Announcements

While many European universities, Leiden included, have a proud tradition of research into Islamic studies, a topical and thematic focus on Shiʿi Islam in all its dispensation remains a desideratum...

The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for two fees only PhD scholarships in any area within its expertise...

The conference titled “Religion and Civil Society in the Post-Soviet Era: Central Asia and Beyond” will be held on March 21 at American University of Centeral Asia, Bishkek Kyrgyzstan. The post-Soviet era was hailed as an opportunity for a new flourishing of religious liberty in the area corresponding to the …

A Conference titled “Human Rights, Migration, and Global Governance” will be held jointly by The Academic Council on the United Nations System and the Human Rights sections of the International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, International Political Science Association, and...

From the 24th to the 25 of April 2018, a unique conference, Entitled “Rethinking Halal: Genealogy, Current Trends, and New Interpretations”, exploring the modern uses of “halal” labelling will be held at the Université Catholique de Louvain in...

Rulers could intervene in the production of literary texts indirectly as patrons but also directly as authors of such texts. The aims of the Workshop Rulers as authors in the Islamic world: knowledge, authority and legitimacy are to assess the geographical and...

In this special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture it invites papers that bring critical perspectives to our understanding of the interrelation between the accumulated flows and the evolving concepts of boundary in predominantly Muslim societies, and within the global Muslim...

The Centre of Islamic Studies invites applications for graduate research studentships whose research is connected to the theme of contemporary Islam in the global age...

The department of Religion at Colgate University invites applications for a tenure-stream position in Islamic Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning fall semester 2018. Ph.D. degree is expected prior to or...

This course provides a historical study of the development of Shiʿi Islam against the backdrop of key events such the succession crisis and Occultation (Ghayba), and the formation of Shiʿi states such as the Buwayhids, Safavids, Qajars and...