This document calls for papers for a workshop on the bureaucratization of Islam in Muslim states and societies. The workshop will examine how governments and organizations monitor, systematize, and control Islamic education, religious personnel, texts, law, and scripture. It invites comparative analyses of cases like Turkey's Diyanet and Egypt's Ministry of Religious Endowments. Papers should address how bureaucratization changes local religious landscapes and influences other countries. Abstracts of 300-500 words are due by August 10th, with acceptance notifications by August 20th. Travel and accommodation will be provided for presenters.

1. Call
for
Papers
New
Points
on
the
Map:
Bureaucratization
of
Islam
in
Muslim
States
and
Societies
Workshop
to
be
held
23-­‐24
October,
2014
Center
for
Interdisciplinary
Research
(ZIF),
Bielefeld
University,
Germany
Organizer:
Aaron
Glasserman
(Princeton
University/ZiF)
The
umma
today
encompasses
a
constellation
of
social,
political,
and
governmental
organizations
that
both
unite
and
differentiate
Muslims
along
national,
sectarian,
philosophical,
and
jurisprudential
lines.
Some
of
these
organizations
are
means
of
state
management
of
religion—a
government
may
establish
a
ministry
of
religious
affairs
to
manage
or
manipulate
religious
practice,
propagation,
and
education.
Others
are
international
organizations
that
aim
to
strengthen
transnational
Muslim
solidarity
and
compete
with
governments
and
local
authorities
to
define
and
promote
a
particular
conception
of
‘true’
Islam.
Still
others
fall
in
the
middle
of
this
spectrum
and
must
negotiate
a
semiofficial
position
in
which
they
must
both
earn
government
support
and
cultivate
popular
legitimacy
as
a
genuinely
Islamic
(and
not
merely
administrative)
institution.
These
structures
have
arisen
throughout
the
Muslim
world,
both
in
Muslim-­‐majority
and
Muslim-­‐minority
states,
and
both
in
states
that
are
hostile
or
friendly
vis-­‐à-­‐vis
Islam
and
religion
in
general.
Despite
this
varied
landscape,
these
structures
are
all
manifestations
of
the
bureaucratization
of
Islam,
a
major
trend
in
the
Muslim
world
and
the
subject
of
this
workshop.
The
workshop
will
proceed
with
a
broad
understanding
of
bureaucratization
of
Islam,
which
we
define
as
the
process
by
which
governments,
organizations,
or
any
of
the
other
entities
described
above
monitor,
systematize,
or
control
Islamic
education,
appointment
of
Islamic
religious
personnel
(e.g.
imams,
qadis),
publication
of
Islamic
texts,
and
interpretation
of
Islamic
law
and
scripture.
Bureaucratization
of
Islam
may
occur
as
part
of
a
larger
process
of
expanding
state
control,
but
it
may
also
occur
in
response
to
or
even
against
such
expansion.
Even
though
‘bureaucratization’
is
conventionally
understood
as
a
state-­‐driven
process,
this
workshop
will
also
take
it
to
refer
to
the
range
of
transformations
religious
communities
and
institutions
undergo
in
the
face
of
expanding
government
bureaucracy
and
control.
Turkey’s
Presidency
of
Religious
Affairs,
Egypt’s
Ministry
of
Religious
Endowments,
the
European
Council
for
Fatwa
and
Research,
the
International
Union
for
Muslim
Scholars,
the
Muslim
Spiritual
Directorate
of
Kazakhstan,
and
the
China
Islamic
Association
are
thus
all
manifestations
of
bureaucratization
of
Islam.
We
particularly
invite
papers
that
address
the
following
questions:
§ To
what
ends
do
governments
and
other
organizations
bureaucratize
Islam?
To
what
extent
are
those
ends
achieved?
§ How
does
bureaucratization
of
Islam
change
local
religious
landscapes?
Do
new
bureaucracies
privilege
certain
groups
over
others?
If
so,
does
such
privileging
promote
uniformity
or
sharpen
divisions
in
the
local
Muslim
population?
§ To
what
extent
can
we
speak
of
a
diffusion
of
bureaucratization
of
Islam?
Does
bureaucratization
in
one
country
prompt,
shape,
or
discourage
bureaucratization
in

2. another
one?
Do
these
bureaucracies
communicate
with
one
another?
If
so,
what
are
the
consequences,
both
for
local
religious
life
and
international
religious
networks?
We
welcome
papers
that
explore
these
questions
from
comparative
or
theoretical
perspectives.
Conference
participants
are
invited
to
address
these
questions
in
the
context
of
any
relevant
country,
region,
or
organization(s)—and
from
disciplinary
approaches
spanning
political
science,
law,
history,
sociology,
anthropology,
religious
studies,
and
Islamic
Studies.
This
workshop
is
organized
as
part
of
the
program
of
the
ZiF
research
group
“Balancing
Religious
Accommodation
and
Human
Rights
in
Constitutional
Frameworks.”
Please
visit
our
website
for
more
information
about
the
group’s
research,
members,
and
events.
Submission
of
Abstracts
Those
interested
in
exploring
these
questions
are
invited
to
submit
abstracts
of
around
300-­‐500
words
(addressing
also
the
source
material
and
methodology
used),
and
biographical
information
of
~150
words
to
Aaron
Glasserman
(aaron.glasserman[at]gmail.com)
no
later
than
10
August
2014.
Applicants
should
include
their
name
as
a
header
on
the
page(s)
submitted.
Acceptance
notifications
will
be
sent
by
20
August
2014.
Travel
subsidies
and
accommodation
will
be
provided
for
paper
presenters.