1. ‘The concept of the creational body in Iranian mythology: transformation and theological reinterpretations in Zoroastrian texts’ M Bayani BSOAS, July 2026 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/concept-of-the-creational-body-in-iranian-mythology-transformation-and-theological-reinterpretations-in-zoroastrian-texts/210861C54632A5EF8FB9EF6C0F33BBA1?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles         2. Open Access – Kaplony, Andreas. Pre-Modern Arabic Documents: A Concise Introduction into Reading and Publishing. Berlin: de Gruyter, open access, 2026 (Studies

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1.Iran Heritage Foundation This is a kind reminder that the deadline for the third round of submissions to the IHF Modern Iran Series is 31 August 2026. The IHF Modern Iran Series is a new Open Access, peer-reviewed academic book series published by Bloomsbury Academic. The Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF)

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John Louis Esposito (1940-2026)

1.CALL FOR PAPERS: Arab Media and Society Issues 42 & 43, Summer/Fall 2026 on “Media Transformation and the Public Sphere” Arab media have long played a central role in shaping public life, political debate, cultural identity, and social imagination across the region. From the rise of the pan-Arab press and

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A Medinese scholar in Injuid Shiraz: Shams al-Dīn al-Zarandī and his theorisation of Sunni imamophilism