On Wednesday 25, Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June 2025, the University of Strasbourg campus will host the sixth edition of the Congress of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, organised by the French Academic network "GIS MOMM" in partnership with the ARCHE, ARCHIMEDE, DRES, GEO and LINCS laboratories, the Strasbourg Institute of Islamology, the IISMM and the SEMOMM.

As in previous years, the conference will include an inaugural lecture, single (4 papers) or double (8 papers) workshops, round tables, a book fair, a film series and various cultural events. The workshops may cover one or more fields of the humanities and social sciences (anthropology, archaeology and art history, law, economics, geography, history, Islamology and religious sciences, linguistics, literature, philosophy, sociology, political science), from a global or regional perspective, in connection with the study of the Middle East and/or the Maghreb, the Muslim worlds in the broad sense or Islam in the world.

For this year's event, proposals will be submitted in two stages. Proposals for open thematic workshops (between 1,500 and 3,500 characters maximum) should include a title, a summary of the issues and, if appropriate, a bibliography. They may be in French or English, and in one or more languages of the region. They should be submitted by one or two people at most, who should enclose their CVs. They may be submitted until 15 September 2024. The proposals selected by the GIS MOMM Scientific Council will be announced on 15 October.

A second call for papers will focus on individual contributions to the selected thematic workshops. These will be sent out via the GIS MOMM networks and those of the workshop convenors. It is up to them to organise the selection of participants for their workshops. They will have until 15 January 2025 to select the proposals. 

1. Locate the panel(s) you would like to attend and their general theme or discipline. You can contact the panel convenors for an initial discussion by clicking on the @ next to their name;

2. Register your proposal by completing the online form before 8 December. Papers that have not been submitted on the form will not be considered. Proposals simply consist of a title and a summary in French and English as a minimum, and possibly in another language (less than 2000 characters, spaces included). You need to select the chosen theme or discipline to see the related panels. 

Please note: computers located in certain countries (notably Morocco, India, the United States, etc.) may not be able to access the form. If this is the case, there are three possible solutions:

• VPN, which allows you to bypass this obstacle and act as if you were submitting your draft contribution from France or another non-blocked country;
• Have your proposal submitted by a third party, preferably the people in charge of the workshop where you wish to contribute if they live in a non-blocked country;
• Send your application by e-mail to the contact address momm-strasbourg@sciencesconf.org, stating your name, your institutional affiliation, the workshop you are applying for and its disciplinary or thematic field.