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Symposium 'Hajj: Global Interactions through Pilgrimage'

24/11/2013

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Op 28 en 29 november vind in Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde in Leiden het tweedaags internationaal symposium Hajj: Global Interactions through Pilgrimage plaats.
Dit symposium, georganiseerd samen met het Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), wordt gehouden ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstelling Verlangen naar Mekka. De reis van de pelgrim. Er zijn lezingen over Snouck Hurgronje en Nederlands onderzoek naar de Hadj, Hadj en kunst, belevingen de Hadj door Britse moslims en meer.
Het symposium wordt vrijdag 29 november afgesloten met de uitreiking van de Dr. Steven Engelsman Grants en met de jaarlijkse Gerbrandslezing, dit jaar door Finbarr Barry Flood (New York University): Sanctified Sandals. Imaging the Prophet in an Era of Technological Reproduction. Aansluitend is er een borrel in Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde.

Het volledige programma plus een link naar het inschrijfformulier vind u op de site van museum Volkenkunde


On 28 and 29 November, the National Museum of Ethnicity in Leiden is hosting an international symposium on the occasion of the exhibition Longing for Mecca: the Pilgrim’s Journey.
The symposium, co-organised with the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), starts with a reflection on the ‘Theory & Practice’ of the pilgrimage to Mecca from religious, anthropological, and material culture perspectives. This introductory session will contextualize two subsequent sessions: one involving case-studies concerning global interchange and interactions in material culture spurred by the Hajj, like the production of the kiswa (the textile covering the Ka’ba), pilgrim’s certificates and Hajj wall-paintings. Another session will be dedicated to case studies concerning transnational & local, social & political dimensions of the Hajj as well as issues concerning the meanings of pilgrimage for the religious lives and identity politics for individuals.
The symposium will be concluded by an in-depth on-stage interview with two Dutch Hajjis and the 3rd Adrian Gerbrands lecture by Finbarr Barry Flood (New York University) on 29 November.

Please visit the symposium webpage of the museum for a detailed program and registration form.
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