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Islamic Studies

Inner/Central Asia

Islamic Scholarly Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917

A review of The Persianate Sphere during the Age of Empires: Islamic Scholars and Networks of Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917, by James Robert Pic...
Diaspora/Migration

Mobility and Senses of Belonging among the Fatani People

A review of Be-longing: Fatanis in Makkah and Jawi, by Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad offers an intriguing and perceptive st...
Islamic Studies

Cambodian Cham Identities in a Global Age

A review of From the Khmer Rouge to Hambali: Cham Identities in a Global Age, by Kok-Thay Eng. The Cambodian Genocide: most scholars have heard...
Islamic Studies

Negotiating Tradition, Authority, and Sovereignty in Pakistan

A review of The ‘Ulamā’ and the State: Negotiating Tradition, Authority and Sovereignty in Contemporary Pakistan, by Mashal Saif The role of religion ...
Asian Archaeology

DHAsia 2017 Call for Proposals

DHAsia, a pioneering Digital Humanities initiative at Stanford University, is seeking proposals for its 2017 short-term residency program focused on E...
Iran/Persian

Memory and Textualization in Early Modern Persian Ismāʿīlism

A review of The Legendary Biographies of Nāṣir-i Khusraw: Memory and Textualization in Early Modern Persian Ismāʿīlism, by Daniel Beben. At first glan...
Asian Art

The Architecture and Spatial Components of Mosques in China

A review of The Traditional Chinese Style Mosque, by Sadiq Javer. The first chapter, also the Introduction, describes the scope and purpose of the dis...
Fresh from the Archives

The National Archives of Afghanistan

A review of the Archif-e Milli (National Archives) in Afghanistan, Kabul. The Archif-e Milli in central Kabul is the appropriate base camp for the int...
Cultural Anthropology

Gender, Authority, and Islam in Suburban Chicago

A review of The Construction of American Islam: Gender, Authority, and Tradition in Suburban Chicago, by Justine Howe. Justine Howe’s dissertation det...
Cultural Anthropology

Environmentalism in Iran

A review of Remaking Nature in Iran: Environmentalism, Science and the Nation, by Satoshi Abe. Satoshi Abe’s dissertation Remaking Nature in Iran: Env...
Inner/Central Asia

Iranian Religious Intellectuals and the “Islamist Left”

A review of Disenchanting Political Theology in Post-Revolutionary Iran: Reform, Religious Intellectualism and the Death of Utopia, by Eskandar Sadegh...
Islamic Studies

Seeking New Islamic Studies Editor (Deadline Feb 20)

This year we bid a very fond farewell and express our gratitude to longtime Islamic Studies series editor, Matthew Melvin-Koushki. During his tenure, ...
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