Meeting Theme: Anti-Imperial Muslim Ethics
January 2026 Annual Meeting, Call for Papers
The Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics
CFP Deadline: 30 June 2025
The eighteenth-annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics will be held virtually from Thursday 8 January through Sunday 11 January 2026.
Our virtual meeting will run concurrently with the meetings of the Society of Christian Ethics (in-person, Washington DC) and the Society of Jewish Ethics (virtual), and feature hybrid and shared programming accessible to all concurrent meeting participants.
We welcome paper, panel, or roundtable proposals dealing with all aspects of Muslim/Islamic ethics broadly defined. Paper and panel proposals employing a wide range of methodologies and approaches are welcome, including theoretical and applied ethics, works concerned with the premodern, or modern periods, and those utilizing historical, social-scientific, literary, theological, philosophical, or legal approaches. Panels on recently published books on any of these topics are likewise encouraged. The theme of this year’s annual meeting is Anti-Imperial Muslim Ethics, with a related special call for single-paper and panel proposals on the following themes:
● Immigration, nationality, and deportation
● Humanitarianism, conflict resolution, and international law
● Imperialism, post/colonialism, war, and generational trauma
● Socio/religious and /political issues specific to Israel-Palestine
● Feminist ethical critique and post/modern democracy
● Medicine, bioethics, and reproductive healthcare
● Water access, ecology, and environmentalism
● Social justice, decarceration, and de/liberalization
● The ethics of artificial intelligence
Graduate students and early career scholars are especially encouraged to submit proposals. SSME meetings allow for robust and intimate intellectual exchange and feedback among all participants, making it an ideal setting for such scholars and advanced graduate students.
Proposals for a single presenter should include the following:
● Cover page including the contact information of the presenter (name,
institutional affiliation, phone numbers, and e-mail address)
● Descriptive paper title
● Abstract (500–600 words) without identifying information
● Selected bibliography
Click here to access the single presenter submission form:
Proposals for panels should include the following:
● Cover page with a list of all panelists (including contact information),
including the convener and discussant (if any)
● Panel abstract (200–300 words)
● Descriptive paper titles
● Paper abstracts (500–600 words) without identifying information
● Selected bibliography for each paper
Click here to access the panel submission form:
Proposals for roundtable or pre-circulated paper panels should include the following:
● Cover page with a list of all panelists (including contact information),
including the convener and discussant (if any)
● Panel abstract that should include the format/mechanics of the panel
(500-600 words)
● Selected bibliography for the panel as a whole
Click here to access the roundtable/pre-circulated submission form:
SSME is committed to gender, racial, and ethnic diversity in the makeup of panels.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 30 June 2025. Successful applicants will be notified by 15 August 2025. All presenters at the annual meeting must be members of the Society. Authors of accepted papers and panels must register for the meeting and pay their yearly dues no later than 1 November 2025 in order to be listed on the final program.
For membership forms and other information, please visit www.SSMEthics.org.
Please submit your proposal online using the appropriate submission form:
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The Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics (SSME) is a scholarly association dedicated to advancing intellectual inquiry in Muslim ethics, including the relation of Muslim ethics to other ethical traditions and to social, political, and economic problems. The Society supports academic work in both philosophical and applied ethics, historical as well as contemporary issues. The Society also aims to promote the teaching of Muslim ethics in colleges, universities, and theological schools, to improve understanding of Muslim ethics in the broader society through publications and other educational activities, and to provide a community of discourse and debate for those engaged professionally in the study of issues pertaining to Muslim ethics across the full array of academic disciplines and fields of study.