INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

Developing a sense of belonging in diverse societies

Hui-Muslims in China and Muslims in Europe

14 -15 MAY 2014 LEUVEN
15 May 2014 Justus Lipsiuszaal Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, 3000 LEUVEN

14 May 2014 Auditorium Wolfspoort Schapenstraat 34, 3000 LEUVEN

9.00-9.15 Opening Johan Leman, Glen Chair for Intercultural Studies, KU Leuven 9.30-10.15 : Keynote: Li Zhinong, Yunnan University Hui Muslims in China 10.15-12.15 Panel I: Seeking Islamic Knowledge

9.30-10.15 : Keynote: Jorgen Nielsen, Copenhagen University Muslims in Europe 10.15-12.15

Panel III : Islamic Identity Formulation

Localizing Transnationalism in Post-Reform China: Sino-Islamic Identities among Hui-Muslim Women in The fluid identities in European Sufism and its social and political role, Francesco Piraino, EHESS, Paris. Yunnan, Lesley Turnbull, Cornell University
Embodiment of Islamic Knowledge and Lifestyle: A Case Study on Tongdao Street, Huimin District of Hohhot City Liang Zhang, Yunnan University

Maintaining cultural tradition among Hui-Muslims in Northwestern China, Hacer Z. Gnl, CCNU. The construction and importance of Muslim graveyards in Germany, Erdoan Karakaya, Germany 14.00-16.00 Panel IV: Muslim Identity in Public Life Female Muslims in Belgium (ttc), Esma Yldrm, ATSAM, Belgium. Changes of intermarriage circle of the Pashi Dai (Muslim in Dai Society): A case study in the Hui village in Manluan, Ma Chuang, Zhou Ziyan, Yunnan University

Muslim Females in Brussels Mieke Groeninck, Glen Chair, KU Leuven

14.00-15.20 Panel II : State Policies and Muslims

Bridging Worlds: A comparative study on the effects of state and municipal law on Chinas Muslims, Ross Holder, Trinity College
Making Muslim Hui: Ethnic and Regional Bias in the China Islamic Association, Aaron Glasserman, Princeton University 15.40-17.00 Panel III: Ethnic and Islamic Identity

Collective Feature, Identity Construction and Cultural Muslim Diversity and Localization: A Special Hui EthAdaptation: Interaction between Hui Muslim Society nic Group in Yunnan, Feng Yu, Yunnan University. and the State, Gui Rong, Yunnan University Relations between Hui Muslims and non-Muslims and the state 16.00-16.30 Closing Remarks : Johan Leman, KU Leuven
in present day in China, Frauke Drewes, Munster University

Organized by:
KU Leuven Glen Chair and Chinese Southwests Borderland Ethnic Minorities (RCSCSBEM) of Yunnan University More info: erkan.toguslu@soc.kuleuven.be