Reminder:
CFP: "Muslim Youth,
Contemporary Challenges and Future Prospects" (ISA Forum of Sociology 2016, Vienna, 10-14 July)
**Apologies for cross-posting**
Dear colleagues,
Please find below the details for a session on "
Muslim Youth, Contemporary Challenges and Future
Prospects" at next year's ISA Forum of Sociology (
http://www.isa-sociology.org/forum-2016/rc/rc.php?n=RC34).
The deadline for submitting an abstract (30th of September 2015) is fast
approaching. Please submit your abstracts (400 words outlining the main
question, method, findings, conclusion) through the dedicated ISA submission
website :(
https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2016/cfp.cgi).
Looking forward to receiving your abstracts,
Ali and Saeed
The Third
ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna, Austria 10-14 July, 2016 (Research Committee on
Sociology of Youth, RC34)
Session Title: Muslim Youth,
Contemporary Challenges and Future Prospects
Muslim youth live in very diverse contexts from Muslim
majority societies of the Middle East like Iran and Egypt through religiously
and ethnically divergent societies like Malaysia and India to Western societies
like France and the UK. Constituting nearly one fourth of the world youth
population, Muslim youth are experiencing a crucial era with multiple political,
socio-cultural as well as economic challenges in contemporary world at all
levels. Muslim communities usually have a very high proportion of youth
population and the phenomenon of youth bulge is of considerable implications. Young people are at the forefront of dramatic
political developments such as the so-called Arab Spring while being the
vanguard of cultural and social change in their respective societies. Muslim
youth in Western societies have also come to the attention of politicians,
policy makers and most notably the international media given the security
threats that have occurred in the past decade. Therefore, this session is aimed
to address the main current challenges that are experienced by Muslim youth and
future prospects for them and thus welcomes papers dealing inter alia with the
followings:
1.
Diversity in everyday life challenges of Muslim youth
2.
Culture and subcultures of Muslim youth and their
identity
3.
Muslim youth as actors of social and political change
4.
Portray and representation of Muslim youth in western
media
5.
Muslim Youth and their integration in non-Muslim
societies
6.
Youth policies in Muslim societies or policies
affecting Muslim youth in other societies
Panel co-organizers:
Ali AkbarTajmazinani (PhD),
Assistant Professor (Social Policy), Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh
Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran (
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Dr. Ali AkbarTajmazinani
Assistant Professor (Social Policy), Faculty of Social Sciences
Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
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