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SUMMARY:Water Justice in Muslim Societies: A Scoping Workshop
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DESCRIPTION:This workshop forms a key milestone in an ongoing research eff
 ort funded by the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF)\, which se
 eks to develop a comparative and multidisciplinary scoping study of water 
 justice across three major river basins of the Muslim world: the Indus\, t
 he Nile\, and the Euphrates–Tigris (Mesopotamian) basins. The workshop i
 s conceived as a collaborative and exploratory forum\, and there is no str
 ict requirement for completed papers\, though such contributions are warml
 y welcomed.\n\nIts core objectives are to take stock of existing knowledge
  on the three river basins\; to identify critical themes and research ques
 tions for future comparative work\; to highlight cross‑cutting\, multidi
 sciplinary threads linking political economy\, history\, technology\, and 
 ethics\; to map available data resources\, both historical and contemporar
 y\, that could support systematic analysis of variation within and across 
 basins\; and to help shape the intellectual agenda and partnerships for a 
 larger\, long‑term research programme.\n\nThe programme will feature the
 matic sessions on the political economy of water and inequality\; the hist
 orical evolution of river basins from the early Islamic periods to the mod
 ern era\; and the role of technology and infrastructure\, past and emergin
 g\, in mediating human–water relations. The Workshop warmly welcomes sch
 olars from across disciplines—including economics\, history\, anthropolo
 gy\, political science\, geography\, hydrology\, engineering\, theology\, 
 systems analysis and data science—as well as those working on comparativ
 e cases beyond the Muslim world where relevant.\n\nWith a Pre-Workshop Eve
 nt on Wednesday 20 May 2026 @ 5pm:\nOCIS Seminar | Water Justice in Muslim
  Societies: Towards a Macro-Historical Geographic Perspective\nBy Professo
 r James L. Wescoat Jr.\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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LOCATION:Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies\, Oxford Centre for Islamic Stu
 dies Marston Road  Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0EE United Kingdom
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