I don't understand how some academics can write harsh critiques attacking the academic integrity of their colleagues when they engage in the same behavior they criticize. How can one have such a lack of self-awareness? #academicsky

An interesting discovery: In 1081/1670, Shaykha Fāṭima al-Kūrāniyya, mother of Muḥammad b. Rasūl al-Barzanjī (d. 1103/1692), issued an ijāza ʿāmma to a group of prominent scholars at her son’s house in Medina, authorizing the transmission of several major ḥadīth collections.

I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries

Call for Applications: Chagatai Manuscript Reading Course Between 29 June and 3 July, the International Summer Academy Chagatai Manuscript Reading Course will take place in Münster. Organised jointly by...

Beyond the Codex: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Manuscript Cultures 21.01.2026, 5p.m (online) Daniel Beben (Nazarbayev University) How to read a genealogical text: The Persianate nasab tradition as cultural archive and social practice orientalistik.univie.ac.at/fachrichtung...

And another Alam-Subrahamanyam is also arriving in Feburary...a feast for historians of the Mughal world! sunypress.edu/Books/M/Mirr...

Absolutely cannot wait to see this come out next month. The editors - Asad Ahmed and his students at Berkeley - are doing groundbreaking work on the intellectual history of the Timurid/Mughal period... resolve.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

For all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo

Vortrag in Münster am 22.01.2026 um 18 Uhr Wenn Genealogie sichtbar wird: Stammbäume im frühneuzeitlichen Nordafrika @fb09public.bsky.social

Manuscript Culture Workshops V: Endowment Notes | Yazma Eser Kültürü Atölyesi V: Vakıf Kayıtları Date: Saturday, 10 January 2026 (10 am–1 pm, in person and online) Organisation: Yazma Eserler Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (Istanbul)

No need to stress about picking the best seat at the Christmas table, for my latest publication comes to the rescue: "The Art of Picking the Best Seat: From Seating Positions at a Muslim Majlis to Hindu vāstu śāstra," International Journal of Divination & Prognostication 6 (2025): 191-254.

Using Jmail, you can read thousands of Jeffrey Epstein's emails in a familiar format. Use the star function to highlight notable finds. wrd.cm/49u9pdF

MORGEN Vortrag von Nadine El-Hussein über "Political Poetry in al-Andalus and the Maghreb during the Almohad Period" bei der 💻 hybriden internationalen Konferenz "Poetry and Knowledge" an der @uni-muenster.de 🗓️ 22.11.2025 ⏰ 11:00 Uhr 🔗 Informationen & Link zur Online-Teilnahme: is.gd/bApwZI

Starting today at 2:30 p.m. CET. Registration for online participation is still open!

This is a 18th-c. ceramic from Çanakkale, I'm told. Does anyone recognize the shape above the number 25? (or is it 35, manuscript-like?)

Zur internationalen Konferenz "Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)" lädt das Institut für #Arabistik und #Islamwissenschaft @uni-muenster.de alle Interessierten vom 20. bis 22.11. herzlich ein. Teilnahme vor Ort oder via Zoom: uni.ms/vdk9w

Zum Jahrestag meines endgültigen Bruchs mit dem deutschen Drehbuch habe ich meine Kolumne fürs Magazin der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social eingeweiht: www.fr.de/kultur/debor...

Ever been overwhelmed by remembering how to do your laundry, make inks, *and* keep mice out of the house? I‘ve got you covered with some fun rhyming recipes! recipes.hypotheses.org/26676

Hybrid Conference: “Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)” Nov 20–22, 2025 | Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Münster Program & registration: uni.ms/poetry-and-knowledge You are warmly welcome to join us - on site or online!

(2/2) If any one would be willing to write a letter of support explaining the value of these educational tools - I would very much appreciate it and would add it to my tenure packet. Reach out to me in a message if you are able to help with this!

(1/2) Hi folks, haven't posted in a bit as things have been a bit fast paced this term. However, I have a favor to ask - I am going up for Tenure at CCSU this year and I know over the years that many people have used The Hajj Trail (or even the Seyahat Demo) in their courses...

Exklusiv: Deutsche Leitmedien berichten weit häufiger über Gewalttaten von Ausländern, als es ihrem Anteil in der Kriminalstatistik entspricht. Das zeigt die neue Studie des Journalismusprof. Hestermann. Die Überrepräsentation ist stärker denn je zuvor: mediendienst-integration.de/artikel/ausl...

Das Institut für #Arabistik und #Islamwissenschaft @uni-muenster.de lädt alle Interessierten zu seiner Wintervortragsreihe ein. Die Reihe startet am 23. Oktober mit einem Vortrag von Dr. Tobias Mörike (Wien) über Sammlungen der deutschen Palästinaforschung. Beginn ist um 18:15 Uhr. ➡️ uni.ms/9fdyz

Herzliche Einladung zur Wintervortragsreihe am Institut für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft in Münster! U.a. mit Claire Gallien, die im Wintersemester zu Gast in Münster sein wird. @fb09public.bsky.social

Morgen, 25.09.25, 19 Uhr: Lesung aus „Leben in der Schwebe“ und Diskussion mit Atef Abu Saif, ehemals Kultusminister der Palästinensischen Autonomiebehörde und Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Al-Azhar-Universität Gaza. Institut für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft, Schlaunstr. 2, Münster.

🔴 Reconnaissance de la Palestine : plus de cinquante mairies ont hissé le drapeau palestinien pour le moment Suivre notre direct : bit.ly/48ouLsg

"Israel has committed genocide in #Gaza" - concludes UN Commission of Inquiry. All states have legal obligations to end the genocide & punish those responsible. "The absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity" www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #HRC60

I'm glad to be in Lund tomorrow for this exciting summer school on the history of knowledge, before heading further north this weekend. 🏕 Also took the obligatory tourist photo in Copenhagen today.✌️

Author copies arrived today! 😍🥳 #dh #bookhistory #medievalsky

I’m thrilled to share my first-ever academic publication, in volume 10 of Philological Encounters, entitled “The Philological Philanthropy of Muḥammad Naṣīf (1885–1971): Arabic Editions, Salafi Islam, and State-making in the Hijaz.” doi.org/10.1163/2451...

Hey if you‘re someone who does that I will never work with you again and tell everyone

👁️ The Library of Trinity College Dublin is currently advertising a position as Project Archivist to work on the collection of Arabic and Islamic Manuscripts. The post is temporary, and subject to extension if further funding can be secured. Read more: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

So werden es ganz sicher #bessereZeiten ... Gesehen in Münster.

We welcome Dr. Alba Fedeli (@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social) to Münster this week. She examined 3 Qur'an fragments from our institute's collection and will present her findings. If you are nearby, come join us! @fb09public.bsky.social Thursday, June 26, 2025, 6:15 pm Schlaunstraße 2, RS 225 (2nd floor)

Looking forward to attending #EuARe2025 in Vienna this year! I’ll join a panel organized by Claire Gallien: "A Culture of Certainty: Islam, Knowledge, and the Search for Truth in Unstable and Uncertain Times." Abstract & full program: nataliekraneiss.com/euare2025/ #IslamicStudies

The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding (19.06.2025) zenodo.org/records/1569...

This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays

Reminder: Only 4 days left! The deadline for submissions is this Sunday, June 1.

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

The University of Murcia is offering an Erasmus+ traineeship for a Standard and Native Moroccan Arabic speaker graduate to develop his/her skills as a language assistant with interest in the application of the Integrated Approach to the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language.

Mapping Manuscript Migrations (MMM) is a semantic portal for finding/studying pre-modern manuscripts and their movements, based on linked collections of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, the Bodleian Libraries, and the Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes. #siteoftheweek

I've been writing a bit about the items that appear on the cover of my book (out July 2). The multiplicity of meaning and power that genealogy encompassed in early America is all there, in some pieces more explicitly than others. 1/

You know it's time for a LONG break when you start dreaming about your sources.

Today, I woke up with a complete outline of a chapter section in my mind. I wrote down everything that came to me while I was sleeping. And did more research. It's night now and I had not planned to work on my thesis today at all. #phdsky #exhausted

50 hours later, I have finished reading the audio book!

Deadline approaching: We are accepting submissions for our conference "Poetry and Knowledge" until June 1, 2025. We welcome abstracts on all fields and forms of knowledge. Papers on core areas of Islamic knowledge—such as Qur'anic studies, Hadith studies, and Islamic law—are especially encouraged.

This is finally seeing the light of day! I am looking forward to reading it. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/genealogi...

Ilyes Mechentel continues his series on digital Arabic studies in France with an exploration of developments in Arabic #HTR 🔍📜 #DigitalHumanities #Arabic #ArabicManuscripts #history digitalorientalist.com/2025/04/22/a...

Le portrait d’un enfant palestinien amputé remporte le premier prix du World Press Photo 2025