Call for Papers First International Conference on Qur’anic Studies

Call for Papers

 First International Conference on Qur’anic Studies

24-25 February 2020

Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies

The department of Qur’anic Studies at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies announces the call for papers for the 2020 international conference on Qur’anic studies to be held in Tehran, Iran from Monday 24 to Tuesday 25 February 2020.

We welcome original work from scholars at any stage of their careers, including early career researchers and PhD students, relating to the following themes:

• -The Qur’an and its religious milieu;
• -The reception history of the Qur’an, from the beginnings to modern times;
• -Literary, historical-critical, and comparative approaches to the Qur’an;
• -The history of scholarship and methodological issues in Qur’anic studies;
• -Qur’anic manuscripts;

Applicants are kindly asked to submit their abstracts to Dr. AlaVahidnia at a.vahidnia@ihcs.ac.ir by November 15, 2019.

The organizing committee will send notification of acceptance for abstracts on December 15, 2019.

The Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies will issue an official invitation for all participants who need to apply for their own visas individually.

Papers may be presented in English or Arabic.

Should you have any question about the conference please contact the conference director, Dr. AlaVahidnia at a.vahidnia@ihcs.ac.ir