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“Transnational and Local Networks of Pilgrimage” – The linguistic, ethnic, and communal complexity of the Hajj practice belies the simple ideal of the injunction; nor does it account for the voluminous traffic in local and regional pilgrimages to shrines, tombs, and other historic sites, each one unique.Part of the "Being Muslim: How Local Islam Overturns Narratives of Exceptionalism" series of workshops being convened by the Department of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University.Additional information: http://as.vanderbilt.edu/religiousstudies/IslamProject.php/.