Islamic Studies

Islamic Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Islam about their new books.

Lisa Nielson, "Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate World: A Social History" (Bloomsbury, 2021)

November 12, 2024

Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate World

Lisa Nielson

During the early medieval Islamicate period (800–1400 CE), discourses concerned with music and musicians were wide-ranging and contentious, and expres…

Manan Ahmed Asif, "Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore" (New Press, 2024)

November 10, 2024

Disrupted City

Manan Ahmed Asif
Hosted by Amal Hashim

The city of Lahore was more than one thousand years old when it went through a violent schism. As the South Asian subcontinent was partitioned in 1947…

Islamophobia, France and Muslim Political Subjectivity

November 8, 2024

Islamophobia, France and Muslim Political Subjectivity

Kawtar Najib and Rayan Freschi
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this interview, recorded for Islamophobia Awareness Month, Hizer Mir and Chella Ward talk to Kawtar Najib and Rayan Freschi about Islamophobia in F…

Tak Bai and Beyond, Thailand’s Southern Insurgency

November 8, 2024

Tak Bai and Beyond, Thailand’s Southern Insurgency

Chayata Sripanich
Hosted by Duncan McCargo

In the wake of the twentieth anniversary of the dreadful Tak Bai massacre, what are the prospects for a resolution of the long-standing insurgency in …

Mirin Fader, "Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon" (Hachette, 2024)

November 2, 2024

Dream

Mirin Fader
Hosted by Paul Knepper

It’s now the norm for NBA and collegiate teams to have international players dotting their rosters. The Olympics are no longer a gimme for Team USA. B…

The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah: An Interview with Dr. Hizer Mir

October 30, 2024

The Alt Right, Kekistan, White Shariah

Hizer Mir
Hosted by Radio Reorient

An interview with Dr. Hizer Mir on the Alt Right and Islam This episode was originally published on November 16, 2019.…

Larisa Jasarević, "Beekeeping in the End Times" (Indiana UP, 2024)

October 26, 2024

Beekeeping in the End Times

Larisa Jasarević
Hosted by Yadong Li

Every hundred years, as the story goes, two angels wonder out loud whether the bees are still swarming. For as long as the bees are swarming, the ange…

Possessed by the Right Hand: The Problem of Slavery in Islamic Law and Muslim Cultures

October 23, 2024

Possessed by the Right Hand

Bernard Freamon
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode, we interview Prof. Bernard Freamon on his new book Possessed by the Right Hand:The Problem of Slavery in Islamic Law and Muslim Cultu…

Arash Azizi, "What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom" (Oneworld, 2024)

October 23, 2024

What Iranians Want

Arash Azizi
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out…

Emrah Yildiz, "Zainab's Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders" (U California Press, 2024)

October 22, 2024

Zainab's Traffic

Emrah Yildiz
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier

Emrah Yildiz's new book Zainab’s Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders (University of California Press, 2024) is a masterful ethno…

Shared Paths: Exploring Jewish and Muslim Experiences in America

October 17, 2024

Shared Paths: Exploring Jewish and Muslim Experiences in America

Mucahit Bilici and Samuel Heilman

This week on International Horizons, John Torpey, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, speaks with sociologists Mucahit Bilici and Samuel Heilman a…

Slavery and Islam

October 16, 2024

Slavery and Islam

Jonathan Brown
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode, we talk to Professor Jonathan Brown about his book, Slavery and Islam. This episode was originally published on September 27, 2019.…

Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri, "Beyond Orientalism: Ahmad Ibn Qasim Al-Hajari Between Europe and North Africa" (U California Press, 2023)

October 16, 2024

Beyond Orientalism

Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri

The first in-depth study of the collaborative intellectual exchange between the European and the Arabic Republics of Letters. Beyond Orientalism: Ah…

Xiaoming Wang, "Muslim Chinese: The Hui in Rural Ningxia" (de Gruyter, 2019)

October 14, 2024

Muslim Chinese: The Hui in Rural Ningxia

Xiaoming Wang
Hosted by Yadong Li

As the predominantly Muslim Chinese who claim ancestry from Persian and Arabic-speaking regions in Central Asia and the Middle East, the Hui people in…

In Conversation: CCIF, France and Islamophobia

October 13, 2024

In Conversation: CCIF, France and Islamophobia

Marwan Muhammad
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode, Amina Easat-Daas is in conversation with Marwan Muhammad on CCIF and Islamophobia in France. This episode was originally published o…

Christopher Paul Clohessy, "Half of My Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of Alî" (Gorgias Press, 2020)

October 6, 2024

Half of My Heart

Christopher Paul Clohessy
Hosted by Adam Bobeck

Today I talked to Christopher Paul Clohessy about Half of My Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of Alî (Gorgias Press, 2020). As Abû ʿAbd Allâ…

Faisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)

October 4, 2024

Muslim Zion

Faisal Devji
Hosted by Amal Hashim

Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in…

Francesco Piraino,"Sufism in Europe: Islam, Esotericism and the New Age" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

October 4, 2024

Sufism in Europe

Francesco Piraino
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier

Francesco Piraino’s Sufism in Europe: Islam, Esotericism and the New Age (University of Edinburgh Press, 2024) is a vital contribution to the growing …

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Search for Identity in a Post-2013 Context

October 2, 2024

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Search for Identity in a Post-2013 Context

Lucia Ardovini
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Lucia Ardovini to discuss the Brotherhood’s search for identity in a post-2013 context. This episode was origin…

Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza, "Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the Qur'an: A Patronage of Piety" (Oxford UP/Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2023)

September 26, 2024

Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the Qur'an

Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza
Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani

In their book Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the Qur’an: A Patronage of Piety (Oxford UP/Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2024), Karen Bauer and…