UEAI30

On behalf of the UEAI, we are pleased to announce that the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, is hosting the 30th congress of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI), under the overarching theme of “Body, identity and society in Islam”. See the Conference Program: Booklet UEAI-2022 Conference

Due to the Coronavirus crisis, the conference is rescheduled to 7-9 July 2022. The new deadline for registration and submission of your abstract is 1 May 2022. The deadline for the payment of conference fees is 1 June 2022.

We are delighted to invite you to Utrecht, which is home to the Netherlands’ biggest university. The tradition of Islamic and Arabic Studies at Utrecht University stretches back to the 17th century, and has produced the likes of Adriaan Reland (d. 1718), whose manifesto De religione mohammedica helped to launch the European academic study of Islam, Martinus Houtsma (1851-1943), editor of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, and Theodoor Willem Juynboll (1866-1948), author of a well-known handbook on the Shāfiʿī school of law. Today, Islamic and Arabic Studies at Utrecht University are embedded in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the Faculty of the Humanities, whose premises cluster around the Utrecht dome tower in the city centre.

According to al-Idrīsī (d. 1165), the city of Utrecht (Ustrīṭ) has many vineyards, meadows, horses, and a lot of water. Its inhabitants, al-Idrīsī relates, are noble, brave, and proud. Much of this, we are pleased to say, holds true to this day. Utrecht is a lovely city, replete with museums, churches, and cafés and restaurants along the several city canals. On a Friday, you’ll hear the adhān being called from the central mosque. The city’s train station is the major traffic hub of the Netherlands and can easily be reached from Schiphol Airport, but also from Paris, London and Frankfurt. If you’re planning to arrive by bike, Utrecht is home to the world’s largest biking garage.

The congress will take place in the Faculty of the Humanities in the city centre. On-site registration will start on the morning of the first day (7 July) of the conference and will continue until the last day of the conference in the morning. The Keynote, by Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauer (Münster) and the conference reception will take place on 7 July. The General Assembly and conference dinner will take place on 8 July. At the end of the conference, on 9 July, the UEAI excursion will take place, a boat tour through Utrecht.

Registration and deadline for abstracts

Online registration and submission of papers for this event is now closed. Feel free to contact us in case of questions: ueai2020@uu.nl.

Please note the following information with regard to COVID-19: Currently, there are no Covid-related restrictions in the Netherlands that would impact UEAI30 in Utrecht, and we assume that the conference can take place on 7-9 July as planned. In case the conference cannot go through, fees for registration, dinner and excursion will be reimbursed.

Congress fees:

Congress fees for participation in Utrecht are as follows:

Participation UEAI members: 70€

Participation non-members: 100€

Accompanying persons: 40€

Congress dinner (8 July): 50€

Excursion (9 July): registration is closed (please contact the UEAI30 office for questions)

We kindly ask you to pay the congress fees and additional costs (excursion, farewell-dinner) via the congress website. You can pay the fees by clicking the links above. Please note that you need to add each part of the congress to your shopping cart separately by using the individual links.

The deadline for the payment of conference fees is 1 June 2022. There will be no possibility of paying the congress fees in cash at the registration desk of the congress. We shall confirm the receipt of your payment and your registration.

We will continue to send circulars with updated information on the developing plans for the conference.

For any further information, please contact the organising committee at the congress office.

Arriving to Utrecht

By plane: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the main airport of the Netherlands. Utrecht is accessible from Schiphol Airport by taxi and train. A passenger railway station is located directly underneath the airport. In order to reach Utrecht Central Station, board the train in the direction of Nijmegen or Venlo.

By train: The high-speed train operators Thalys and Eurostar provide international railway services from Paris, Brussels, and London to Amsterdam Central Station and Rotterdam Central Station. In order to reach Utrecht from Amsterdam and Rotterdam, board the train in the direction of Utrecht Central Station. The high-speed train operator ICE International provides direct international railway services from Germany and Switzerland to Utrecht.

By car: The A2 is a major motorway that connects the city of Utrecht to the Dutch-Belgian border via the European routes E25 and E35. The A12 motorway connects Utrecht to Germany via the Bundesautobahn 3 (BAB 3) and the E30.

Accommodation in Utrecht

At the bottom of this letter, you will find a list of hotels of standard (3-star) and upper standard (4-star) categories, containing the details concerning the location and premises of the hotels.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Utrecht in the summer of 2022.

With kind regards,

Prof. Dr. Christian Lange, Dr. Mehdi Sajid, Prof. Dr. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, and Dr. Joas Wagemakers

For correspondence:

UEAI2020 – Congress Office

c/o Prof. Dr. Christian Lange

Dpt. of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Utrecht University

Janskerkhof 13

3512 BL Utrecht

The Netherlands

Tel. +31 (0)30 2531978/