Muhammad Afzal Upal and Carole M. Cusack (Eds.), Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements (Brill) is currently available as a free PDF download. It looks really useful.
Muhammad Afzal Upal and Carole M. Cusack (Eds.), Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements (Brill) is currently available as a free PDF download. It looks really useful.
Great profile in the Guardian of Paul Gilroy, very influential in many academic zones.
Yohann Koshy, The Guardian, The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy ...
Virtually Islamic: Islamic Responses to COVID-19 Conference Videos
The edited videos from the recent UWTSD 'Islamic Responses to COVID-19 Conference' are now available
Videos can be viewed sequentially ...
Mujahidul Islam, The Maydan, Islamic Ethics and The Rise of Digital Technology
Interesting long-read and big-questions (some of which are familiar): "“Muslim discourse on ICTs tends to focus on what one is using the technology for. So if you are ...
I'm pleased to say that Owen Watkin's PhD on A.J. Arberry is now available via the UWTSD Repository. I was Director of Studies, with Prof. Catrin Williams as co-supervisor. Do check it out:
The first batch of abstracts ...
Khadijah Elshayyal, Cage, Rethinking Muslim Representation – 20 years after 9/11
"What can a Muslim political advocacy look like, that addresses Britain’s Muslims themselves and their institutions, with all their diversity and disagreements, their rivalries ...
Islamic Responses to COVID-19: Authority and Religiosity in #Muslim Communities and Digital Worlds
I'm organising a one-day online conference is being held on 1st July 2021 between 11.00-19.00 BST on 'Islamic Responses to COVID-19: Authority and Religiosity in #Muslim Communities & Digital ...
CFP, Rewiring the House of God: Religious Self-World Relations in the Digital Environment
Online Workshop, 15th – 17th September 2021, organized by Fouad Gehad Marei (University of Birmingham) and Gabriel Malli (University of Graz / University of Erfurt)
I will be one of the discussants at ...
I supervised this thesis at UWTSD. Do check it out if you are interested ...
The Journal of Media and Diversity published its first issue. (links to PDF)
"Reprezentology is a forum where academic researchers and media industry professionals can come together to pool expertise and experience. We ...
Arab News, Saudi female students promote Arabic, Islamic content for online encyclopedia
"The initiative has formed part of the Wiki Dawwin project adopted by the King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives’ (Darah) publishing house, represented by its center for digital ...
"The political scientist and specialist in Islam talks about recent attacks in France, says government focus on ...
"Job advertisements for Islamic studies faculty positions provide material and significant insight into the construction and reification of a normative Islam. ...
I'm taking a look at this:
The ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement is now available at @OUPAcademic's Oxford Scholarship Online at many college/university libraries (like mine) for students to use ...