Tag Archives: Islamic Studies

Cambridge Muslim College announced a call for papers for an upcoming global online conference, which will be held in April 2025. The theme for this scholarly gathering is Proofs for God’s Existence in Islamic Thought. It aims to explore the rich Islamic intellectual heritage and its contributions to the discourse on God’s existence, engaging with...

The Department of Religion at Princeton University has an occasional need for lecturers to teach for courses in areas such as Asian Religions, Islam, Religions of the Mediterranean, Religion & Philosophy, Religion, Ethics & Politics, and Religions in the Americas....

Based on his ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Nablus, Schaeublin traces zakat flows as they provide critical support to households living under military rule and security surveillance....

Existence of divisions, or “sects” in Islam is supported by Islamic doxographical literature and summarised in well-known hadith according to which Muslims will be divided into 73 sects, only one of which will attain salvation. To some extent, this “sectarian” approach is reflected in modern scholarship, where “Shi’i Studies”, “Sufi Studies”, etc. are sometimes defined as...

The International Intensive Academic Course on Islamic Philosophy by Hikmat International Institute will cover the meaning and concept of philosophy in Islam as well as main topics and the current situation of Islamic Philosophy....

Defending Traditional Islam in Indonesia examines the rise of young preachers of Arab descent (habaib) and their sermon groups in the region and shows how Islam and politics coexist, flourish, interlace, and strive in Indonesia in complex, pragmatic, and...

This conference brings together leading practitioners and international researchers in Muslim Chaplaincy Studies thereby creating a dialogue at the interface of research and reflective practice. Important current topics will be discussed and perspectives for the further contouring of the...

The history of British Islam and British Muslims is a growing area of interest among historians and the general public. But, whilst Muslim women have featured in some research, their lives and experiences prior to the present day have remained obscure, if not ‘hidden’, in both academic and...

The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen invites applications for a 2-year postdoc position in Religious Studies affiliated with the project “Pious Practices among Danish Muslims. Diversity, Devotion and Aesthetics” starting on....

This conference aims to bring together scholars working on colonial law in Muslim contexts who are interested in ‘gender-coded law’ (i.e. all legal domains that automatically invoke connotations of gender)...