Posted in: Field-specific (academic), YemenLeiden Yemeni manuscripts now digitally available
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently digitized circa 150 Yemeni manuscripts and has made them freely available for research and education. The manuscripts, dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, were digitized as part of the Zaydi Manuscript Tradition project. Yemen has been marked…
1.The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, is pleased to announce that “Byzantine Pieces of an Umayyad Puzzle: A Basalt Platform in the Azraq Oasis” has been rescheduled. In this lecture, Dr. Alexander Brey, Wellesley College, will discuss an
Posted in: Academic itemsPosted in: Field-specific (academic), Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, TanzaniaTransnational Networks and Global Shi’i Islamic NGOs in Tanzania
Javascript needed Please enable JavaScript on your browser, so that you can use all features of this website. main-content 2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter Media and policy analysis often depicts African Muslims as pawns in the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, ignoring the wider history of trans-regional connections between Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
1.Tributaries and Peripheries of the Ottoman Empire Ed G Karman Leiden: Brill, 2020 https://brill.com/view/title/56530 2. ONLINE: 4th Islamicate Digital Humanities Conference of the Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN), 18 November 2020 We are calling for contributions from both members and guests employing digital methods in their research
Posted in: Academic itemsPosted in: Field-specific (academic)Aḥkām concerning the ahl al-bayt
Abstract Although Islamic law generally identifies all free Muslim males as equal members of society, irrespective of race or ancestry, a peculiar exception is made for those who claim patrilineal descent from the Arab chieftain Hāshim b. ‘Abd Manāf, the great-grandfather of the Prophet Muḥammad.
1. University of Toronto – Mississauga – Assistant Professor – History of Islamic Art and Architecture http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60314 All application materials, including reference letters, must be received by September 30, 2020 2. MOON AND SUN, a bilingual edition of translations of Rumi’s rubaiyat, is now available in both
Posted in: Academic items11th G.S.G.V.H. Imam Hussain (AS) Traditional Meeting:
The role of Imam Hussein (as) in Human Upbringing (By: Hojjatoleslam Dr. S.M. Daryabari)
Exclusive Conversation with our Italian Guest: Prof. Giampiero Khaled Paladini, the Islamic University of Italy on Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2020 07:30 pm (CEST)
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Posted in: Field-specific (academic)Posted in: Field-specific (academic), IraqENGAGEMENTS AND ENTANGLEMENTS: THE CONTEMPORARY WAQF AND THE FRAGILITY OF SHI’I QUIETISM (more…)
1. Modern Hadith Studies Continuing Debates and New Approaches Edited by Belal Abu-Alabbas, Christopher Melchert, Michael Dann Edinburgh University Press, 2020 https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-modern-hadith-studies.html?utm_source=Edinburgh%20University%20Press&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11773242_IMES%20August%202020&dm_i=CEQ,70CAI,MWI2D5,S91I7,0 2. The Department of History and the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at Amherst College invite applications for a joint tenure-track appointment at the
Posted in: Academic itemsPosted in: News, IndiaPolice fire pellet guns on Kashmir Muharram procession: Witnesses
Government forces have fired shotgun pellets and tear gas to disperse hundreds of mainly Shia Muslims participating in a Muharram procession in Indian-administered Kashmir, injuring dozens, witnesses have said. The violence came as the disputed Himalayan region – where nearly 97 percent of residents are Muslims – observed Ashoura on Saturday, the 10th day of the Muharram month in the Islamic lunar calendar.