Approaching Shiʿi Islam in the Academy

November 16, 2018

On 14 and 15 November, the LUCIS Annual Conference took place in Leiden. This year’s LUCIS conference Approaching Shiʿi Islam in the Academy was perhaps the first conference in the Netherlands to focus specifically on the academic study of Shii Islam. The conference was...

CIWAS 2nd Annual Conference: Islam, the West, and Radicalism

February 20, 2019 | Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Today, more than in any age and area, the role of Islam in societies across the world is being shaped by the political, economic, and cultural dynamics of West Asia. While many are...

The International Intensive Course on Women’s Studies in Islam and Iran

March 2-7, 2019 | Tehran & Qom, Iran

This course which has been organized by the University of Religions and Denominations, endeavors to explain the position of women...

Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim world

March 18-22, 2019 | Granada, Spain

The Granada Spring School will be organized by ENIS (the European Network for Islamic Studies) and intends to address the theme of patronage and clientelism in the Muslim world in its various dimensions. Therefore, we invite doctoral students and Early Stage Researchers working...

Islamic Calligraphy Course Focused on Nastaliq calligraphy

April 9-14, 2019 | Qom, Iran

Come and learn “Nastaliq” — the timelessly elegant calligraphy style predominantly featured in classical Persian manuscripts. Let the most acclaimed calligraphy masters teach you this...

McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Student Symposium 2019

Call for Papers | Abstract Submission Deadline: December 30, 2018

The organizing committee of the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Student Symposium welcomes abstract submissions to their ninth annual symposium, to be held on April 4-5, 2019.

CILE 2019: A Global Ethical Approach to Social Justice & Environmental Issues

Call for Papers | Abstract Submission Deadline: December 20, 2018

The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) is pleased to announce its upcoming 7th Annual International Conference...

ISSR 2019 – Session on “Young people, religion, politics, and education”

Call for Papers | Proposal Submission Deadline: December 16, 2018

Organized religion is currently experiencing profound generational change in Europe and the Anglophone world. Young people are increasingly identifying as non-religious. What does this...

Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Deadline: Jan 5, 2019

The Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in Islamic Studies, with a specialization in Persian/Iranian studies. The successful candidate is expected to have a Ph.D. in hand...

Junior Professor for the History and Culture of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | Deadline: Dec 27, 2018

The junior professor should represent the entire field in research and teaching. Knowledge of Arabic is required, that of Ottoman Turkish is...