Qur'an Unit
The Qur’an Unit welcomes papers on all aspects of the Qur’an, including its text; Late Antique and historical context; literary, aesthetic, and material forms; oral and written transmission; liturgical use, role in the lives of Muslims; tradition of commentary and exegesis; and its influence in the world more broadly. We welcome proposals that represent the full range of how the Qur’an can be approached in terms of academic methods, as well as the full range of ways in which the Qur’an is interpreted and interacted with in Islamic tradition by Muslims around the world.
In addition to individual paper proposals, the Qur'an Unit welcomes proposals for panels, roundtables, workshops, and other engaging formats.
For the 2025 annual meeting, we are especially interested in proposals highlighting new or developing areas of research in relation to the Qur’an, papers on understudied topics and themes, or that relate to the annual theme of "Freedom" (broadly defined - political, religious, economic, personal, positive, negative, etc.)
This Unit seeks to provide a forum for comprehensive scholarly discussion of the Qur’an, its reception and interpretation, and its role in Muslim and world societies through a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. We welcome scholars from all areas of the academy, and scholars of diverse backgrounds in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, geography, age, and religion to help us achieve our goals of promoting an understanding of the Qur’an.
| Chair | Dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Halla Attallah | ha409@georgetown.edu | - | View |
| Samuel Ross | s.ross@tcu.edu | - | View |
| Shuaib Ally | shuaib.ally@utoronto.ca | - | View |