November 18
8:45 am, Opening Remarks, Amb. Feisal Istrabadi
9:00-10:30 am, Session 1
Moderator: Carl Pearson
Nesim Astantatar, “An Attempt for a Novel Theodicy: The Iwāḍ-Based Free Will Defense”
Sayed Mohamed Khalid Mohamed, “Tahqiq Al-Manat: The Upholding of Justice in The Muslim Political Thought”
Negar Partow, “The Atheist's Guide to Surviving the Middle East: Security, Rights, and the SDGs”
10:30-11:00 am: Break
11:00 am-12:30 pm, Session 2
Moderator: John Walbridge
Hadice Merve Caliskan Baser, “The Importance of Context in Conveying the Message of the Qur'an to the Current”
Abdollah Omran, “Oversharing Private Family Life: Fiqh in the Face of Emerging Digital Social Norms”
Eyüp Elkoca, “Remembering the Prophet While Healing Wounds: Analysis of the Hadiths Used in Friday Sermons After the February 6 Earthquake in Turkey”
12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch break
1:30-2:30 pm: Session 3
Moderator: Negar Partow
Alexander Shepard, “Authority and Influence: Ayatollah Sistani’s Impact on Shia Politics in Iraq”
Elmira Takhsha Qahfarokhi, “Beyond Ethics: Insights from Islamic Mysticism”
2:30-2:45 pm: Break
2:45-3:45 pm: Session 4
Moderator: Derya Dogan
Noor Suwyan, “The Use of Music in Co-constructing a Shi’a Normative Discourse”
Ammar Sultan Al-Maani, “Inbetweenness: Navigating Hybrid Islamic Identity through Kaleidoscopic Dramaturgy”
November 19
9:00-10:30 am: Session 5
Moderator: Carl Pearson
Akram Habibullah, “On the distribution of Islamic literature in inin-South Kazakhstan (1970-1980)”
Andi Herawati, “Islam and “Indigeneity”: Sustainability of Imagination as Global Knowledge”
Abdulrasheed Olatunji Abdussalam, “The Impact of Sheikh Ibrahim’s Dawah on African Society”
10:30-11:00 am: Break
11:00 am-12:30 pm: Session 6
Moderator: John Walbridge
Hu Yiming, “The Impacts and Responses of Religious Sinicization on Uyghur and Hui Communities in Central China”
Maggie Xu, “Roots and Branches: Tracing and Telling the Evolution of Hui Scripture Hall Education in China”
Mukulika Radhakishanan, “Muslim Hip Hop and ‘Mappila Cool’ in Kerala, South India”
12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch break
1:30-3:00 pm: Session 7
Moderator: Negar Partow
Amin Mousavi Nezhad, “Michel Foucault and the Islamic Revolution of Iran: A Postmodern Analysis of Political Transformation”
Pouriya Hassany, “Shiite Political Thought and Gender: Examining Women's Political Participation in Post-Revolutionary Iran”
Sara Torabian, “The Role of Religion in Iran's Foreign Policy Regarding the War in Gaza and Lebanon”
3:00-3:15 pm: Break
3:15-4:30 pm: Session 8
Moderator: Amb. Feisal Istrabadi
Hussain Ehsani, “New Cold War Between Iran and Saudi Arabia Under Mohammad bin Salman’s Reign”
Mohammad Eslami, “Will Shia Islam Prevent Iran from the Development of Nuclear Bombs?
4:30 pm: Closing remarks: Negar Partow