The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) has two research fellowship competitions for scholars on Palestine and one travel fellowship competition for scholars who are not Palestine experts but are eager to learn more through our travel seminar....
Date Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 12 pm Details Discover the religious and historical importance of the exceptional manuscripts on view in the exhibition The Art of the Qur’an in this gallery talk by Jonathan Brown, associate professor of Islamic...
CALL FOR PAPERS: BRISMES Annual Conference 2017 Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux IMES, University of Edinburgh | 5-7 July 2017 In collaboration with Islamic and Middle Eastern...
International Conference: Before Orientalism: The “images” of Islam in the Iberian Peninsula (15th – 17th c) and their Mediterranean connections Fundación BBVA. Palacio del Marqués de Salamanca. Paseo de Recoletos 10, Madrid, 18 and 19...
A panel discussion co-hosted by the IIR & AVACGIS on xenophobia & Islamophobia In recent years, the United States has witnessed an increase in xenophobic and Islamophobic rhetoric. The prevalence of inaccurate information about immigrants and...
Islamic Studies Lecture Series: Robert Wisnovsky, McGill University The lecture will be held in the CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241)
Oxford’s Advanced Learners Dictionary gives the following two primary definitions of the term ‘visionary:’ (1). original and showing the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence -a visionary leader-...
After over a decade in the security spotlight, Muslims in the US now find themselves in the cross-hairs of the Trump movement. Islamophobia arguably provides the common thread and rallying call for the various forces...
With Historian and Curator Amir Muhammad. The presentation will look at early history and contributions of Muslims in America from pre-Columbus, the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s and Muslims in Service of Our Country today. It...
On behalf of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project at Columbia University, we would like to invite to attend our two-day workshop (Feb. 16-17) on our collections held at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML)...
Lecture led by Mustafa Akyol.
Did you know that Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, owned a translation of the Qur'an? That the first Muslims in the DC area arrived as slaves in the early 1600s? Or...
Similar to its several conferences in the past, using Maqasid of the Shariah as its frame of reference to address topical issues of universal concern, the Department this time also chooses the timely issue of...
Visiting Scholar Brown Bag Series Wednesday, February 22, 2017 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM Commerce Building, Room 3006 Shi’ite political thought has gone through deep changes in history. In this talk, a general overview of...
The Institute for Christian Oriental Research (ICOR), The School of Arts and Sciences and The School of Theology and Religious Studies invites all to the lecture, "Anyone who sows discord between Muslim, Christian and Jew...
With Historian and Curator Amir Muhammad. The presentation will look at early history and contributions of Muslims in America from pre-Columbus, the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s and Muslims in Service of Our Country today. It...
The Diyanet Islamic Research Institute at Diyanet Center of America (DCA), in cooperation with the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, invites applications for a colloquium focusing on history,...
The relationship between Shiʿism and governance—whether through doctrinal beliefs, political movements and ideologies, or practical exigencies—constitutes a highly relevant area of study within Islamic history and modern life. From the earliest disagreements over the succession...
The American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS) invites applications from graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who are US citizens and wish to pursue their research activities in Indonesia. We are offering a grant of $5,750...
YOUTH CONGRESS of SOCIAL SCIENCES on MODERN TURKEY Freedom and Security in the Modern Turkey April 28-30, 2017 Youth Congress of Social Sciences on Modern Turkey will be held on 28-30 April, 2017 in Istanbul Şehir...
Islamic Studies Lecture Series: Sabine Schmidtke, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton "Preserving, Democratizing, and Studying the World Heritage of Islamic Manuscripts: The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition"
Lecture led by Kamran Bokhari.
The established understanding dominated by academic studies on Islamic culture and civilization rests on the assumption that Islamic thought had lost its productivity from the middle ages onwards. As a result of this perspective, it...
Dr. Omid Safi, Director of Duke University’s Islamic Studies Center, will examine the spiritual depths of Islam, the misguided association of Islam to terrorism, and the pitfalls of xenophobia. Omid Safi is the Director of...
Robert A. Destro is a Professor of Law in the School of Law at The Catholic university of America, and is the director and founder of the Interdisciplinary Program in Law & Religion. He joined...
Lecture by Dr. Peter Mandaville Reflecting on his three years working at the State Department during the Obama administration, Dr. Mandaville will discuss the complex and at times contradictory approaches to Islam and Muslims that...
Dr. Farid Hafez, Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project This talk discusses the emergence of Islamophobia in Europe and the USA and its specific role in party politics. It discusses the announcement and introduction of Trump's...
Fondazione Giorgio Cini invites submissions for an international conference on “Transnational Sufism in Contemporary Societies,” to be held on San Giorgio Island, Venice, on the 9th – 11th November 2017, organised by Francesco Piraino (Scuola...
Intensive Courses Intensive Course on Arabic Papyrology Princeton, New Jersey (USA) August 21-25, 2017 Thanks to a number of generous grants from the David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Project, the Near Eastern Studies Department at...
Approach the concept, phenomenon and practice of Islamophobia from a number of different angles through a speaker panel. Panel speakers include: Hanadi Doleh, Program Director at Park51 Tahera Ahmad, Director of Interfaith Engagement, Northwestern University...
The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) invites you to attend our second annual conference to take place on March 24-25, 2017 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Through a series of papers, panel sessions,...
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Religious and ethnic discrimination has a significant history in the West from the Inquisition which targeted Muslims and Jews in the Iberian Peninsula to the Chinese Exclusion Act in the US, among others. Islamophobia is...
Recent decades have seen increasing global connectedness and rapid changes in Islamic belief and practice in China, across a sphere characterized by great diversity in histories of transmission, socioeconomic factors, language and life-ways. What insights...
https://islamicstudies.duke.edu/symposium-muslim-african-intellectual-history Please mark your calendars and join us in hosting a number of African scholars on Monday, March 27th, 2:00-5:00 for a small symposium on Muslim African intellectual history. This event is sponsored by the...
https://islamicstudies.duke.edu/islam-and-muslims-media In today's political climate, how are Islam and Muslims portrayed in the media? Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Carnegie Corporation of New York sponsor this in-depth conference featuring insights and commentary from top...
Behind the Veil: Women Fighting Fundamentalism under the Taliban The Intercultural Film Series showcases films from and about a diverse array of communities and cultures. Films in the series are selected based on their ability to...
International Conference Spatial Thought in Islamicate Societies, 1000–1600: The Politics of Genre, Image, and Text Tübingen, 30 March to 1 April 2017 http://www.spatial-thought.uni-tuebingen.de/ Convenors Kurt Franz (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) Zayde Antrim (Trinity College, Hartford,...