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Anthropology of Islam

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Course ID:	3102-LAIS
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.7 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Anthropology of Islam
Name in Polish:	Antropologia islamu
Organizational unit:	Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Moduł L06 (od 2023): Religijność / świeckość / ontologie (in Polish) Moduł L6: Antropologia religii (in Polish) Przedmioty etnograficzne do wyboru
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	optional courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) znajomość języka angielskiego
Short description:	The course aims at introducing students to anthropology of islam. One part of it will be devoted to some theoretical reflections, the other will take up case studies esp. from Bulgaria and Macedonia.
Full description:	Topics include: - types of islam - muslim religious practices - gender issues - islam and terrorism - reformers and traditionalists - postmodernism and islam - muslims in Europe - muslims and islam in public debates in Poland and Europe
Bibliography:	Achkoska V., Lifting the Veils from Muslim Women in the Republic of Macedonia Following the Second World War [w:] Gender Relations in South Eastern Europe: Historical Perspectives on Womanhood and Manhood in 19th and 20th Century, pod red. S.Naumovic, M. Jovanovic, Beograd, 2002. A.Ahmed, Postmodernism and Islam, in: Postmodernism and Islam. Predicament and promise, London and NY 1992, s.1-50. Akbar A., An Annthropological Excursion into the Muslim World, in: Journey into Islam. The Crisis of Globalisation, Washington 2007, s. 1- 48. S. F. Alatas, Contemporary Muslim Reviwal, The Case of “Protestant Islam”, “The Muslim World” vol. 97, s. 508-520 (M. Lubańska). Asad T. On Suicide Bombing, New York, Columbia University Press, 2007. Danecki J., Podstawowe wiadomości o islamie, t. 1 i 2, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog 2002. Hunt S. (2004), Muslim Women in the Bosnian Crucible [w:] Sex Roles, Vol. 51, No. 5/6. Kastoryano Riva (2004), Religion and Incorporation: Islam in France and Germany, “International Migration Review”, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Fall, 2004), s. 1234-1255. McBrien, J. Mukada's struggle: veils and modernity in Kyrgystan, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2009, s. 127-144. Zulaika J., Douglass W.A. Terror and taboo. The follies, fables, and faces of terrorism, New York, Routlege, 1996. Raubisko, I. Proper 'traditional' versus dangerous 'new'. Religious Ideology and Idiosyncratic Islamic Practices in Post-Soviet Chechenya. Tapper R., "Islamic Anthropology" and the "Anthropology of Islam", Anthropological Quarterly, Jul 1995, Vol. 68, Issue 3. Vertovec S., Diaspora, transnationalism and Islam: Sites of Change and Modes of Research, w: Muslim Networks and Transnational Communities in and across Europe, Stefano Allievi and Jorgen Nielsen, eds. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2003. 3.
Learning outcomes:	Students can use basic terminology, and understand social and religious issues in islamic countries.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	written assessment

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span:	2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Iwona Kaliszewska
Group instructors:	Iwona Kaliszewska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Grading

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