The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. and a track record in, and current plan for, excellent research in the periods from late Antiquity to the Middle Ages in areas such as the role of translations and interfaith exchanges. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. and a track record …
Read More »One Day Colloquium: Rationality and the Mystical Tradition: Shia Muslim – Roman Catholic Perspectives
On November 16, 2018 the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), in Rome will be hosting a colloquium on the subject Rationality and the Mystical Tradition: Shia Muslim – Roman Catholic...
Read More »Call for Papers: “Reframing Islam in Southeast Asia”
This Special Issue of the journal Religions "Reframing Islam in Southeast Asia" (guest editor: Dr. Chiara Formichi, Cornell University) is open for submission...
Read More »8th International Intensive Course on Shia Studies to be Held in Iran
Organized by the University of Religions and Denominations, the Shi’a Intensive Course endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Shi’a Islam and offer an original and insightful understanding of its history, doctrines, and...
Read More »Job Opening: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Law and Learning in Shiite Islam
The full-time posts are available on a fixed term basis from 1st April 2019 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period of 2 years in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, College of...
Read More »Call for Articles: Beyond Karbala, New Approaches to Shīʿi Materiality
The edited volume "Beyond Karbala: New Approaches to Shiʿi Materiality" (working title) seeks out to explore materially expressed Shiism, with a renewed focus on non-ʿAshūrāʾ rituals, practices and objects...
Read More »Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Researcher, Qur’anic Commentary: An Integrative Paradigm
This is an opportunity for an outstanding scholar to join the research project Qur’anic Commentary: An Integrative Paradigm (QuCIP), funded by the European Research Council and directed by...
Read More »6th International Conference on Islam and Liberty
Islam & Liberty Network (ILN) announces 6th International Conference on Islam & Liberty – Building an Islamic Case for Open Markets on 14th-15th November 2018, being held at and supported by Iqbal International Institute of...
Read More »Third Islamic Education Summer School to Be Held in Warwick
The third Warwick Islamic Education Summer School will be focused on issues related to the formation of Muslim female faith and...
Read More »Call for papers: Slavery, Liberation and Islamic Law in the Middle East and beyond
This one day multi-disciplinary symposium “Slavery, Liberation and Islamic Law in the Middle East and beyond” will be held on October 30, 2018, at Brock University in...
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