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Islamic Studies
Interviews with scholars of Islam about their new books.
November 2, 2026
I Am The Other
What happens when a devout imam and a secular Jewish former federal prosecutor decide to talk about the things that divide them rather than the things…
November 1, 2026
Mediating God
Mediating God: Muhammad Ghazali and the Politics of Divine Presence in 20th century Egypt (Oxford UP, 2025) is a fascinating and compelling intellectu…
October 30, 2026
15:3: The Othered Woman, with Shahed Ezaydi, hosted by Amina Easaat-Daas and Chella Ward
In this episode, Amina and Chella had a wide ranging conversation with Shahed Ezaydi about her recent book, which explores the interconnectedness betw…
October 23, 2026
Theologies of Remembering
The claim to moderate or modernist Islam in Indonesia is particularly contentious today, as these labels participate in the global politics of identit…
October 18, 2026
Islamic Ethics and Spiritual Sovereignty
Islamic Ethics and Spiritual Sovereignty: Genres of Tradition in Muslim South Asia (U Notre Dame 2026) explores the rich vast textual archive of Maula…
October 16, 2026
S15 E1: Governing Islam in Austria and Germany, with Farid Hafez, hosted by Amina Easat-Daas and Claudia Radiven
In this episode, hosts Claudia Radiven and Amina Easat-Daas were joined by Farid Hafez to discuss his most recently published book Governing Islam in …
October 11, 2026
The French Médersa
The French Médersa: Islamic Education and Empire in Northwest Africa (Cornell UP, 2026) explores how the French state pursued a century-long project o…
October 5, 2026
The Crusader Storm
From their foundational era in 1097 to Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem almost a century later, the Crusader States transformed the Middle Eastern worl…
September 14, 2026
Contesting Pluralism(s)
Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond (Cambridge UP, 2024) challenges a widespread tendency to limit stud…
September 12, 2026
Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam
Han Hsien Liew’s fascinating and insightful new book, Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Jawzi’s Political Thought (Edinburgh Univers…
September 9, 2026
Reinventing Caste
Reinventing Caste: Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India (Stanford UP, 2026) reveals that caste, usually assumed to be a feature of Hindu society…
August 28, 2026
Feeling Like Lovers
Matthew Thomas Miller's new book Feeling like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism (U California Press, 2026), and is available as an open access book (s…
August 23, 2026
Constructing the Medieval Maritime State
Constructing the Medieval Maritime State: Identity, Violence, and Connection in the Mediterranean (Oxford University Press, 2026) by Professor Travi…
August 12, 2026
The Islamic Mary
Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been historically revered throughout the Islamic tradition. This began already in the Qur'an, where she is called by th…
August 10, 2026
A Journey to Mecca and London
Descended from Mughal nobility, Akhtar al-Nisa Begum Nawab Sarbuland Jung grew up in Hyderabad in southern India, where she lived a quiet, private, an…
August 5, 2026
Muslims and the Minority Question across the Indian Ocean
In this conversation, we are entering an Indian Ocean world connected by steamships, telegraphs, pilgrimage routes, and print. From Bombay and the Gul…
August 2, 2026
Visualizing Egypt
Following Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1798 campaign in Egypt, new possibilities of travel and improvements in printing technology saw an emergence of publish…
July 29, 2026
Queer and Muslim
Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan's new edited volume Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family and Healing (U Regina Press, 2026) is a powerful anthology that br…
July 3, 2026
Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan
Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan: State Violence and Resistance, 1949–2024 (Cornell University Press, 2026) by Dr. Xian Aubin Wang investigates …
July 1, 2026
Unruly Monuments
Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture (Cambridge University Press, 2025) examines how Delhi's Sultanate and Mughal ar…