Tag Archives: Islamic Culture

Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world’s most exquisite medieval paintings. It reveals the hidden meaning behind ...

This book argues that the provenance of early modern and medieval objects from Islamic lands was largely forgotten until the “long” eighteenth century, when the first efforts were made to reconnect them with the historical contexts in which they were produced. For the first time, these Islamicate objects were read, …

Through a series of case studies from both public and private museums in Turkey, Qatar, France, Spain, Canada and Iran, this panel of international doctoral candidates examines curatorial practice and agency vis-à-vis the...

“Al-Azhar and the Contemporary Challenges” is the title of the conference, which will be the 4th edition of the annual event, according to al-Wafd News....

The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion invites applications for a PhD research fellowship in the field of Islamic history and culture, relating to the topic of Islamic...

The International Conference on “Society and Culture in the Muslim World” (SCMW) seeks to explore the suitability of the concept in dealing with the main issues faced by Muslim societies and...

This paper aims at studying the fifth approach that studies the presence of intellect and rationality in Islamic history, culture, and...

It seeks contributions that will help provide a more comprehensive account of Muslim travel cultures and provide a greater understanding of the current debates associated with Muslim leisure behavior while travelling in the context of businesses, communities, destinations, and the...

"Who is Hussain" as an Islamic charity in US provided low-income students in Chicago with supplies-filled pack backpacks...

Focusing on the Maghrib in the period between 1300 and 1500, in this book David Powers analyses the application of Islamic law through the role of the mufti....