Islamic Studies

Islamic Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Islam about their new books.

Rosemary Pennington, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media" (Indiana UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Pop Islam

Rosemary Pennington
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier

As Muslim American representation becomes more prominent in popular culture, how are they continued to be portrayed? Rosemary Pennington's new book …

Muslimness in Books for Young Readers: A Chat with A. M. Dassu

July 25, 2024

Muslimness in Books for Young Readers

A. M. Dassu
Hosted by Radio Reorient

Persevering with our literary theme this season, in this episode Claudia Radiven and Chella Ward chat to A. M. Dassu about her books for young readers…

World History and the Islamicate: A Conversation with Richard Bulliet

July 24, 2024

World History and the Islamicate

Richard Bulliet
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode, Richard Bulliet talks about his work in world and Islamicate history. This interview was originally published on May 24, 2019. …

Muslim Literacies in China

July 23, 2024

Muslim Literacies in China

Ibrar Bhatt

Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr Ibrar Bhatt about heritage literacies, particularly as they are practiced by Chinese Muslims. Bhatt is the author of A S…

Orientalism in Representations of Muslims: A Discussion with Laury Silvers

July 18, 2024

Orientalism in Representations of Muslims

Laury Silvers
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode of Radio ReOrient we return to the literary theme of this season, to explore the work of Laury Silvers. Laury is the author of many …

Mahjabeen Dhala, "Feminist Theology and Social Justice in Islam: A Study on the Sermon of Fatima" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

July 17, 2024

Feminist Theology and Social Justice in Islam

Mahjabeen Dhala
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier

Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, has an interesting legacy, one that is often shaped by sectarian differences and tensions. The sermon of Fat…

Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg, "The Abrahamic Vernacular" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

July 16, 2024

The Abrahamic Vernacular

Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Contemporary thought typically places a strong emphasis on the exclusive and competitive nature of Abrahamic monotheisms. This instinct is certainly b…

Walaa Quisay, "Neo-Traditionalism in Islam in the West" (Edinburgh UP, 2023)

July 12, 2024

Neo-Traditionalism in Islam in the West

Walaa Quisay
Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani

In this very exciting book that I couldn’t put down - Neo-Traditionalism in Islam in the West: Orthodoxy, Spirituality, and Politics (Edinburgh Univer…

Muslims in the Manosphere; A Discussion with Shareef Muhammad

July 11, 2024

Muslims in the Manosphere

Shareef Muhammad
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode Hizer Mir and his co-author Sahar Ghumkhor talk to Shareef Muhammad about the phenomenon of Muslims in the Manosphere. Shareef is a sc…

Secularism, the State, and Islam

July 10, 2024

Secularism, the State, and Islam

Nadia Fadil
Hosted by Radio Reorient

An interview with Dr. Nadia Fadil who speaks about secularism the state and Islam. We delve into questions such as what it means to call Islam a lived…

Hindutva and the Muslim Subject

July 4, 2024

Hindutva and the Muslim Subject

Sheheen Kattiparambil and Shvetal Vyas Pare
Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode we celebrate the release of a special issue of the ReOrient journal, ‘Hindutva and the Muslim Subject’, edited by Sheheen Kattiparambi…

On Iqbal, Philosophy and Language

July 3, 2024

On Iqbal, Philosophy and Language

Sabrina Lei
Hosted by Radio Reorient

Dr Sabrina Lei, Director of Tawasul Europe Centre for Dialogue and Research, is an emerging Italian Muslim philosopher and thinker. Trained in Latin,…

Post-Orientalism Revisited: A Conversation with Salman Sayyid

June 27, 2024

Post-Orientalism Revisited

Hizer Mir and Salman Sayyid
Hosted by Radio Reorient

The third episode of this season of Radio ReOrient continues our project this season of returning to the first principles of Critical Muslim Studies. …

American Muslim Women on Campus

June 26, 2024

American Muslim Women on Campus

Shabana Mir
Hosted by Radio Reorient

A conversation with award-winning academic Dr. Shabana Mir discussing her book Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life and Identity…

Post-Positivism Revisited: A Discussion with Salman Sayyid

June 24, 2024

Post-Positivism Revisited: A Discussion with Salman Sayyid

Salman Sayyid
Hosted by Radio Reorient

This episode is the first of three special episodes in this season of Radio ReOrient in which we look back on the first principles of Critical Muslim …

Critical Muslim Studies: Post Orientalism

June 19, 2024

Critical Muslim Studies: Post Orientalism

Salman Sayyid
Hosted by Radio Reorient

An interview with Prof. Salman Sayyid on post-orientalism, what it means and its place in Critical Muslim Studies. This interview was originally pub…

Tahera Qutbuddin, trans., "Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī" (Brill, 2024)

June 18, 2024

Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī

Tahera Qutbuddin, trans.
Hosted by SherAli Tareen

Nahj al-Balagha is among the most powerful, consequential, and linguistically brilliant masterpieces of Arabic and of Islamic thought and literature. …

Carl Ernst and Patrick D'Silva, "Breathtaking Revelations: The Science of Breath from 'The Fifty Kamarupa Verses' to Hazrat Inayat Khan" (Suluk Press, 2024)

June 14, 2024

Breathtaking Revelations

Carl Ernst and Patrick D'Silva
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier

In Breathtaking Revelations: The Science of Breath from the Fifty Kamarupa Verses to Hazrat Inayat Khan (Suluk Press, 2024), Carl W. Ernst and Patrick…

Critical Muslim Studies: Decoloniality

June 12, 2024

Critical Muslim Studies: Decoloniality

Salman Sayyid
Hosted by Radio Reorient

An interview with Salman Sayyid about decoloniality and its place in Critical Muslim Studies. This episode was originally published on April 2, 2019…

Shakespeare Through Islamic Worlds

June 11, 2024

Shakespeare Through Islamic Worlds

Ambereen Dadabhoy
Hosted by Radio Reorient

Radio ReOrient is back for another season, and this time Hizer Mir is joined by a new team of hosts: Claudia Radiven, Saeed Khan and Chella Ward. In t…