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The Duke-UNC Islamic Studies Graduate Student Organizing Committee is pleased to acceptabstracts for our eleventh annual conference on the “Cartographies of Islam.” From this theme,we hope to examine various cartographical creations by and on Muslim populations, which rendersocial organization and behavior meaningful through a particular understanding of geographicand cosmic space. In relation to meaningful work on Muslim networks of influence andexchange, we are particularly interested in the role of social-spatial orders to situate thought andexperience. From the celestial to the political, maps provide orientation but also limits. As such,we take a corollary interest in the peripheral to explore marked boundaries in Islamic thought andMuslim societies as sites that bear both division and powerful forms of alterity.We invite papers from a range of disciplines (anthropology, art and art history, design,geography, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, political science, religious studies, andsociology) that examine such questions within historical and contemporary Islamicate contexts.Possible themes for papers include but are not limited to:Pre-Islamic figurations of space at work in Muslim majority contextsThe Differing Wilayat of Sufis and SultansLost-Found Muslims in the Wilderness of the WestTechnology in the creation of digital sacred spaceSpatiality and Islamic Theological AuthorityUrban planning and architecture in Muslim imperial citiesArabic/Arab/Arabia as orientation point and the persistence of an Islamic homeland(s)Poetry, Music, and other Artforms as cosmological roadmaps to the divineMuslim theological perspectives on the environmentAs a hallmark of the Duke-UNC Islamic Studies Conference, we will provide opportunity forinteractive, deliberative, and interdisciplinary engagement with scholarly work in progress bygathering in an intimate workshop format. We expect that those invited to present papers willremain present for the duration of the two-day conference in order to engage the otherparticipants in a true exchange of ideas. Lunch and refreshments will be provided on both days,and a formal dinner will be held on Saturday night. Limited financial assistance to cover travelexpenses will be offered to those who demonstrate financial need.Proposal Submission Requirements:Please submit at minimum a 500-word abstract accompanied by a working bibliography and CVto DUKEUNCconf@gmail.com by December 1, 2013. In addition, fill out this brief biographicalform at the time of your conference submission. Submissions that include a written paper arehighly preferred. Ph.D students in advanced stages of research and dissertation writing are especially encouraged to apply.