Situation Update
Some personal news: Today marks 30 years since I joined the staff of (what was then) the University of Wales, Lampeter, as an Islamic Studies lecturer. I’ve witnessed many...
‘AI Ghosts’
“Who you gonna call?” This looks like a case for Ghostbusters… In all seriousness, this is a major issue for all of us engaged in ‘academic‘ publishing, which is...
‘Platform Islandization‘
One for my Reading List from Merlyna Lim (check out her other work too if you haven’t already): Lim, Merlyna. “Platform Islandization: The Making of the Computational Archipelago.” Verge: Studies...
John Esposito
The widely respected scholar John Esposito has passed away. His work has influenced generations of academics/students, especially works such as ‘The Straight Path‘, alongside his editorship of the Oxford...
Digital ‘Arab Spring‘ Revisited
New from Jillian C. York on the Electronic Frontier Foundation website: One for my Reading List from @eff.org … I wrote about the ‘Arab Spring‘ and the internet in...
‘The Digital Turn in Religious Studies’
New and noted: New and noted: Not in my immediate field, but this looks interesting, although I haven't read it yet. It's available as a PDF....
Academic Concerns
These are very significant issues across the sector; in this case (there are many others) and it also relates to Uyghur Muslims. China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism...
Review – ‘Islamic Algorithms’
Michael Dhanoya (University of Leicester) has written the first external review of ‘Islamic Algorithms’. It’s published on the LSE Religion and Global Society social media/website. Here’s a quote: ”Comprehensive...