All Sessions are Scheduled in Williams Hall, Roemmele Global Commons, (Building #31 on Lehigh Asa Packer Campus Map).
Free and Open to Everyone.
Williams Hall
MONDAY, APRIL 18
6:00-7:15 PM: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Omid Safi - Global Islamic Studies and Adab as Model of Muslim Refinement
TUESDAY, APRIL 19
8:45- 9:00 AM: Opening Comments
9:00- 11:00 AM: PANEL #1: ADAB IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
♦ Moderator: Pedram Partovi
♦ Kamaruzaman bin Yusoff: The Political Thoughts of Raja Ali Haji: An Analysis on Adab of His Work Entitled Muqaddimah fi Intizam
♦ Muhamad Ali: The Changing and Diverse Influences of Islam in Shaping Adab Writings in Malaysia and Indonesia
♦ Jeffrey Hadler: Adat Sopan Santun: Concepts of Propriety in Minangkabau
11:15 AM- 12:45 PM: PANEL #2: ADAB IN POLITICS AND LAW
♦ Moderator: SherAli Tareen
♦ Timothy P. Daniels: Sharia, Adab, and the Malaysian State
♦ Thomas Pepinsky: Adab as Mass Political Culture
1:00-2:30 PM: BREAK (lunch on your own)
2:30-4:30 PM: PANEL #3: ADAB IN SPRITUALITY AND PIETY
♦ Moderator: Tehseen Thaver
♦ Nancy Florida: The Embodiment of the Divine:A Javanese Court Poet’s Metaphysics of Man (via Skype)
♦ Ramli Awang: An Analysis of the Thoughts of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Mandili on Morals
♦ Daniel Andrew Birchok: 'Young People are Seeking Their Fortune': Islamic Life Courses, Sufi Ethics and the Possibility of Worldly Adab in Rural Aceh
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20
8:45- 9:00 AM: Opening Comments
9:00-11:00 AM: PANEL #4: ADAB IN ETHICS AND EXPERIENCE
♦ Moderator: Youshaa Patel
♦ Anne K. Rasmussen: Adab and Embodiment in the Process of Performance: Islamic Musical Arts in Indonesia
♦ Nelly van Doorn-Harder: Gendering Virtues: Contesting Normative Behaviors
♦ Anna M. Gade: Smoke, Fire and Rain in Muslim South East Asia: Environmental Ethics in the Time of Burning
11:15 AM-12:30 PM: PANEL #5: CENTERING ISLAM: MODELING INTERDISCIPLINARY, GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES
♦ A conversation, led by Khurram Hussain, Robert Rozehnal, and Omid Safi