Publication of IRIC Research Papers in the Encyclopedia of the World of Islam

February 20, 2021

Four papers by the researchers of the Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) were published in the latest issue of the...

Reflections on the Pope Francis Meeting with Iraq's Top Shiite Cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani

March 15, 2021

France 24: A landmark interfaith meeting in the holy city of Najaf: The head of the Catholic church visited the home of Iraq's most senior...

French government looks for ways to close down more mosques

March 5, 2021

The anti-Muslim climate in France is normalising a general crackdown on the countries 6 million-strong Muslim community. France’s right-wing Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin in a...

French mosque vandalized with Islamophobic graffiti

March 1, 2021

French Muslim organizations on Tuesday strongly condemned vandalism of an under-construction mosque in Strasbourg with Islamophobic graffiti. The words, “No to Islam, go back to your...

Muslim Community Efforts against Domestic Violence

April 1, 2021 | Online via Zoom

In Peaceful Families, Juliane Hammer chronicles and examines the efforts, stories, arguments, and strategies of individuals and organizations doing Muslim anti-domestic violence work in...

Digital Islamicate Paleography & Codicology Summer School

June 1 - August 20, 2021 | Online

The Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland (Roshan Institute-UMD) is offering a free, stipend-supported twelve-week online summer course on digital Islamicate...

27th International DAVO Congress

September 16-18, 2021 | Osnabrück University, Germany

The Institute for Islamic Theology under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Bülent Uçar and the German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO) invite to the 27th International DAVO Congress. The organizers of the Congress call upon...

International Workshop: Qur’an and Bible

March 22-26, 2021 | Online via Zoom

This workshop will explore the changing ways in which Medieval and Early Modern Jewish, Christian and Muslim readers relate Biblical literature and Qur’an. How did medieval and early modern readers assess the relationship between the two scriptures? How did they...

Calls for Projects (AAP) "Islam, Religion and Society"

Call for Projects

Each year, the central office of worship, attached to the direction of civil liberties and legal affairs of the Ministry of the Interior, publishes a call for projects intended to support research projects...

Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellowships

Social Science Research Council | Application Deadline: April 6, 2021

The Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal (RSDR) Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), with the support of the Fetzer Institute, aims to bring knowledge of...

Associate Director, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies

School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University

Reporting to both the Faculty Director and the SGS Executive Director, the Associate Director position provides leadership on programmatic, curricular, and administrative issues...