The articles in this volume are dedicated to Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani for the breadth and depth of his interests and his influence on those interests....
Read More »Call for Papers: Muslims in America
This panel intends to examine the works of Muslim American poets, novelists, playwrights, musicians, performers, filmmakers, and...
Read More »The Meaning of History: An Islamic Perspective
The late Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr from Iraq made a serious effort in giving his vision on the development of the history...
Read More »Studies in Islamic History and Institutions
Shelomo Dov Goitein’s selection of studies dealing with Islamic history, religion, and institutions offers a wide-ranging, sensitive, and highly original introduction to a civilization by one who lived all his life...
Read More »Job Opening: Beyond Sharia: The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam
Beyond Sharia: The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam (chaired by Prof. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab) examines the emergence, flourishing and lasting appeal of non-conformist movements in Islamic intellectual history from the...
Read More »Online Short Course: Education and Networks of Learning in Islamic History
The course will introduce historical sources and archival material on which our knowledge of pre-modern learning and knowledge transmission is based....
Read More »Book: Conceptions of Justice from Earliest History to Islam
This book examines the conceptions of justice from Zarathustra to Islam. The text explores the conceptions of justice by Zarathustra, Ancient Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, Noah, Abraham, and...
Read More »PhD Candidate in Islamic History and Culture
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...
Read More »The Relation between the Concept of Intellect in the Qur’an and Traditions and the Concept of Intellect in Islamic Culture and History
This paper aims at studying the fifth approach that studies the presence of intellect and rationality in Islamic history, culture, and...
Read More »Trends of History in Qur’an by Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
If we refer to the Qur'an in the form of a question an idea which has already been investigated and discussed by various schools of human society, we can be guided by the Qur'an as to which is the best...
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