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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1.‘Mecca reoriented: alms, rice, and the marketplace’ J Meloy JRAS, 2026 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/mecca-reoriented-alms-rice-and-the-marketplace/EA1AE76FFF00C28803416F1C270C9BCE?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. The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Washington calls for submissions for the third cycle of the Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature. Please find the
Posted in: Academic items1. 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,
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