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06/15/2026
Cultural Pathways to Islamic Conversion Among (Afro-)Latin Americans: African Memory, Hip-Hop, and the Negotiation of New Muslim Identity - International Journal of Latin American Religions In the context of Brazil and Colombia, this article examines a specific form of Islamic conversion among (Afro-)Latin Americans that differs from doctrinal or institutionally driven pathways. Rather than emerging primarily from formal religious study or missionary encounters, these conversions are s...
Call for Book Proposals for the “Modern Iran Series” of the Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF), Pub-
lished by Bloomsbury Academy.
Articles on "Gender, Sexualities, and Middle Eastern Matricultures" for a Special Issue of " Matrix:
A Journal for Matricultural Studies".
Articles on "The Intellectual Making of Contemporary Islam: An Actor-Centred Social History" for a
Special Issue of the "R***e des mondes musulman et de la Méditerranée (Remmm)", Edited by Samir
Abdelli, Samia Kotele, Sophia Mouttalib.
Articles on "Conflicts and Migrations in the Contemporary Mediterranean: Borders, Mobility, and
Wars in the New Millennium" for a Special Issue of the Journal "Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo
islamico".
Articles on "Alevism: History, Religion, and Transformation" for a Special Issue of the Open Access
Journal "Religions".
Contributions pour le MIDÉO 43 (2028) : "Sībawayh et les savoirs de son temps. Influences, dia-
logues, critiques & héritages".
Contributions for "A Sourcebook for the Cultural Heritage of the Ottoman Peoples" Edited by Ceren
Abi, Publisher Gordium.
ONLINE New Article "The World Cup and the Politics of Football in the MENA Region" by André
Bank, Idriss Jebari, Hamid Talebian, Eckart Woert, GIGA Focus Middle East, No. 3, 9 June 2026, 10
Pages.
ONLINE New Article "Academic Freedom Under Pressure: Holocaust Memory, Institutional Control,
and the Discourse of Genocide Regarding Palestine in Germany" by Taqadum Al.Khatib, Middle East
Critique, 5 June 2026, 22 Pages.
ONLINE New Article "Religio-Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mo-
bilization in Turkey" by Hikmet Kocamaner, "American Anthropologist", Vol. 128, Issue 2, June 2026,
12 Pages.
ONLINE New Issue on "Female Health Professionals and Colonial and Imperial Medicine in the
Middle East and the Ottoman Empire" of the "Journal of Women`s History", Vol. 38, No. 2, June 2026,
112 Pages.
ONLINE Annales islamologiques 60, Dossier « Symbolismes et représentations de la Kaʿba »,
IFAO, "Annales islamologiques 60", juin 2026, 367 Pages.
New Book: "The Yezidis in Kurdish Nationalist and Islamic Discourses after the 2014 Genocide" by
Qader Saleem Shammo, Yezidi Studies, vol. 4, Berlin: Frank and Timme, 2026, 282 Pages.
New Book: "From Fatwa to Genocide: Historic and Contemporary Manifestations of the Islamic
Genocide against the Yezidis" by Qader Saleem Shammo, Yezidi Studies, vol. 5., Berlin: Frank and
Timme, 2026, 348 Pages.
38) New Volume “From Cairo to Jerusalem and Beyond: Studies of the Later Islamic Middle Period in
Honor of Linda Stevens Northrup", Edited by Mustafa Banister and Fadi Ragheb, Brill, Islamic History
and Civilization Series, 8 June 2026, 573 Pages
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1) ONLINE International Symposium “The Cultural Impact of Janissaries in the Ottoman Periphery”,
Forum Tauri, Istanbul, 14 June 2026, 12:00 – 18:00 CET.
2) HYBRID ERF 32nd Conference of the Economic Research Forum (ERF): "After the Shock – Reform,
Resilience, and Economic Transformation in MENA", Cairo, 14-16 June 2026.
3) ONLINE Panel "Public Finance, Behavioral Responses, and Policy Incentives" at the 32nd Annual
Conference of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), Cairo, 15 June 2026, 13:00 CET.
4) HYBRID International Conference "Lost in a Forest of Signs: Describing and Understanding Graphic
Variation in Ancient Writing Systems" (Including Middle East), Liège University, Belgium, 15-17 June
2026.
5) ONLINE Dissertation Workshop, American Institute of Maghrib Studies (AIMS), 16 June 2026, 17:00
– 20:00 CET.
6) HYBRID Vortrag "Transhumanismus zwischen horizontalem Fortschritt und vertikalem Rückschritt.
Philosophisch-ethische Reflexionen aus der Perspektive der islamischen Anthropologie" von Ilhan Ilkilic
(Istanbul Universität), Universität Innsbruck, 16. Juni 2026, 18:30 – 20:00 CET.
7) ONLINE Ibn Rushd Lecture "Basateen: Spaces for Free Thought in Iraq – A Walk through the Iraqi
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8)Regional Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS): "(Re)thinking Central Eurasia:
Spaces, Societies, and Power" (Focus Iran), Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 16-19 June
2026.
9) HYBRID Book Talk "Social Anthropology in the Arab World. The Fragmented History of a Contested
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16:15 – 18:00 CET.
10) HYBRIDE Séminare "Les expériences de la participation citoyenne à Tarmigt (province de Ouar-
zazate) : actions et perceptions des acteurs territoriaux" avec Khalid Ismaili, Mustapha Iguenssad et
Mouhssine Bayoud, Fondation Heinrich-Böll & Centre Jacques Berque, Ouarzazate, 17 juin 2026,
17h00 – 19h30 CET.
11) ONLINE Webinar "Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī in the Makings of Southeast Asian Islamic Scholarship" by
Ervan Nurtawab (Jurai Siwo Lampung State Islamic University of Indonesia), Part of the Webinar Series
"The Heirs of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 1505 AD)", OIB/Universities of Bamberg & Göttingen, 17 June
2026, 18.00 CET.
12) HYBRIDE Table ronde : "Lancement du projet SAMT – Recensement de la censure des savoirs sur
la Palestine", CARAP, Paris, 18 juin 2026, 18h30 CET.
13) HYBRID International Workshop “(Re)Thinking the Role of Religion in Social and Humanitarian
Action: Preaching in a Transnational Approach (Focus Islam in MENA)”, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, 18-
19 June 2026.
14) Journée d'étude "L'exil dans l'espace post-ottoman : violence, pouvoir et perspectives historiques",
CETOBaC, Campus Condorcet Aubervilliers, 22 June 2026 de 9h00 – 18h00 CET.
15) HYBRIDE Les débats du CéSor autour de l’ouvrage "Gaza inédite. Société, art et politique" et.
16) 9th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion on "Religion and (In)equalities",
Rome, 30 June – 3 July 2026.
17) HYBRID 58th International Conference of the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies on
“Orientalism and the Levant during the Second Half of the Second Millennium (1500-2000)” and "West-
ern Educational Missions in the Levant, 1300-1945", University of Oxford, 6-8 July 2026.
18) First Graduate Student Conference on "The Question of Palestine Now", Palestinian & Arab Studies
(PAS) Program, University of California, Berkeley, 9-10 October 2026.
19) Conférence : "Réalité et fiction dans les littératures arabo-musulmanes", Lyon, 24-26 novembre
2026.
20) Workshop “Shi`i/Sunni Relations in the Persianate World”, University of Edinburgh, 8-10 December
2026.
21) Journée d’étude annuelle de l’Association française d’histoire religieuse contemporaine « Les reli-
gions et le temps à l’époque contemporaine (XIXe-XXIe siècles) », Paris, 16 janvier 2027.
22) Symposium: “Illuminating the Dark! Night Histories from Byzantion to Istanbul”, Pera Museum Au-
ditorium, Istanbul, 4-5 June 2027
23) International Conference "Rupture of Continuity in Sharīʿa – (De)Colonizing Sharīʿa?", Centre for
Islamic Studies (ISAM), Istanbul, 9-11 June 2027
06/14/2026
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Award for a European Ph.D. Thesis in Iranian Studies – Societas Iranologica Europaea Award for a European Ph.D. Thesis in Iranian Studies With the European Award for Iranian Studies the Societas Iranologica Europaea recognizes outstanding theses in any field of Iranian Studies defended at European universities. The award is given every four years. Call for Applications for the Sixth...
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