CONFERENCE ON YEMEN
Professor Alexander Knysh is pleased to announce a two-day international conference Yemen: History, Religion, Culture and Wars that will take place at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 9-10, 2026. The conference venue is Earl Lewis Room on the third floor of the Rackham Building. This academic event, which seeks to combine the advantages of a conference and a workshop, was made possible by the generous grant of the Templeton Religion Trust (TRT) awarded via the Program in the Study of Mysticism (PRISM) at the Tampere University in Finland and the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP) at the University of Michigan.
Conducted in a hybrid format (in person and online), the conference will feature twelve papers related to the themes mentioned in the conference title. The audience will consist of the faculty and students of the University of Michigan and other Michigan universities and representatives of the local Yemeni community, including members of the National Association of Yemeni Americans (NAYA). Seating is limited, so if you plan to attend, please inform the organizing committee by emailing Alexander Knysh (alknysh@umich.edu) or Aishah Al-Mohamedi (aaishah@umich.edu). The organizing committee plans to publish the proceedings of the conference in the De Gruyter Brill book series Studies on Modern Yemen.
