ORGANIZERS:

Meir Hatina, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Meir Litvak, Tel Aviv University

Over the past several years, the concept of jihad in modern Islamic discourse has captured the lion's share of interest and attention in the research literature, with barely any deliberation on the theme of sacrifice and death. Scholars who did address this issue focused mainly on "suicide" attacks, a new phenomenon of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The three-day conference aims to fill this gap in the extant literature on the evolving notion of martyrdom in modern Islam. Topics to be discussed include martyrdom and social networks, martyrdom and gender relations, violence and ethics, and historical memory and commemoration.

 

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SPEAKERS:

Meir Bar-Asher, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
William Beeman, University of Minnesota
Anat Berko, IDC Herzliya
Giora Eliraz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Robert Gleave, University of Exeter
Moshe Gammer, Tel Aviv University
Isaac Hasson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Meir Hatina, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Liora Hendelman-Baavur, Tel Aviv University
Philip Holtmann, The University of Jerusalem
Rachel Kantz Feder, Tel Aviv University
Meir Litvak, Tel Aviv University
Maram Masrawi, Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education
Dr. Eldad Pardo, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Reuven Paz, IDC Herzliya
Nico Prucha, The University of Vienna
Mordechai Rotenberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Soli Shahvar, University of Haifa
Mira Tzoreff, Tel Aviv University
Itzchak Weismann, University of Haifa
Daniel Zisenwine, Tel Aviv University