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‘The Qur'an: Text, Society And Culture"  Conference Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 November 2013SOAS, University of LondonConvenors: Prof. M.A.S. Abdel Haleem and Dr Helen BlatherwickDeadline for abstracts: 1 June 2013Proposals are invited for the Eighth SOAS Conference on the Qur’an, to beheld from Thursday 7 to Saturday 9 November 2013. The conference seriesseeks to provide a forum for investigating the basic question: how is theQur’anic text read and interpreted? Our objective is to encompass a globalvision of current research trends, and to stimulate discussion, debate andresearch on all aspects of the Qur’anic text and its interpretation andtranslation.While the conference will remain committed to the textual study of theQur’an and the religious, intellectual and artistic activity that developedaround it and drew on it, contributions on all topics relevant to Qur’anicstudies are welcomed and attention will also be given to literary, cultural,politico-sociological and anthropological studies relating to the Qur’an.The final conference programme will take account of the range of proposalsactually accepted.Selected papers will be published as articles in the Journal of Qur’anicStudies, subject to standard outside refereeing. Speakers are expected togive priority to JQS when publishing these articles.Submission of Abstracts:The deadline for abstracts is 1 June 2013. Abstracts of up to 400 words anda short bio (of up to 200 words) should be submitted in Word format by emailattachment to quran.conference@soas.ac.uk. The primary conference languageis English, but papers may be presented in English or Arabic. All applicantswill be notified of the status of their proposals in July.Presented papers should be 25 minutes long, and will be followed by 5minutes for questions per paper.Further Information:It is Centre of Islamic Studies policy to reimburse featured speakers fortheir standard travel expenses, hotel accommodation and board. We do,however, encourage speakers to try to obtain some funding from their homeuniversities or other sources wherever possible.If you would like further information on the conference series, please visitthe conference website at www.soas.ac.uk/cisconference&#60;http://www.soas.ac.uk/islamicstudies/conferences/quran2011/&#62; . This will beupdated with the conference programme from September 2013, on an ongoingbasis.For general enquiries, please contact the conference administrator atconference@how-foundation.org . For academic enquiries contact HelenBlatherwick at hb20@soas.ac.uk.No registration is required for this conference and all are welcome toattend.Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London, Russell Square,Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG