1. Lecture Series on Chinese Muslims by Marie-Paule Hille The Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, is hosting a two-part lecture series by Dr. Marie-Paule Hille on July 28, 2026. The lectures will be held in a hybrid format, combining in-person and online participation. The lecture titles
Posted in: Academic items1.Ferdowsi Summer School Two upcoming online summer courses, which will start this August. The first online course, titled The Shahname: Introduction to the Iranian Epic, is a weekly course held every Friday for two hours. It is designed for anyone interested in a fast but thorough philological and linguistic introduction
Posted in: Academic items1. The Islamic Art Museumscape: The Jameel Gallery 20th Anniversary Conference – 17th July The V&A’s Jameel Gallery for the Islamic Middle East turns 20 years old in 2026. In this conference, museum professionals and art historians from around the world discuss current trends and issues effecting the presentation of
Posted in: Academic items2025, Volume 18, Number 1-2, Spring 2025 (Published in 2026)
https://islamic-college.ac.uk/past-issues/
Symbolism and Allegory in Nāṣir Khusraw’s Safarnāmah: A Comparative Analysis with his Confession-Ode
Dawood Mirza
pp. 5-28
Grounded and Groundless Ontologies in Comparison: A Critical Re-Evaluation of Comparative Studies between Mullā Ṣadrā
and Heidegger
Boumediene Hamzi
pp. 29-96
From Moral Counsel to Political Vision: Khumaynī’s Intertextual
Engagement with Nahj al-Balāghah
Sara Abidi
pp. 97-122
Book Reviews
Ashura: Transcendence in Lament by Ayaz Ali and Saarah Bokhari, 2025
Babak Rahimi
pp. 123-127
Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: New Frontiers in Science and Religion,
edited by Shoaib Ahmed Malik and Jörg Matthias Determann, 2024
Abdullah Ansar
pp. 127-134
The Fatimids: Portrait of a Dynasty by Delia Cortese, 2025
Amir De Martino
pp. 135-142
Malaika and the Seven Heavens: A Memoir of My Encounters with Islam by Toyin Falola, 2023
Huzaifa Dokaji
pp. 143-148
Marital and Sexual Ethics in Islamic Law: Rethinking Temporary Marriage by
Roshan Iqbal, 2023
Saba Fatima
pp. 149-152
Posted in: Field-specific (academic)1. Prix Avicenne de l’Académie royale de Belgique en hommage à Simone Van Riet (2epériode quadriennale, 2022-2025) Créé 2020, ce prix international est destiné à encourager la recherche et les publications dans les disciplines cultivées par Simone Van Riet, à savoir l’histoire de la philosophie et des sciences de l’époque
Posted in: Academic items1. CFP: Translation and Multilingualism across the Premodern Arabo-Islamic World and Europe (2–5 December 2026, Toledo, Spain The workshop is co-organised by Nuha Al-Shaar, Corinna Assmann, Linda Ammann, José Ignacio Sánchez, Nicola Carpentieri and myself. It will take place from 2 to 5 December 2026 at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo,
Posted in: Academic itemsIn Memoriam – Professor Tomoko Masuya
It is with profound sadness that I write to inform you that our dear supervisor, Professor Tomoko Masuya (Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo), passed away on the morning of 21 June from gallbladder cancer, which she had been battling since the autumn of 2024.
Until the very end, she remained deeply committed to her research, working to complete her projects on the tiles from Takht-i Sulayman and the Daniel Marie Fouquet Collection at the Ohara Museum of Art. She was particularly proud of her recently published volume, Persian World Histories in the Mongol Era: The Compilation and Transmission of Rashid al-Din’s Jamiʿ al-Tavarikh, edited with Osamu Otsuka and Masatomo Kawamoto (Edinburgh University Press, 2026), which made the rich body of Japanese scholarship on Ilkhanid history accessible to a wider international readership. Although she grew increasingly frail, her final days were filled with moments of joy, surrounded by her family, friends, and two of her students, Yumiko Kamada and Yui Kanda.
Her funeral ceremonies will take place in Tokyo on 4 and 5 July at the “Tsuru” Hall of Kirigaya Funeral Hall (5-32-20 Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wm5PFG1sY56cVw2b6). Condolence telegrams will be gratefully received. In the meantime, we would be glad to pass on any messages you may have for her family, colleagues, or friends, and we would also be grateful to receive any memories of Tomoko that you would like to share with us. Please write to Yumiko (yumiko-kamada@est.hi-ho.ne.jp) or Yui (kanda@aa.tufs.ac.jp).
She has left us far too soon, and her loss is immeasurable. We will remember her not only as an exceptional scholar and devoted supervisor but also for the warmth, generosity, and joy she brought into the lives of those around her.
With deepest sorrow,
Yumiko Kamada and Yui Kanda
1.🔹 IQP Review on Yearly Qur’anic Studies Around the world 2025-26 🔹Program: https://event.fourwaves.com/iqp2026/pages 🌐Virtually via: https://meet.google.com/csb-uurg-bjc 🗓Time: 12 to 14 July 2026 , 08:00 _12:00 AM (Tehran time) 🔹 Six specialized panels: The Holy Qur’an in Exegesis Qur’anic philology Qur’anic Exegesis Methodology Qur’anic sciences Holy Qur’an and History Holy Qur’an
Posted in: Academic items1. Lecture – “The Lives of Mughal Artists” by Yael Rice – July 23 Thursday July 23, at 6:30—7:30 pm (EST), Cheek Theater, VMFA: “The Lives of Mughal Artists” by Yael Rice The lives of the Mughal emperors often overshadow those of the many painters they employed. And yet it was
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