Cosmopolitan Islam

Abstract

The Thirty-ninth Annual AMSS Conference, held at Chicago’s DePaul University, continued the association’s tradition of exploring cutting-edge scholarly issues by examining the notion of Islam’s inherently cosmopolitan nature, focusing upon its transnational and diasporic dimensions in the age of globalization. Welcomed by Conference Chair Aminah McCloud of the host institution, this one-day symposium was rich in the generation and development of new ideas and concepts and the stimulation of vibrant discussion and debate among the participants and attendees. The twelve presenters undertook a concise yet highly concentrated and comprehensive effort to identify, define, and examine the major debates within an ever-evolving subject of how diaspora communities face the challenges of an equally unstatic world and society in which they seek to find space and agency.