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Middle Eastern Connectivities

With “Middle Eastern Connectivites” is intended a focus on the relationship between the peoples and groups within the Middle East and the outside world. The conference will emphasize translocal relations and its effects on social, cultural, educational, religious and other transformations. Furthermore, the conference will highlight issues of trans-regional relations and exchanges to and from the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Europe both historically and in the present. The conference aims to explore the cultural, political, religious and social changes resulting from these connectivities.

The theme is widely understood so that the greatest possible variety of disciplines, theoretical or geographic areas of interest can be encompassed. Thus, a prominent feature of the conference is to promote scholarly contestations around significant issues, promote interdisciplinarity and to create fruitful fora for discussion.

The conference will include several keynote speakers representing the forefront of their respective fields.

http://www.uib.no/smi/en/activities/conference-middle-eastern-connectivities