The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies will admit up to ten PhD fellows to its four-year doctoral programme, which is to begin on 1 October 2023. The Graduate School is a joint institution of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, which brings together scholars in...
Read More »2023 International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
The goal of the conference is to identify and discuss the barriers to a successful implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion, what needs to be done, and the future prospects of sustaining the movement toward a....
Read More »Opposing the Imam: The Legacy of the Nawasib in Islamic Literature
In this book, Nebil Husayn examines the enduring legacy of the nawasib, early Muslims who disliked ʿAli and his descendants. The nawasib participated in politics and discussions on religion at least until the ninth century. However, their virtual disappearance in....
Read More »Call for Participation: Typologies of Western Islam in European Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries and Lexicons in the 18th and 19th Centuries
This international conference on the "Typologies of Western Islam in European Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries and Lexicons in the 18th and 19th Centuries", is a continuation of the conference on "Islamic Resonances in the West", organized at the University of La Réunion by...
Read More »The Jurisprudential Sects of Islam
The divisions of Muslims became widespread after the murder of the third khalīfa, ‛Uthmān bin ‛Affān. At that time the Muslims swore allegiance to Imām ‛Alī bin Abī Tālib (a) but Mu‛āwīyah bin Abī Sufyān refused to swear allegiance to...
Read More »Call for Papers: Islamic Philosophy and Theology in Contemporary Engagements
The American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology’s fourth annual conference will be held December 2 - 4, 2022. It will be a hybrid conference, with some papers presented online via Zoom, and some in person on the...
Read More »Call for Papers: Succession in Islamic Law
The conference addresses the role succession law played in Muslim communities in the past, how it unfolds today and what it implies for future generations....
Read More »Call for Papers: Islam and Muslim Socialites of Latin America
International Journal of Latin American Religions invites articles presenting research results from various disciplines, geographies, and historical periods — from the “long” 16th century to today — dealing with the broad theme of....
Read More »Summer School on “Early Islam”
The summer school aims to provide students interested in Islamic studies with a glimpse into recent scholarship on the Qurʾān, Islam and the late antique society, and the early writings in...
Read More »Call for Contributors for Edited Volume: History of the Qur’ān: Critical Concepts
The aim of this edited volume is to bring together scholars working on the various approaches about the Quran....
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