The winning article successfully brings the richness of late antique scholarship on religious communities into early medieval middle eastern conversations.

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The right wing's assault on Religion and Humanities programs is an assault on our ability to understand the world, from Hindutva abroad to Christian Nationalism at home.

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Baber Johansen, Professor of Islamic Studies Emeritus, at Harvard Divinity School (HDS), passed away in late January 2026.

A fresh reading of medieval thinker Ibn Taymiyya, offering pathbreaking insight into his lasting relevance in debates on Islam, authority, and religious thought. Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought: Corpus, Recept...

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This overlaps with a point I made in the previous series of “20 rules for doing history of philosophy,” but I’m going to say something similar here because it is so important.

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To celebrate the completion of the Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language (Mu'jam al-Dawha al-Tarikhi li-l-lugha al-'Arabiyya), a ceremony was held December 22, 2025 in Doha, Qatar.

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Stop the removal of undergraduate Theology & Religion at the University of Nottingham

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Article Obituary: Yahya Michot (1952–2025) was published on August 12, 2025 in the journal Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (volume 0, issue 0).

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Marian Kelsey argues that the book of Jonah weaves together many narratives with shared themes into a phenomenon of 'interlocking allusion'. While describing th…

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Review of Adrien Candiard, Le Dieu immédiat: Le concept de vérité dans le Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql d’Ibn Taymiyya (Paris: Les éditions du Cerf, 2023), in Islamochristiana 50 (2024): 319-322.

The last two decades have seen a proliferation of publications variously questioning or outright denying the historical existence of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Although such views have gained pract...

Explore the development of land warfare from 1000 to 1300. From the Eurasian Steppe to the Middle East and the kingdom of England, this course offers a sweeping panorama of military history during a ...