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News

6/8/2009 Call for Publication: Jihad in the 21st Century. Book edited by Ahmed Al-Dawoody (University of Birmingham/Al-Azhar University) & Anicée Van Engeland (Law Faculty, McGill University). more...

1/15/09 The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick is pleased to announce "The Iranian Revolution: Thirty Years" event. Admission is free to this conference and its related art exhibitions and documentary screenings. Admission to the Conference Dinner (Persian cuisine) and concert by Haale is by ticket only (for further information, please contact Ms Shehnaz Abdeljaber at peaceingardens@comcast.net). Please see the event flier here.

1/08/09 Groups at AAR related with Islam have been added. See their members' contact information and CFPs for 2009 Conference at Islam at AAR section.

1/07/09 Syllabi for "Introduction to Islam", "Islamic History", and "Islam in the Modern World" classes taught by Dr. Anna Bigelow at North Carolina State University have been added. See list of classes at syllabi section.

12/15/08 ISIM to be closed as per 1 January 2009 - The International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) will be closed as per 1 January 2009, due to the lack of adequate funding. ISIM was set up ten years ago by the universities of Leiden, Amsterdam, Utrecht and Nijmegen, and the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. more..

12/10/08 Syllabus for "Modern Islamic Civilization" class, taught by Dr. Omid Safi at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been added. See it here..

12/09/08 The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Religious Studies (tenure-track or tenure), with a specialization in Islam. more..

12/08/08 Syllabus for "Islamic Heritage of Iran" class, taught by Dr. Omid Safi at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been added. See it here..

12/07/08 Syllabus for "Islam and Reform" class, taught by Dr. Omid Safi at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been added. See it here..

Events

Third University of Essex Islamic Conference 2009 (UEIC 2009) - February 7, 2009, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom more..

2009 SECSOR Regional Meeting - March 13-15, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC, USA more...

See more conference information at events section.

Grants

IREX - Short-Term Travel Grants (STG) Program 2009-10
IREX is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2009-10 Short-Term Travel Grants (STG) Program. The STG Program provides fellowships to US scholars and professionals for up to eight weeks of overseas research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy. more..

McGill University - Postdoctoral Fellowship
The research group “Transmission, Translation and Transformation in Medieval Textual Cultures” (TTT), Faculty of Arts, McGill University, seeks applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship, starting August 1, 2009. more..

Jobs

The Leverhulme Trust is funding a three-year project in the Philosophy Department at King's College London, which will research the topic "Natural Philosophy in the Islamic World." more...

Portland State University invites applications for one-year fixed-term replacement position in Asian Studies for 2010­11 more..

Book Reviews

Akbar S. Ahmed’s provocative new book, Islam Under Siege, features a blurb on the cover by Professor Tamara Sonn proclaiming the book as “the most important book to date on life in the post 9/11 world.” more..