New Books in Islamic Studies
Interviews with Scholars of Islam about their New Books
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 858
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Lauren E. Osborne, "Hearing Islam: The Sounds of a Global Religious Tradition" (Routledge, 2024)
In Hearing Islam: The Sounds of a Global Religious Tradition, Lauren Osborne delves into the sonic dimensions of Islam, exploring how the tradition’s rich soundscape offers deep insights into culture…
01:37:18 |
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Nadira Khatun, "Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity: Production, Representation, and Reception" (Oxford UP, 2024)
In Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity: Production, Representation, and Reception (Oxford UP, 2024), Nadira Khatun explores the contentious Muslim identity in contemporary India as reflected i…
00:44:26 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Exploring Muslim Sicily with Nuha Alshaar and Shainool Jiwa
In this episode Saeed Khan and Hizer Mir take a trip to Muslim Sicily, via a new book edited by Nuha Alshaar. They are also joined for this conversation by Shainool Jiwa, one of the authors whose wor…
00:53:00 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Alcohol
In this episode of High Theory, Nina Studer tells us about alcohol. The restrictions and prohibitions, medical and moral discourses surrounding alcohol reveal a great deal about a given society in a …
00:20:00 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Asim Qureshi and Walaa Quisay, "When Only God Can See: The Faith of Muslim Political Prisoners" (Pluto Press, 2024)
When Only God Can See: The Faith of Muslim Political Prisoners (Pluto Press, 2024), uncovers the unique experiences of Muslim political prisoners held in Egypt and under US custody at Guantanamo Bay …
00:57:59 |
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Aliyah Khan on the Muslim Caribbean
In this episode, Saeed Khan and Chella Ward sat down with Dr Aliyah Khan to discuss Muslimness in the Caribbean, drawing on Aliyah’s book Far From Mecca and ongoing important work in this area. This …
00:51:59 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Adnan Husain on Reorienting History
In this episode, Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid talked to Adnan Husain about some of the challenges involved in reorienting history. We spoke about the opportunities and limitations of the idea of ‘th…
01:16:05 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Kecia Ali, "The Woman Question in Islamic Studies" (Princeton UP, 2024)
In The Woman Question in Islamic Studies (Princeton UP, 2024), the Introduction of which is available at the publisher's website, Kecia Ali delves into the deeply entrenched ways sexism continues to …
01:22:43 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Samar Al-Bulushi, "War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenya, the United States, and the War on Terror" (Stanford UP, 2024)
Since Kenya's invasion of Somalia in 2011, the Kenyan state has been engaged in direct combat with the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab, conducting airstrikes in southern Somalia and deploying heavy-…
01:05:44 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Erik Freas, "Palestine's Christians and the Nationalist Cause: The Late Ottoman and Mandatory Periods" (Routledge, 2024)
Palestine's Christians and the Nationalist Cause: The Late Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (Routledge, 2024) provides an historical overview of Palestine's Christian communities and their role in the P…
01:12:48 |
Sun 16 Feb 2025
Professor Priyamvada Gopal on Anticolonial Resistance
In this episode Chella Ward and Salman Sayyid talked to Professor Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the University of Cambridge. We talked about her important work on anticolonia…
00:57:52 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
In Conversation: Decolonial Activism and Islamophobia in France
In this episode, Amina Easat-Daas interviews Houria Bouteldja on decolonial activism and Islamophobia in France.
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00:45:37 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
William Gallois, "Qayrawan: The Amuletic City" (Penn State UP, 2024)
William Gallois joins the podcast to discuss his latest book, Qayrawān: The Amuletic City, published by The Pennsylvania State University Press in 2024.
Qayrawān: The Amuletic City investigates the f…
00:42:51 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
In Conversation: PREVENT (Preventing Violent Extremism), Academia and Representation
In this episode of In Conversation, Claudia Radiven talks with Abdul-Basit Shaikh on PREVENT (Preventing Violent Extremism), academia and representation.
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00:34:07 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Ayesha Jalal, "Muslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia" (Routledge, 2025)
In Ayesha Jalal’s latest work Muslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia (Routledge, 2024) readers are introduced to the “roshan khayali” (enlightened thought) of South Asian Muslim thinkers spanning f…
00:44:15 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Cyrus Ali Zargar, "The Ethics of Karbala: Myths, Modernity, and Virtues of Nobility" (Routledge, 2024)
The Ethics of Karbala: Myths, Modernity, and Virtues of Nobility (Routledge, 2024) investigates the relationship between sacred narratives and the development of character. Focusing on the warrior et…
01:01:24 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
In Conversation: Islamic Architecture and Europe
In this episode, Ismail Patel speaks with Diana Darke about her new book, “Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture shaped Europe”.
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00:41:12 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
In Conversation: The Far Right and Muslims
In this episode, Ismail Patel talks with Lars Erik Berntzen on the Far Right and the expansion of anti-Muslim sentiment within it.
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00:43:38 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
In Conversation: Epistemology, Critical Race Theory and Critical Muslim Studies
In this episode, Uzma Jamil is speaking to Stephen Sheehi on epistemology, critical race theory and critical Muslim studies.
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00:39:56 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Oishik Sircar, "Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India (Cambridge UP, 2024) tells a story about the relationship between secular law and religious violence by studying the memorialis…
01:32:01 |
Sun 29 Dec 2024
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