Past Conferences
Inaugural Conference
States of Islamophobia (Studies)
Ibn Haldun University
Istanbul, Turkey | July 14-16, 2022
In the context of the intensified levels of violence and cases of genocide directed at Muslims and the demonization of Islam as a “non-Western” religion, the International Islamophobia Studies Research Association’s (IISRA) vision is to form the global architecture for the field of Islamophobia Studies.
5th Annual Conference
Counter-Islamophobia: History, Theory, and Praxis
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | May 22-24, 2026
The begrudging recognition that Islamophobia exists has not translated into action to combat it. In many parts of the world, international conferences are held, reports are commissioned, data is collected, and well-intentioned declarations are made - all seemingly to little avail. The incidence and intensity of global Islamophobia continue to increase, from misrepresentations and microaggressions to apartheid and genocide.
2nd Annual Conference
Islamophobia and Knowledge Production
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States. |. May 5-7, 2023
While research over the past few decades has highlighted the various ways discrimination, racism, and bigotry have become common occurrence in the lives of Muslims as a racialized and targeted group, the need for more systematic and persistent scholarship remains urgent.
3rd Annual Conference
Islamophobia, Ethnonationalism, Memory and Belonging
Nahla Center for Research and Education,
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | May 24-26, 2024
Memory and belonging have gained renewed and unprecedented momentum as sites of political struggle over the past few years. Past injustices, from settler colonialist dispossession and genocide, to slavery, colonialism, and racialized and other hierarchies of marginalization and exploitation…
4th Annual Conference
Islamophobia: Beyond Left and Right
University of Granada, Spain | May 20-22, 2025
Right and Left seemingly endure as common-sense ways of naming, mapping and staking out political orientations both globally and across a range of issues. Their persistence stems partly from their ability to adapt meaningfully to the changing dynamics of modern politics from the French Revolution to the present day.