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01/08/2010 - Islamic Heritage Project at Harvard

Through the /Islamic Heritage Project/ (IHP), Harvard University has cataloged, conserved, and digitized hundreds of Islamic manuscripts, maps, and published texts from Harvard’s renowned library and museum collections. These rare—and frequently unique—materials are now freely available to Internet users worldwide. IHP is made possible with the generous support of *Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal* <http://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/overview/about_the_donor.php>.*

For the IHP, Harvard’s Open Collections Program <http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu> (OCP) has produced digital copies of over 260 manuscripts, 270 printed texts, and 50 maps, totaling over 145,000 pages—with more items to be added in coming months. Users can search or browse online materials that date from the 13th to the 20th centuries CE and represent many regions, languages, and subjects.

12/30/2009 - CFP: International Journal of Library and Information Sciences

Introducing ‘‘International Journal of Library and Information Science”

Dear Colleague,

The International Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed monthly journal published by Academic Journals (http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS). IJLIS is dedicated to increasing the depth of the subject across disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of the subject.

Call for Papers

IJLIS will cover all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish:

· Original articles in basic and applied research
· Case studies
· Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays

We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to Ijlis.journal@gmail.com for publication in the International Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS). Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the next issue. Instruction for authors and other details are available on our website; http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS/Instruction.htm

IJLIS is an Open Access Journal
One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access to research publications. Open access gives a worldwide audience larger than that of any subscription-based journal and thus increases the visibility and impact of published works. It also enhances indexing, retrieval power and eliminates the need for permissions to reproduce and distribute content. IJLIS is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and will provide free access to all articles as soon as they are published.

Best regards,

Gabriel Oyaide
Editorial Assistant
International Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS)
E-mail: Ijlis.journal@gmail.com
www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS

11/30/2009 - AAR Book Awards - 2009
In order to give recognition to new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion, the American Academy of Religion offers Awards for Excellence. These awards honor works of distinctive originality, intelligence, creativity and importance; books that affect decisively how religion is examined, understood, and interpreted.

http://www.aarweb.org/Programs/Awards/Book_Awards/default.asp

Analytical-Descriptive Studies
G. John Renard, Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood, University of California Press, 2008.

Constructive-Reflective Studies
Andrew F. March, Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus, Oxford University Press, 2008.

11/14/2009 - The Euro-Islam website (www.euro-islam.info), is currently looking for doctoral students and researchers working on Muslims in Europe and the US for its website research team. Special focus on Muslims in Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, Russia, and/or Bosnia is preferred. Language capabilities in
these areas are a plus.

Each week the researcher will forward the webmaster news stories covering current events impacting Muslims in these countries, with a short summary for each story. The researcher can also develop profiles on Islam and Muslims in these countries and their capital cities.

While the Euro-Islam website cannot offer compensation, the researcher will benefit from weekly research opportunities, networking/collaboration opportunities through Harvard's Islam in the West Program, and access to a large audience of scholars, politicians, and media professionals via the
web's most reliable source on Muslims in the West.

Please contact the webmaster Lisa Baughn at lisa@euroislam.info if interested.

11/05/2009 - Call for Articles for a new journal - Islamic Africa

Islamic Africa is a new peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal published online by Northwestern University Press in collaboration with the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) at the Program of African Studies of Northwestern University. Incorporating the journal Sudanic Africa and retaining its focus on historical sources, bibliographies, and methodology, Islamic Africa covers the field of Islam in Africa broadly understood to include the social sciences and humanities. The new journal seeks to promote the scholarly interaction among Africa-based scholars and those located institutionally outside the continent. The first issue will appear in Spring 2010. Islamic Africa invites scholars to submit essays, or short pieces, notices, and reports on research in progress to be considered for publication. Such submissions should make original contributions to knowledge. The material must not have been previously published, or be currently under review elsewhere. Submissions are welcome from any discipline in the social sciences and the humanities; the geographic focus includes the entire African continent, as well as the adjacent islands and the diaspora.

Submissions should be sent electronically in both Microsoft Word and PDF formats to: Gianna Mosser, Managing Editor, Islamic Africa,islamicafrica@northwestern.edu.

Gianna Mosser
Managing Editor
Islamic Africa
Northwestern University Press
629 Noyes St
Evanston, IL 60208

10/10/2009 - The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) invites you to their opening conference 'Islam, Science and Policy' on 14 October in the Academy Building. Conference partially in English and Dutch. http://www.hum.leiden.edu/news-agenda/lucis.html

What is LUCIS?

LUCIS is established at the beginning of 2009 by Leiden University as a collaboration of Leiden scholars from different faculties that are studying Islam and muslim societies. LUCIS' expertise is focused on the Middle East and North Africa, Southeast Asia including Indonesia, as well as the Netherlands and the West. The goal of LUCIS is to advance interdisciplinary research and education in the field of Islam and muslim societies. Also, LUCIS strives to contribute to social debate and policy-making.

Concept of the conference

The opening conference will try to elaborate on the connection between public opinion, policy, and scientific knowledge. In the past ten years in the Netherlands, a dichotomy has grown between politics and public opinion about Islam and muslims. Between the different camps, scientific knowledge about Islam and muslims has only played a limited part. LUCIS, together with sister organizations, sets as a goal to bring about change in this area. During the opening conference we hope to make a good start with this.

The full day programme (in Dutch) can be downloaded from:
http://media.leidenuniv.nl/legacy/lucis-okt14-program.pdf. The morning
session will be in Dutch, the afternoon session in English. We sincerely hope to welcome you on 14 October.

Would you be so kind as to confirm your presence by sending the downloadable form below to lucis@hum.leidenuniv.nl? For further information you can contact Hannah Mason or Soumia Middelburg on 071-5278885/8817 or through the above e-mail address.

10/09/2009 Dr. Kecia Ali of Boston University prepared a set of Guidelines for Writing Conference Proposals and it is posted to the website as a pdf documents.

10/04/2009 Call for Papers: Fall 2009 The Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies Newsletter

Special Issue on Iran

Contemporary Iran
Thirty Years after the Iranian Revolution:
Islam, Democracy, and the Crisis of Legitimacy

In light of the ongoing events in the aftermath of the tenth presidential election in Iran, we are exploring the idea of allocating our next issue of the Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies Newsletter to examining the implications of this crucial development for the Islamic political thought. To that end, we are writing to solicit your reflection essays (about 1500 words or so) for this special issue.

The title of this special issue is as follows: Thirty Years after the Iranian Revolution: Islam, Democracy, and the Crisis of Legitimacy. Those who would like to contribute can send us their short articles or book reviews by November 15th.

Those who would like to contribute, can send their short articles or book review submissions (1500-2000 words) by November 15th to:

Najm al-Din Yousefi: nyousefi@vt.edu and Tugrul Keskin: tugrulkeskin@pdx.edu

9/27/2009 CALL FOR PAPERS - “Religion, Finance & Ethics”

Essays are being solicited for a special issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion on the timely theme of “religion, finance and ethics”. As the world recovers from the most significant financial crisis since the Great Depression, this special issue of the Bulletin will seek to explore issues of finance and economics as they relate to the academic study of the world’s religions. Of particular interest is the rise of Islamic finance, a topic much discussed by finance industry scholars and practitioners, as well as jurists, but comparatively under-analyzed in the field of religion studies.

Aside from aspects of Islamic finance, topics may include, but are certainly not limited to: religion in the age of financial capitalism; economics and ethical debates within world religions; the ‘prosperity
gospel’ in contemporary Christianity; the historical and comparative study of religion and finance; re-evaluating the Weberian thesis; the financial crisis and religious institutions; critical perspectives on teaching finance from faith-based perspectives; religion and alternatives to capitalism.

The CSSR Bulletin is one of the oldest North American publications in the study of religion and has one of the largest circulations of any periodical in the discipline. It has been published by the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion for 38 years. It will move to Equinox in 2010 (volume 39) – with a slight change of title to Bulletin for the Study of Religion.

The Bulletin is committed to showcasing emerging scholarship and debates within the filed of religion studies and related disciplines. Essays are expected to be short and sharp, making critical contributions to the development of the academic study of religion.

Articles should be 3,000 to 3,500 words long, with a minimum of endnotes and bibliographic references, and composed in Microsoft Word following The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition (2003).

SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY MARCH 31, 2010

Please e-mail and any inquiries or submissions to:

Ibrahim Abraham, University of Bristol, UK
Ibrahim.Abraham@bristol.ac.uk

Bulletin for the Study of Religion
http://www.equinoxjournals.com/ojs/index.php/BSOR

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).

We would like to edit a book on the issue of the contemporary theories and practices of the Islamic tradition of jihad. The purpose is to gather a group of expertise from both the Muslim and Western Worlds who will approach this issue from various disciplines Approaches to jihad should be innovative.

The aim is to discuss the issue of jihad and its relevance to the contemporary issues of: war – both domestic and international – peace, international law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law norms, domestic and international forms of terrorism. These discussions intend to explain the Islamic position on (1) the different form of the use of force in the post United Nations era by both state and non-state actors; (2) domestic and international acts of terrorism; and the international community position.

Contributions can be made in any field (law, politics, social sciences, humanities and others) on the following non-exhaustive list:

History of Jihad; Jihad in the Quran; Jihad in the Modern World; Jihad and International Law (self-defense for example); Jihad and Universal Human Rights; Islam and law of armed conflicts; Ethics; The Politics of Jihad; Fundamentalism; Terrorism. Any other topic not included in this list is welcome

Please send an abstract (maximum 500 words) with title of the proposed chapter, affiliation and contact information as well as a resume/CV by July 1st, 2009 to

Anicée Van Engeland anicee.vanengeland@mcgill.ca
Ahmed Mohsen Al-Dawoody: adawoody@hotmail.com

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).

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..

12/04/08 Study of Islam website has been started in December 2008. Main goal of this website's is to provide a venue for scholars of Islamic Studies to share their ideas and experiences. Please send your syllabi and other teaching material that you wish to share. You can also post related news, grants, and job openings.

Please send related news to us at studyofislam@gmail.com.

	Bruce Lawrence, The Qur'an: Books That changed the World, Grove Press, 2008.
	Omid Safi, The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam: Negotiating Ideology and Religious Inquiry, Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2006.
	Ebrahim Moosa, Ghazali and Poetics of Imagination, Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2005.