Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, Max-Weber-Kolleg, Seminar für Religionswissenschaft

Mecca in Morocco: Studying the socio-cultural embeddedness of pilgrimage in Muslim everyday life

Date
6. May 2024, 4.15 pm - 5.45 pm
Location
Research building "Weltbeziehungen" (C19)
Series
Monday Lectures in Religious, Social and Cultural Studies
Organizer
Seminar for Religious Studies
Speaker(s)
Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma
Event type
Lecture
Event Language(s)
English
Audience
Public

Guest lecture by Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma on the topic "Mecca in Morocco: Studying the socio-cultural embeddedness of pilgrimage in Muslim everyday life" as part of the Monday Lectures in Religious, Social and Cultural Studies.

In her presentation, Al-Ajarma will introduce her monograph ‘Mecca in Morocco: Articulations of Muslim Pilgrimage in Moroccan Everyday Life’. Mecca in Morocco approaches the Hajj as both a sacred religious rite and a human and logistical feat that plays a vital role for Muslims in crafting their religious selves. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Morocco (and Saudi Arabia), Al-Ajarma will discuss the myriad ways in which the experience of being a Muslim pilgrim shapes one’s everyday life and social relations. Al-Ajarma argues that although the Hajj is performed in a place far away from Morocco, taking Moroccans out of their daily life worlds, the practices, experiences and the meanings that they attach to the pilgrimage are shaped by, and in turn go on to shape, their life and world upon return.

Contact

Christoph Günther
Dr. Christoph Günther
Heisenberg position (Islamic Studies)
(Faculty of Philosophy)
Lehrgebäude 4 / Raum E 20
+49 361 737-4115
christoph.guenther@uni-erfurt.de

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