[ecrea] Self-Representation and representation of Muslim women in digital media and on-screen - Call for papers

MeCCSA - Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Network

Call for Papers

Self-Representation and representation of Muslim women in digital media 
and on-screen

Thursday 24th May 2018 - University of East London, Stratford Campus

The Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Network invites proposals for a 
one-day conference to explore the self-representation and representation 
of Muslim women in digital media and on-screen.

> From media debate on hijabs in schools, to the recent viral Twitter hashtag, #MosqueMeToo highlight a chasm between society’s perceptions of Muslim women and the lived experience of Muslim women. 

In literature, essay collections such as The Things I would Tell You 
(Mahfouz, 2017) and the upcoming Sabeena Akhtar anthology, Cut From the 
Same Cloth, highlight a rise in the mainstream self-representation of 
Muslim women. Indeed, social media platforms such as Instagram and 
YouTube are producing a host of influencers, some garnering in excess of 
hundreds of thousands of followers worldwide and securing coveted brand 
affiliations.
At the same time that self-representation is on the rise with its 
attendant problems about speaking for all Muslim women, mainstream 
representation is still rolling out the same old tropes. Television 
programmes such as My Week as a Muslim (Channel 4, 2017) have been 
accused of cultural insensitivity, and others such as Extremely British 
Muslims (Channel 4, 2017) and The Truth About Muslim Marriage (Channel 
4, 2017) have evoked mixed reactions in terms of the intention behind 
the shows versus the resulting effect on the collective social 
imagination. In wider society, Tell Mama’s most recent annual report 
highlighted that the greatest impact of anti-Muslim violence continues 
to be directed towards visible Muslim women (Tell Mama, 2017).

Proposals for 15-minute papers or presentations are invited which focus 
on representation and self-representation of Muslim women in, but are 
not limited to, the following areas:

- The representation of Muslim women across media platforms and the press
- Social media self-representation platforms - Representation in film 
and television (Britain, Hollywood and beyond)
- Social media brand affiliations - Social impact of self-/representation

We welcome proposals from independent researchers, archivists, 
postgraduate students, academics, and broadcast professionals. We are 
happy to receive papers submitted together, but reserve the right to 
organise panels as we think best.  Please use the following format for 
proposals, on one side of an A4 document:

•	Name, contact details.
•	Title of paper or presentation
•	250-word summary or abstract
•	100-word biography

Send proposals as a Word doc or PDF attachment by email to:
	
Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu, (gaujla-sidhu /at/ dmu.ac.uk)

Naida Redgrave, (n.redgrave /at/ uel.ac.uk)

Deadline: April 20th 2018

Details of Keynote Speakers and ticketing information will be published 
in due course.

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