Graduate School of Islamic Humanities: Approaches to the Study of Islam
To be held in Leiden, Netherlands.
13-17 July 2026
Open to all PhD candidates in Islamic studies and early career scholars.
my book, _Islamic Ethics and Spiritual Sovereignty: Genres of Tradition in Muslim South Asia_, will be published by @undpress.bsky.social in June 2026
i'm going through the proofs, and don't see any typos in the epilogue, so sharing this 3-page essay here
undpress.nd.edu/978026821090...
Congratulations!!
The Qurβan and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic Prose is now available in Arabic.
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New Medieval Books: The Crusades and the Far-Right in the Twenty-First Century www.medievalists.net/2024/12/new-... #crusades
New Medieval Books: The Emergence of Arabic Poetry www.medievalists.net/2024/12/new-... #poetry
Thank you, Manan!
I am delighted to share that my new book The Well-Tempered Reader from the @ucpress.bsky.social is out! Please use code UCPSAVE30 for a 30% discount. The book is also open access.
Professor Brinkley Messick sitting before a limestone fireplace
Professor Brinkley Messick left behind deeply researched, lovingly crafted, and beautifully written books. But perhaps his most enduring legacy remains his decency.
Hey @netflix.com
Take notes.
Call for participants for a mentorship programme for scholars who have not yet published in English
/postmedieval/ is launching a new mentorship programme to facilitate publication for scholars whose first language is not English.
π find all the details here π
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
I wrote the entry on Sayyid Sharif-i Jurjani for EI3 Online and it has just been published. I am very grateful to the editors of EI3 at Brill. The article was supposed to be just 1000 words, but they accepted a significantly longer piece.
referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...
And so we begin 2025! Check out our new article abt how Ibn Khaldun uses al-Idrisi's maps!
Here is a thread of California animal welfare orgs who need donations to help deal with the wildfire crisis (but they VERY DESPERATELY need adopters and foster homes too if you live close enough to help in that way):
1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...
A timely and important Lecture by Dr. Yasmin Amin in Arabic.
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www.iis.ac.uk/events/what-...
Taste the Differance
Discipline and Nourish.
My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.
more specifics to come, but for now: 618 pages, hot off the press!! check out the new issue of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social
I'd go take a nap to recover, but we already have three articles in production and some more in the pipeline. 2025 is going to be fun!
"Another benefit, Stahuljak said, is that the platform can help professors ensure consistent delivery of course material. Now that her teaching materials are organized into a coherent text, another instructor could lead the course..."
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...
go.bsky.app/PGTCboR
Iβve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
Great interview from LARB with our contributor Jokha Alharthi! Check out her work on our site:
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
Museum label that reads "the rise and fall of an Islamic capital." under it are fragments of an inscription in Arabic that reads "Abd al-Rahman, Commander of the Faithful, may God grant him a long life."
new exhibit on Madinat al-Zahra, once a capital of Umayyad Spain. the exhibit is free to the public at ISAW in New York. π§΅w/ just a few favorites:
[shown here: limestone inscription from the Friday mosque, 333AH/944-5CE: "Abd al-Rahman Commander of the Faithful, may God grant him a long life"]
Join us on Friday at 11am!
My view: academics should never assume their βreader is restedβ enough to tolerate blue sentences. Most academic blue sentences are really quite bad sentences. And they are certainly not where your important point belongs. Your academic writing will be better if you strive to avoid blue sentences.
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A new Brill edition of thirteenth century poet and wit Ibn Daniyalβs shadow plays, Tayf Al-khayal, showcasing a plethora of characters in 13th century Egypt.
I just created a starter pack on comparative and world/global literature. Hope this is useful and don't hesitate to get in touch! go.bsky.app/DHK7Cwk
HEX Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experiences - Call for Papers deadline this Friday 29 November.
The conference will take place at Tampere University, Finland 10-12 March 2025.
Please find the full CfP and more info on the conference website:
events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...
