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...
Read More »Call for Papers: International Journal of Islamic Architecture: Boundaries, Flows, and the Construction of Muslim Selves through Architecture
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...
Read More »University of Cambridge Centre of Islamic Studies Invites Applications for Graduate Studentships, 2017-18
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...
Read More »Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies
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...
Read More »Hartford Online Course: Introduction to Shiʻa Islam
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...
Read More »PhD Studentship: Iranian Clerics and the State in Post-Revolutionary Iran
A new scholarship is available for an exciting research project that investigates the transformation of Shii Islam in the Middle East and Europe since the 1950s. “Creating an alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam” is funded by a...
Read More »Workshop: Global Dynamics of Shia Marriages
The workshop focused on various strands of Twelver Shia Islam – defined by doctrinal differences or following different sources of clerical authority, the legal and ethical practices, rituals and everyday lived experience – and investigated how different forms of...
Read More »€750 Prize for the Best Article on Islamic Studies
To encourage and support early-career scholars seeking to publish in leading academic journals, Brill is awarding an annual prize for an outstanding article in the field of...
Read More »Understanding Sharīʻa – Past Prefect, Imperfect Present Project
This two year project addresses how Muslim legal scholars have used the idea of a perfect past to try and change the imperfect present. Islamic legal thought has always stressed the importance of previous example – legal scholars often refer to the “example of the...
Read More »Job Opening: Assistant Professor on Contemporary Islam
The Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor (UD) in the field of Contemporary Islam (0.8 fte). The position will involve 50% teaching, 40% research, and...
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