Muslim Futures (RSVP) This conference seeks to explore the effects of new and emerging technologies on the Muslim world, broadly construed, and to inquire into the ways in which diverse actors imagine and speculate...
With its unique context, skillful execution, and monumental calling, Palestinian literature is an inspiring and fertile ground for study. In my own Arabic courses, it is by far the most popular subject. This term, the...
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 10- Younus Mirza with Deanna Womack | Re-Inventing Islam I have always wondered about the roots of modern day Islamophobia? When did it start? How did...
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 18 | Shi’a Islam in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe | Roshan Iqbal with Akif Tahiiev In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal is joined by Dr....
Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu (AT): Thank you, Professor Sachedina for agreeing to speak to Maydan. You are a Professor of Religious Studies and a senior scholar at the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies...
Maydan editors asked former students of the late Islamic and Iranian historian, Roy Mottahedeh, to reflect on his scholarship, personality, and impact. We remember Prof. Mottahedeh and his contributions fondly. Arafat Razzaque, University of Toronto...
Muslim Futures: ACGIS Annual Conference 2026 | April 16-17, 2026 (in-person and online)
From Tragedy to Genocide: Palestinian literature gives birth to Gaza Literature
[Podcast] A Common Word | EP 10- Younus Mirza with Deanna Womack | Re-Inventing Islam
[Podcast] History Speaks EP 18 | Shi’a Islam in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe | Roshan Iqbal with Akif Tahiiev
[In Memory of Dr. Sachedina] An interview with Abdulaziz Sachedina on His Life and Scholarship
In Memoriam: Roy Mottahedeh [ Contributions by Arafat Razzaque, Han Hsien Liew, Sumaiya Hamdani]
Over the past several decades, the South Asian Muslim intellectual tradition has emerged as a crucial site of scholarly inquiry within the broader academic study of Islam. Historians, anthropologists, and scholars of Islamic law have…
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 9- Younus Mirza with Khairudin Aljunied on Islam in Southeast Asia When I first started my graduate education, I was attracted to the framework…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 17 | Imagining the Muslim Malcom X | Roshan Iqbal with Martin Nguyen In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal sits down with Dr. Martin Nguyen, author…
The processes that, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, led to the collapse of socialist regimes across European countries did not bypass Yugoslavia.[1] The socialist state, which emerged from the legacy of the partisan…
Being bullied in school is a painful experience. When this injury is inflicted by teachers, though, it reaches another level. Your trust in adults who are supposed to nurture, guide and protect you is fundamentally…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 16 | What Happened to the Judeo-Muslim? | Roshan Iqbal with Santiago Slabodsky In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Santiago Slabodsky, who…
The Maydan Podcast · A Common Word | EP 8- Younus Mirza with Amir Hussain When I was writing The Islamic Mary, I became further interested in the field of Christian and Muslim dialogue and its…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 15 | Animals in the Qur’an | Roshan Iqbal with Sarra Tlili In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Sarra Tlili, author of…
Join us for Living Archives: The Histories of Black Tijanis from the U.S. to Senegal, a gathering to explore the profound legacy, scholarship, and spiritual tradition shaped by Black Muslim communities across the Atlantic. 📚✨…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP14 | # Oscars # Animation # Racism # Speciesism | Roshan Iqbal with Natalie Ghazaal In this episode of History Speaks, I talk with Dr. Natalie Khazaal,…
In 2008, while cleaning my parents’ basement, I encountered a photograph I had never seen before. When I asked my mother about it, she told me the photograph was of “Nana Hazrat,” “your Nani’s Nana”…
Colloquium Program Registration Link Thursday, December 18 on Zoom | https://gmu.zoom.us/meeting/register/8YJxDQ7rRRaRkKpEshOMyw 9:45am-10:00am Introduction/Welcome 10:00am- 11:00am Panel 1: Indian Muslims and Belonging | Discussant/Moderator: TBC Gungun Islam (Michigan State University), Zara Chowdhary’s The Lucky Ones: A Memoir (Crown,…
