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

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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

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1.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

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1. 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

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2025, 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

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

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1. 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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In 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