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Discussion published by Neelam Hussain on Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Call for Papers: 3rd Annual Symposium for The Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies (TIMES) Post-Graduate Forum

The Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies (TIMES) Forum invites proposals for individual papers on any aspect or sub-discipline of Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies for its 3rd Annual Symposium on Wednesday 12th June 2019 at the University of Birmingham, supported by the Theology & Religion Department, UOB. The keynote speaker will be Prof Charles Burnett, professor of the History of Islamic Influences in Europe.

 

Discussion published by Hasan Umut on Tuesday, February 12, 2019

New Issue: Nazariyat Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences (4/3)

Dear members of the list, 
 
The new issue for Nazariyat Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences (4/3) has been released. Articles and reviews can be reached through the following link, as the journal is open-access. 
 
 
ARTICLES
Is it Possible to Speak of an Illuminationist Circle in the Ottoman Scholarly World?
Discussion published by Joel Blecher on Tuesday, February 12, 2019

CFP: Roundtable on Trading Knowledge in the Global Middle Ages—AHA 2020 NYC (deadline soon!)

We are looking to add a few more panelists before the deadline—please send abstracts soon—deadline fast approaching.
 
CFP: Roundtable on Trading Knowledge in the Global Middle Ages
 
Organizer: Joel Blecher
 
* How did knowledge—in both elite and popular forms—move across land, seas, and oceans before the onset of modern globalization? And how did the transmission of knowledge interplay with long-distance trade routes, flows of commodities, capital, and other forms of economic exchange?

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