The Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London has announced the availability of 4 PhD studentship opportunities within the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) in partnership with the...
Read More »Call for Papers: Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
The Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective unit of the ISBL invites you to submit proposals for papers or pre-arranged panels at the upcoming 2024 international meeting....
Read More »Job Opening: PhD Student in Islamic Endowments (Waqf) and State Formation in the Ottoman Empire
As a doctoral researcher at Ghent University, you will join the ERC-Starting Grant project ‘Islamic Endowments (Waqf) and State Formation in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1650 (OTTOWAQF)’, under the supervision of the...
Read More »PhD Studentship: Women, Martyrdom, and Religious Drama in the Abrahamic Traditions
The University of Fribourg seeks to recruit a PhD student to join the project “Women, Martyrdom, and Religious Drama in the Abrahamic traditions.”....
Read More »Call for Papers: Perceptions of Justice in the Christian and Islamic Mediterranean
Organized by the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, the University of Valladolid, the Autónoma University of Madrid and Casa Árabe, the International Conference “Perceptions of Justice in the Christian and Islamic Mediterranean (500-1200)” will take place in Casa Árabe´s headquarters in....
Read More »Webinar: Philology and Religious Encounter in Medieval and Early Modern Times
The international Conference titled “Scriptural Readings and Reasonings: Philology and Religious Encounter in Medieval and Early Modern Times” will be held on 9 to 11 October in University of...
Read More »Women in the Eyes of Ayatollah Khamenei
The typical image of women at home is the image of a creature of secondary importance which rejected by Islam.
Read More »The Role of Reason and Syllogism in Ijtihad
Some schools of fiqh which supported qiyas, especially the Hanafi school, believed in the role of reason in ijtihad....
Read More »Call for Papers: Shia Islam and Modern Society
The conference will provide a platform for scholars to explore the relationship between Shia Islam and modern society, with a focus on themes such as science and technology, politics and democracy, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and...
Read More »Call for Application: Assistant Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies
The Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) and The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) are looking for an ambitious scholar in Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies at the start of their career who researches on Islam in...
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