the process\, we might develop new op
 portunities for more responsive\, reflexive\, and responsible approaches t
 o studying religion in\, of\, and from the city.\n\nTimur Hammond is an As
 sistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Sy
 racuse University. Trained as a cultural and urban geographer\, his resear
 ch examines the practices and processes through which people encounter cit
 ies as meaningful places. His current book project focuses on the Istanbul
  district of Eyüp and uses that district’s 20th century transformations to
  show the changing geographies of Islam over the past century. He has also
  published on the relationship between geography and Middle East area stud
 ies and on the politics of memory following Turkey’s July 2016 coup attemp
 t.\n
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SUMMARY:ReOrienting the Global Study of Religion - Timur Hammond
URL:/religiousstudies/channels/event/reorienting-globa
 l-study-religion-timur-hammond-327485
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