AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme: Performance, politics, piety: music as debate in Muslim societies of North Africa, Sou

Network / Workshops Research Project (2008‐2009)

Performance, politics, piety: music as debate in Muslim societies of North Africa, South Asia, West Asia and their diasporas

Directed by Dr Kamal Salhi

(School of Modern Languages and Cultures. University of Leeds)

WORKSHOP 1

PLEASURE, DEBATE AND COMMUNITY

Saturday 13 December 2008, 9.00am – 5.00pm, Michael Sadler Building, Room LG.19

PROGRAMME

9.00 am: Welcome & Coffee

9.30 am: Introduction. Kamal Salhi. University of Leeds

9.40 am: “Music and Performance, Sufism and the Community in the Indian Sub-Continent”. Mohamed Ali Rizvi. University of Leeds.

Discussant: Kamal Salhi

10.20 am: “Music, Sufism and the State in Morocco”. Tony Langlois. University College Cork.

Discussant: Kamal Salhi

11.00 am: tea/coffee

11.15 am: “Qawwali Performance in India and the Tannoura in Egypt - Oral Traditions for Pleasure and Debate in the Community”. Gita Mohan. University of Salford.

Discussant: John Baily

11.40 pm: “Islam and Sufism in Music of Uzbekistan: Trends and Innovations”. Razia Sultanova. University of Cambridge.

Discussant: John Baily

12.20 pm: “Sound, Space, Sensorium: The (musical) Pleasures of Tears in Turkish Cassette/VCD Sermonizing” Martin Stokes. University of Oxford.

Discussant: Thomas Hodgson

13.10 pm: Lunch.

14.10 pm: “Fear of a Bhangra Planet: Division, Unity and Religion in Britain’s South Asian Community”. Thomas Hodgson. University of Oxford.

Discussant: Hae-kyung Um

14.35 pm: “Afghanistan Music and Dance in London”. John Baily. University of London. Discussant: Razia Sultanova

15.10 pm: “‘Music for the Mind and Soul’: Creation and Reception of Indian Classical Music in Transnational Liverpool”. Hae-kyung Um. University of Liverpool. Discussant Razia Sultanova.

 15.40 pm: Tea/Coffees

4.00 pm: Artist in conversation (facilitator: Hae-kyung Um)

Qasim Riza Shaheen (UK-Pakistan) :A Bride of Khusro

From Tori surat ke balihari [Beholding your countenance I offer myself in sacrifice], 2004: a video installation depicting an imaginary wedding ceremony between a disciple and his saint.

Still from Tori surat ke balihari © 2004 Qasim Riza Shaheen

4.40 pm: Conclusion and network discussion

5.00 pm: Close

Normally the workshop is not open to all, but students and academics with keen interest in the subject are welcome to attend as observers. They may be asked to fill out a feedback questionnaire.

To book a place (+ free tea/coffee and possibly lunch) please send an email with your name and department to SMLMRSA@Leeds.ac.uk

Associate coordinator:

• Dr Hae-kyung Um (Liverpool)

Project assistants:

• Alexandra Richardson,
  
• Jasjit Singh and
  
• Nicola Dach

Advisory Board:

• Professor Mohammed Arkoun (La Sorbonne),
  
• Professor John Baily (London),
  
• Dr Martin Stokes (Oxford),
  
• Professor Martin Clayton (Open University),
  
• Dr Tony Langlois (Cork).