Apologies for cross or double posting. *Call for Papers* *Intersections of Youth, Gender, and Religion under Digital Media in the MENA Region* *Workshop* *26-27 September 2024, Leipzig University, Germany* *German* *Research Foundation Project **“**Contested Pieties and Secularities: Family** a**nd Youth Politics in (post-Kemalist) 'New Turkey'* *”* This workshop aims to offer a platform to case studies and theoretical undertakings concentrating on the intersections of youth, gender, and religion under digital media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Some possible themes and topics for contributions to be analyzed within the framework of youth and/ or gender, religion, and digital media in the MENA region are: - Expressions and performances of religious identities - Governance strategies and policies targeting the youth, gender, and sexuality - New age religions and spiritualities - Social media influencer economies - Trans-regional and global flows and networks enabled by the digital condition - Youth cultures - Feminist and LGBTQ politics and collective movements - Anti-gender politics and ideologies - Negotiation of the religious-secular divide - Anti-religious and secularist politics and post-secularity on digital media Travel and accommodation costs of the selected participants will be covered or subsidized. However, due to limited budget, participants are encouraged to use their institutional funding if available. One of the aims of the workshop is producing a special journal issue or a joint publication. After the workshop, submission of the final papers for publication will be expected within a reasonable amount of time. *Please send your abstracts of up to 500 words accompanied by a short bio** and information regarding whether you will need financial support for travel* *and accommodation **to* *uelker.soezen@uni-leipzig.de* <uelker.soezen@uni-leipzig.de>* by May 3, 2024. * *Convener:* Dr. Ülker Sözen, Institute for the Study of Religion, Leipzig University & Associate Member, Multiple Secularities Research Team *Deadline for abstracts: **03 May **2024* *Announcement of the selected papers: **17 **May 2024* *****