Lecture: Islamic Publics and Notions of Civil Society in Africa
21 April 2009 - 21 April 2009
Austria
About the lecturer
Abdulkader Tayob is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, and the Director of a new research programme on ‘Islam, African Publics and Religious Values’ dedicated to a critical and comparative study of Muslim publics in Africa since the end of the Cold War, and focussing on South Africa, Tanzania and Ghana. He is the author of Islamic Resurgence in South Africa: The Muslim Youth Movement (1995) and Islam in South Africa: Mosques, Imams and Sermons (2003), and the editor of Islam and African Muslim Publics (2007).
Source web: http://www.cinefogo.org/learning-dialogue/lectures/cipaci-lecture-090421/About(opens in new window) CINEFOGO
CINEFOGO is an acronym for Network of Excellence “Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe – the Making of European Citizenship”. CINEFOGO aims at enhancing the understanding of social and democratic processes, citizenship and democratic participation in Europe. It seeks to provide knowledge about civil society, citizenship and social protection, nourish a public debate on governance and strengthen intellectual co-operation. To learn more on CINEFOGO, visit http://www.cinefogo.org(opens in new window) or send an e-mail to cinefogo@ruc.dk. The CINEFOGO Network of Excellence is supported by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 7: New Forms of Citizenship and Cultural Identities of the European Union.
About CIPACI
Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University The Center for International Studies in Citizenship, Democratic Participation, and Civil Society (CIPACI) aims at strengthening research into the social and democratic processes that are involved in defining citizenship rights, enhancing active participation, and organizing democratic interaction between civil society organizations and state at local, regional, national and global levels. http://www.cinefogo.org/learning-dialogue/lectures/cipaci(opens in new window)
Abdulkader Tayob is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, and the Director of a new research programme on ‘Islam, African Publics and Religious Values’ dedicated to a critical and comparative study of Muslim publics in Africa since the end of the Cold War, and focussing on South Africa, Tanzania and Ghana. He is the author of Islamic Resurgence in South Africa: The Muslim Youth Movement (1995) and Islam in South Africa: Mosques, Imams and Sermons (2003), and the editor of Islam and African Muslim Publics (2007).
Source web: http://www.cinefogo.org/learning-dialogue/lectures/cipaci-lecture-090421/About(opens in new window) CINEFOGO
CINEFOGO is an acronym for Network of Excellence “Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe – the Making of European Citizenship”. CINEFOGO aims at enhancing the understanding of social and democratic processes, citizenship and democratic participation in Europe. It seeks to provide knowledge about civil society, citizenship and social protection, nourish a public debate on governance and strengthen intellectual co-operation. To learn more on CINEFOGO, visit http://www.cinefogo.org(opens in new window) or send an e-mail to cinefogo@ruc.dk. The CINEFOGO Network of Excellence is supported by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 7: New Forms of Citizenship and Cultural Identities of the European Union.
About CIPACI
Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University The Center for International Studies in Citizenship, Democratic Participation, and Civil Society (CIPACI) aims at strengthening research into the social and democratic processes that are involved in defining citizenship rights, enhancing active participation, and organizing democratic interaction between civil society organizations and state at local, regional, national and global levels. http://www.cinefogo.org/learning-dialogue/lectures/cipaci(opens in new window)