Shii News – Academic Items

1. Fons Vitae Publishing is delighted to announce a new very exciting partnership with the recently launched Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies.

The Tokat Library of Islamic Classics, a translation series published in partnership with Fons Vitae.

“The Tokat Library of Islamic Classics (Fons Vitae) endeavors to present the timeless writings of the Islamic tradition to contemporary readers in robust and lively English translations.

With full awareness of the breadth and creativity of Islam’s literary achievements across languages such as Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Punjabi, Malay, and Chinese, the Library encompasses works from a wide variety of genres, namely philosophy, mysticism, theology, scriptural commentary, legal theory, science, poetry, history, travel writing, and biography.

Each translation in the Tokat Library of Islamic Classics is of the highest quality and is undertaken by a skilled translator who is also a widely recognized expert in the text’s subject matter, thereby ensuring both readability and scholarly precision.

For more information, visit https://tokatinstitute.org

2. Studies in Iranian History and Culture

In Honor of Elton L. Daniel

M Ashtiany et al eds.,

Brill, 2025

https://brill.com/display/title/72704?utm_source=marketing-cloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_term=monthly-newsletter-en_July2025

3. Poetic Desire and Literary Thievery

Economies of Intertextuality in Arabic Literature

M J al-Musawi

CUP, 2025

https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/middle-east-history/poetic-desire-and-literary-thievery-economies-intertextuality-arabic-literature#description

4. Departmental Lecturer in Classical Arabic Literature