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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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”...
[Podcast] History Speaks EP 17 | Imagining the Muslim Malcom X | Roshan Iqbal with Martin Nguyen
[Program] 2025 Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies-Virtual-December 18, 2025
[In Memory of Dr. Sachedina] An interview with Abdulaziz Sachedina on His Life and Scholarship
[Podcast] A Common Word | EP 8- Younus Mirza with Amir Hussain
In Memoriam: Roy Mottahedeh [ Contributions by Arafat Razzaque, Han Hsien Liew, Sumaiya Hamdani]
An Islamic Scholar, a Muslim Queen, and South Asian Family Archives
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 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 · 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,…
Salafism, a theological and methodological current within Sunni Islam, has long defied neat classification. Though rooted in a call to return to the practices of the salaf—the pious predecessors—it has become a deeply contested category,…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP 11 | A Brief Guide to Shi’a Islam: Roshan Iqbal with Saba Fatima In this episode, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Saba Fatima, Professor of Philosophy…
Soon after Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals annulled Ataturk’s 1934 decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a museum, President Erdogan, flanked by the Turkish flag and a photo of the museum’s interior, delivered a speech…
The Maydan welcomes a fresh new initiative that promises to significantly contribute to the broader field of Islamic Studies! We are happy to share the launch announcement with our readers! Official Launch of…
The Maydan Podcast · History Speaks EP10 | Between Worlds: Muslim Women and Campus Life: Roshan Iqbal with Sahabana Mir In this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal talks with Dr. Shabana Mir,…
