Entries for August 2017
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2017-08-26
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Annelies Moors (AISSR, UvA) and Yafa Shanneik (University of Birmingham) organized an exploratory workshop about the Global Dynamics of Shia Marriages at the University of Amsterdam as part of the ERC project ‘Problematizing “Muslim Marri...
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2017-08-24
1745 Views
Call for Papers
Date: May 12-13, 2018
Venue: Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 10, 2017
Allameh Tabataba’i University (the largest public university specialized in humanities an...
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2017-08-23
1926 Views
Boston University, School of Theology
Call for Application
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Boston University School of Theology invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin...
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2017-08-21
1478 Views
The Speakers Series of South Haven will conclude its 2017 season on Sept. 28, when Yvonne Caamal Canul, head of the Lansing School District and 2015 Superintendent of Year for Michigan, will address her perspective on what really works in educat...
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2017-08-19
1768 Views
Call for Papers
Special Issue of The Review of Faith & International Affairs
Editors: John Fahy and Jeffrey Haynes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 1, 2017
The Review of Faith & International A...
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2017-08-18
1719 Views
University of Glasgow, School of Critical Studies
Call for Application
Application Deadline: August 31, 2017
To undertake high-quality research and research supervision, to make an active and high level contribution in the School of Critical Studi...
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2017-08-17
1467 Views
Shaiq started her program to educate people about her faith and culture while addressing people’s misconceptions and stereotypes. For Shaiq, her program is about sharing a message of love, compassion and peace. Attendance at her talks spikes fo...
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2017-08-17
1500 Views
Most Americans are worried about Islamic extremism, and most Muslim Americans share these concerns. About eight-in-ten U.S. Muslims (82%) say they are either very (66%) or somewhat concerned (16%) about extremism committed in the name of Islam around...
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2017-08-17
1684 Views
Volume 85, Issue 2, June 2017
Editorial Board: Cynthia Eller and Tammi J. Schneider
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Journal of the American Academy of Religion published by Oxford University Press, is the premier academic journal in r...
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2017-08-16
1702 Views
Call for Papers
Date: October 3-5, 2018
Venue: Nantes, France
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2017
“Identity”, wrote historian Tony Judt, “is a dangerous word”. Indeed, identity politics today, often based on essentializ...
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2017-08-15
1551 Views
University of Vienna
Call for Application
Application Deadline: August 31, 2017
The Department of Islamic-Theological Studies at the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies provides theological research and teaching to promote scientific educ...
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2017-08-15
1807 Views
Volume 8 of Religion and Law in Medieval Christian and Muslim Societies
Editors: Nora Berend, Youna Hameau-Masset, Capucine Nemo-Pekelman and John Victor Tolan
Publisher: Brepols Publishers (May 23, 2017)
Book series: Religion and law in Medieval ...
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2017-08-14
1547 Views
The Madinah and Bab ul Ilm courses 2017, which marked the 15th consecutive summer program by The World Federation, has now been completed.
Participants between the ages of 14 to 24, from Khoja communities worldwide, went on 3-week Islamic educationa...
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2017-08-13
1674 Views
Call for Papers
Date: October 25–27, 2018
Venue: Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 7, 2017
The 2018 HIAA symposium will bring together an international group of established and emerging scholars of ...
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2017-08-13
1558 Views
Call for Papers
Date: December 4-5, 2017
Venue: Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), Flushing, NY, USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: August 25, 2017
In Genesis 18, Abraham goes out of his way to provide for the three strangers who ...
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2017-08-12
1470 Views
Counter-terror inquiry into letters and suspicious packages sent from location near Sheffield over past 12 months.
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2017-08-12
2175 Views
The Third Round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World is now open for submissions.
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2017-08-10
1797 Views
The philosophy of the center is to promote empirical research informed by Islamic methodologies, philosophies and pedagogies, cognizant of the unique Australian context.
Bringing together researchers specializing in Islamic civilization, psychology,...
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2017-08-07
1547 Views
The academic publisher Brill is making issue 3-1 of the Journal of Muslims in Europe freely available on line. There is no end date to the free access and no access code is needed. For those who are not yet familiar with the Journal this issue g...
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2017-08-07
1495 Views
Critical Research on Religion
Volume 5, Issue 2, August 2017
Editorial Team: Warren S. Goldstein, Jonathan Boyarin, and Rebekka King
Publisher: SAGE Publications in Association with The Center for Critical Research on Religion
Critical Resea...
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2017-08-07
1728 Views
While many Muslims express wariness and anxiety about aspects of their lives in the United States, Muslim women tend to be more pessimistic about their place in U.S. society than Muslim men. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, more Mu...
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2017-08-06
1539 Views
Conference Report
2nd Annual Australian Islamic Schooling Conference
Date: July 11-12, 2017
Venue: Mount Lofty House, 74 Mount Lofty Summit Rd, Crafers, SA 5152, Australia
Organizer: The Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE) and the Uni...
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2017-08-05
1505 Views
Diversity and Pluralism, Past and Present
Call for Papers
Date: September 12-14, 2018
Venue: Academic Building, 10 Handyside Street, Kings Cross, London N1C, UK
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2017
This conference aims to explore the diversit...
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2017-08-05
1493 Views
Stanford University
Application Deadline: October 15, 2017
Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or a tenured Associate Professor faculty position focused on law and legal institutions of Islam and/or Musli...
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2017-08-05
1541 Views
Quebec’s mayor announced that the city’s Muslim community will have their own cemetery, despite objections from right-wing groups and rising anti-Muslim sentiment. The city had promised a separate Muslim graveyard after a shooting attack ...
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2017-08-04
1523 Views
Religious discrimination and an increase in hate crimes has spurred more Muslims to run for office and adopt an active role in community organizing. More Muslims must seek public office as Donald Trump “fans the flames of Islamo...
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2017-08-03
1758 Views
Cofunded by the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic and CEFRES (French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences)
Period: 1 January 2018—31 December 2019
Application Deadline: August 23, 2017
Application Language: English only...
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2017-08-02
1612 Views
Funded by HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area)
under the “USES OF THE PAST” program
Dates: 1 September 2016 - 31 October 2018
Project Website: www.usppip.eu
Much modern Muslim thought, particularly around legal issues, is c...
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2017-08-02
1491 Views
Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg Fall School 2017 (Webinar)
Call for Applications
Date: September 25-29, 2017
Application Deadline: August 15, 2017
Each fall the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg offers, at no cost, an intensive, five-day course to Mamluk schol...
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2017-08-02
1401 Views
Exploring Contemporary Muslim Art, Culture and Heritage in Britain
Date: September 14, 2017
Venue: Birmingham, UK
Art and culture provide a means of communication, an alternative platform to share stories, celebrate contributions to society and ch...
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2017-08-02
1635 Views
Date: September 4–8, 2017
Venue: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK
The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation, Cambridge University Library, and the University of Cambridge's HRH ...
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2017-08-01
1484 Views
Call for Papers
Date: April 19-20, 2018
Venue: The Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Funded by: The Understanding Sharia Project (USPPIP)
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 30, 2017
We are pleased to an...
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2017-08-01
1464 Views
Seyran Ateş, a Turkish-born lawyer and human rights campaigner, is visiting London to investigate potential sites for new venture.
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2017-08-01
1501 Views
American Muslims are growing more religiously and socially liberal, with the number who say society should accept homosexuality nearly doubling during the past decade, according to a major new survey. American Muslims are also more likely to identify...
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