The Maydan team presents the updated 2020/2021 version of this mapping/database resource to help future applicants in the fields of Religious/Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern/Near Eastern Studies in their application process. The map above includes…
Preparing for Comprehensive Exams in Near Eastern & Islamic Studies [Editor’s note]: Congratulations, you’ve finished your graduate coursework! If you’ve made it this far, you’ve completed more than your fair share of exams, tests, and…
As a resource for our readers, the Maydan presents panel, session, paper, and other events/reception information related to Islamic Studies at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in San Diego, California 22-26 November, 2019….
The following list of books includes English-language titles published in March 2019 which span a range of disciplines in the broad field of Islamic Studies. Meant to showcase current research by both established and emerging…
Baş tacım için … Impact of Said Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978) is second to none in terms of its scope and impact upon Area Studies. Indeed, 2018 marks the fortieth anniversary of this monumental text…
“Respect logic and use it as a tool to improve upon your spiritual understanding.” Imam W.D. Mohammed, American Muslim Revivalist (1933-2008) [Update]: Originally published on February 21, 2017 on the Maydan, this piece is updated…
“Religion” is one of those wrought terms of scholars: for years now, academics have debated its relative worth and, for some, worthlessness, traced its Euro-American and Euro-centric origins, located its lexical rise within the histories…
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…