UK’s first access course in Islamic Education launched at Warwick

June 12, 2018

The UK’s first access course in Islamic Education has been launched by the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Warwick. The short course is designed to bridge the gap between...

Islamic primary schools seeking right balance

June 12, 2018

Islamic primary schools contribute to the integration of Muslims in Dutch society and offer children a sense of belonging and prepare them for Dutch society. Marietje Beemsterboer states in her PhD dissertation that the prejudice that Islamic primary schools impede the integration...

Vatican Library makes 15,000 manuscripts available online for free

June 2, 2018

Archbishop Cesare Pasini, Prefect of the Vatican Library, announced on Wednesday the opening of the DigiVatLib, a shortening of digital Vatican Library. The Archbishop explained that over...

Studying Muslim Britain: A Forum for Early Career Researchers

July 18, 2018 | The University of Manchester, UK

The Muslims in Britain Research Network, in collaboration with the University of Manchester, is very pleased to announce that it will hold a free forum for doctoral students and early...

Professional Mobility in the Islamic Lands (900-1600): ʿulamāʾ, udabāʾ, and administrators

Call for Papers | Submission Deadline: September 15, 2018

The aim of this workshop is to reflect on the professional mobility of the ʿulamāʾ along spatial, horizontal and vertical axes. Vertical mobility is...

SoCal Graduate Student Conference on Islamic Studies: Sharia and the Secular

Call for Papers | Submission Deadline: July 30, 2018

Does Sharia rule Muslims’ lives? Is there a non-shar’i side of life that could be conceived of as ‘secular’? How do non-shar’i aspects of state...

Professor/Associate Professor/Lecturer, Islam and Women Studies

Universiti Brunei Darussalam | Application Deadline: July 31, 2018

Applications are invited to the post at UBD’s Graduate Centre of Islamic Studies in the area of Islam and Women Studies. The Centre is looking for candidates with a good track record in...

Religion and Secularism on Campus; The Changing Dimensions of the University Experience

September 6-7, 2018 | SOAS University of London, UK

This conference aims to explore the diverse experiences and complex dynamics of religion and secularism on higher education campuses...

Great Lakes Adiban Workshop

Call for Papers | Submission Deadline: August 15, 2018

The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its second annual workshop, scheduled to take place at the University of Chicago, October 6–7, 2018. We particularly welcome papers that are works in progress and would benefit from extensive discussion and...

The Great Lakes Adiban Society

The Great Lakes Adiban Society is a newly-founded organization intended to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods. By ‘Islamicate,’ we mean the literatures and literary practices cultivated in languages like Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Bengali and...