Richard Hoffman, chairman of the history department at San Francisco State University, has been asking for years for money to hire an Islamic studies professor. Before Sept. 11, it was an uphill ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Denise A. Spellberg, a professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, headlined the ...

Courses in the Islamic Studies Pathway investigate Islam not only as a religion but also as a civilization and as a variety of cultural traditions, which have taken diverse forms in Muslim societies ...

Brown archaeologists have uncovered new evidence of a medieval Islamic settlement documented on the island of Menorca, Spain ...

Islamic studies are a wide umbrella term covering a number of areas of interest. It broadly refers to the study of Islam and its philosophy as well as the various aspects of academic knowledge that ...

Nasr abu Zeid does a passable job of hiding his bitterness behind a warm smile. But after six years here, a continent away from his homeland, he cannot conceal his anger. Mr. Abu Zeid’s story is the ...