International Conference: Minority Law in Arab States – Governing Religious Diversity

This conference foregrounds the complex interplay between legal autonomy and the governance of religious diversity. It will convene scholars employing different methodological and theoretical approaches especially from law, anthropology, political science, history, Middle Eastern studies.

These international researchers will join the conference together with experts and law practitioners to focus on legal pluralism, minority dynamics in relation to the state, gender and inter-religious relationships, as well as Arab and German perspectives on local, national, and regional policies and reforms affecting minority law.

The program of the conference will be published soon.

Date: 14 July - 15 July 2025

Venue: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

Language: English