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...
Read More »Call for Papers: “Pilgrimage and Diversity in the Information Age”
This Special Issue of IJIDI will address this gap by offering a combined information and diversity perspective to the study of pilgrimage; shedding light on the approaches and concepts that can enrich our understanding of the pilgrim’s journey and it...
Read More »Job Opening: Creating an Alternative Umma – Clerical Authority & Religio-Political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam
The Department of Theology and Religion of Birmingham University seeks to appoint a Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on the ERC-funded project ‘Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in...
Read More »Islam and Sexuality: Exploring Sex and Sexuality from an Islamic Perspective
For the very first time, Islamic Institute for Development & Research (IIDR) is offering a mature exploration of sex and sexuality from a scientific and an Islamic perspective. In this brand new course...
Read More »One Day Course: The Role of Women in Islam’s House of Worship
This July IIDR (The Islamic Institute for Development & Research) will be using Dr Jasser Auda’s latest book, Reclaiming the Mosque, to understand the historical lead up to...
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