This seminar will highlight elements of interest from several verses. Some concern women's status and rights, but others look at family relations more broadly, as well as to...
Read More »Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion
This report -Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minoritiesn and Key Social Issues- was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the...
Read More »An Interview with Abdulaziz Sachedina on His Life and Scholarship
Abdulaziz Sachedina was born into an Indian Muslim family in Tanzania in 1942. He received BA degrees from Aligarh Muslim University (in Islamic Studies) in Aligarh, India, and Ferdowsi University (in Persian language and literature) in...
Read More »Full Professorship for “Comparative Theology from an Islamic Perspective” (W3)
The Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology invites applications for a full professorship for “Comparative Theology from an Islamic Perspective” (W3) starting 1st October 2019 and initially limited to a 5-year...
Read More »Call for papers: The Fifth International Conference on Shiʻi Studies
The Islamic College of London invites abstracts to be submitted for its fifth conference specialising in the flourishing field of Shi‘i studies. This conference will provide a broad platform for...
Read More »Al-Shaykh al-Ṭūsī: His Writings on Theology and Their Reception
Whereas most of the theological works by al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā (d. 436/1044) have been preserved and are now available in critical editions and have partly been studied, only some of the kalām writings by his most prominent student, the Shaykh al-ṭāʾifa Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī (d. 460/1067), are...
Read More »Call for Papers: McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Student Symposium 2019
The organizing committee of the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Student Symposium invites abstract submissions to their ninth annual symposium, to be held on April 4-5, 2019 at...
Read More »Job Opening: Assistant Professor Position in Islamic Studies (specialization in Persian/Iranian Studies)
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in Islamic Studies, with a specialization in....
Read More »Call for Papers: International Conference on Islamic Education Studies & Social Science
International Conference on Islamic Education Studies and Social Science (ICISS) 2019, will be take place in Osaka, Japan on July 25-26, 2019...
Read More »Call for Papers: Leadership, Authority & Representation in British Muslim Communities
This conference explores issues of leadership within British Muslim communities. Leadership takes many forms. It includes liturgical and ritual leadership from imams (who may be paid, unpaid, or low-paid) and educational leadership from...
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