Participation in Zoom-Panel on “Authority in the Globalised Muslim World”
The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh marks his 10th anniversary with a series of…
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New Review of “In a Pure Muslim Land” in Religious Studies Reviews
Syed Rizwan Zamir (Davidson College) has reviewed In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi’ism between Pakistan and the Middle East for Religious Studies Review: “This study…
Talk on Pakistan and the Iranian Revolution (on Zoom)
On Monday, November 16, I will have the pleasure of offering some thoughts on how the Iranian Revolution was read and debated among Sunni Islamist…
Featured host of @Tweetistorian
In the week from September 28 until October 4, I have the pleasure to guest-tweet on the “Tweeting Historians” Twitter account (@tweetistorian). For the week,…
Videos of “Islamic Socialism in the Global South” online
Our first session on Islamic Socialism in Turkey took place yesterday, September 14. Dr. Layli Uddin (King’s College London) and I talked with with İhsan…
The Middle East as an Utopian Space? Zurich, 19 October (in German)
Zionismus, Sozialismus, Panarabismus, Islamische Republik: Der Nahe Osten und seine Geschichte im Verlauf des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts sind von utopischen Ideologien und Gedanken geprägt. Doch heute…
Series of Webinars on “Islamic Socialism in the Global South”
Please mark your calendars: Dr. Layli Uddin and I have convened a series of webinars on “Islamic Socialism in the Global South” from 14-18 September.…
“In a Pure Muslim Land” reviewed by Ali Usman Qasmi in his essay covering recent literature on Islam and State in Pakistan for H-Soz-Kult
Ali Usman Qasmi (LUMS, Lahore) has reviewed In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi’ism between Pakistan and the Middle East along with Umber bin Ibad’s Sufi…
Workshop on Digital Humanities and the Middle East
Together with my colleagues Valeska Huber (Free University Berlin) and Isabelle Dolezalek (University of Greifswald), I have organized a workshop entitled “Hack the Middle East”:…
New Review of In a Pure Muslim Land in “South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies”
Adam Bobeck (University of Leipzig) has reviewed In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi’ism between Pakistan and the Middle East for South Asia. He writes: “The…