Why does Islamophobia exist in Muslim-majority countries?

June 23, 2020

Growing Islamophobia is not just a phenomenon in Western Europe, in the Balkans where the continents largest number of Muslims are, it’s also a problem. A European Union-funded...

Comparative Islamic Studies (CIS)

Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Editor: Ulrika Mårtensson, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Comparative Islamic Studies aims to advance research on Islam through comparative methods, especially of two kinds: between Islam and other religions, and between religious and non-religious disciplines and factors. Regarding the first kind of comparison, CIS extends the scope of comparisons of Islam and Islamic Scripture from the traditional focus on Judaism and Christianity to include religions of Antiquity, Africa, South- and South East Asia, China, Oceania, Europe and the Americas, as well as...

Fourth Annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

October 9, 2020 | Online

The Colloquium invites advanced graduate students in the social sciences and humanities to submit reviews on noteworthy books published...

Fully-funded PhD Position in Sociology of Islam/Muslims in Europe

University College Dublin, Ireland

The School of Sociology at University College Dublin is pleased to invite applications from outstanding candidates for an Ad Astra PhD Scholarship on the topic of Islam/Muslims in...

ICAIS 2021: International Conference on Arabic and Islamic Studies

April 22-23, 2021 | New York, USA

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference...

Covid-19 and Muslim Religiosity: an AVACGIS Webinar Series

June 16, 2020 to August 24, 2020

The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University is organizing a webinar series that will explore the impact of Covid-19 on various dimensions of Muslim...

The Comparative Muslim Society Program

The Comparative Muslim Society Program builds bridges across disciplines and borders for better understanding of Muslim cultures and societies. Our faculty and students specialize in history, politics, gender studies, anthropology, art history, and more. This expansive scope brings depth and and connection to the comparative...

‘Muslim Life in Germany 2020’ – new study on the way

Germany’s Federal Office's research center is conducting the "Muslim Life in Germany 2020” (MLD 2020) project, following the study in 2008 and 2016. Between July 2019 and February 2020, around 5,200 people answered questions...

The Department of Theology and Religion, Birmingham University

The Department of Theology and Religion has an outstanding international reputation in the study of all types of religion in the contemporary world, including inter-cultural theology, textual studies, Pentecostal and charismatic studies, Islamic...