Introduction The arrival of Muslims in the landmass called South Asia, from the eleventh century onwards, set in motion a complex series of political and sociocultural transformations which continue to shape the terrain in our…
The following list of books includes 38 English-language titles published in December 2021 which span a range of disciplines in the broad field of Islamic Studies. Meant to showcase current research by both established and…
A group of well-informed scholars and practitioners came together to discuss highly topical issues with an extremely engaged audience at the Notre Dame South Asia Conference in Washington DC, from May 14-15, 2019. The conference…
“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…
Cemil Aydin, The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2017). 304 pages, $29.95, ISBN: 9780674050372. Reviewed by Chandler Barton. Although Cemil Aydin’s The Idea of the Muslim World is as…