Book Display | May 2021

The following list of books includes English-language titles published in May 2021 which span a range of disciplines in the broad field of Islamic Studies. Meant to showcase current research by both established and emerging scholars, the Maydan Book Displays will surely be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are searching for compelling sources to enrich their studies, as well as university professors and course instructors looking to add fresh material to their syllabi. Check back monthly for updates. [ Curated by Muataz Al-Ali with the Maydan team].

Early Islamic North Africa

Author: Corisande FenwickPublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingYear: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate World

Author: Lisa NielsonPublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingYear: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

Islamic Sermons and Public Piety in Bangladesh

Author: Max StillePublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingYear: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

Islamic Scholarship in Africa

Editor: Ousmane Oumar KanePublisher: Boydell and Brewer (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

African Studies Centre Leiden Abstracts

Editor: Rijk van Dijk, Thomas G. Kirsch and Franziska Duarte dos SantosPublisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

Family Resemblances in Action

Editor: Rijk van Dijk, Thomas G. Kirsch and Franziska Duarte dos SantosPublisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

Tactical Activism

Author: Rafael CazarinPublisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic StudiesRegion: Middle East

The tamṣīr of Epic Theatre: A Case-Study of Alfred Faraǧ

Author: Daniela PotenzaPublisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

The Decline of Green-Glazed Jars after the Early Abbasid Period

Author: Elon HarveyPublisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

The Monastery as Tavern and Temple in Medieval Islam: The Case for Confessional Flexibility in the Locus of Christian Monasteries

Author: Brad B. Bowman1Publisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

The Encyclopaedia of Islam: An Anthology in Arabic Translation (4 vols)

Editor: Editor / Translator: معهد تونس للترجمة Maʿhad Tūnis lil-TarjamaPublisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

Treasures of Knowledge: An Inventory of the Ottoman Palace Library (1502/3–1503/4)

Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu, Cemal Kafadar, and Cornell H. FleischerPublisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution

Author: Laetitia NanquettePublisher: Edinburgh Univ. Press (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East

Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate World

Author: Lisa NielsonPublisher: IB Tauris (UK)Year: 2021Discipline: Islamic Studies Region: Middle East