I picked this up at a second-hand shop in rural Australia. It's probably a bit out of date now, but I'm still happy to have found it!

Some Arabic students at my department made this fun video about breakfast in Taiwan and asked me to share it. My average breakfast comprises a single banana and a protein bar, so here I learned what I have been missing out on 😂 youtu.be/b9VXI3zerHc?...

Drawn by a cheeky student of mine during the 10min break when I briefly left the classroom!

video www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyU5...

My new article for the Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association is now available online (open access): “On the Historicity of ʿUthmān’s Canonization of the Qur’an, Part 1: The State of the Field” www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

I received the proofs for a forthcoming article of mine in JIQSA. I've published a few articles before, but seeing my own words in that distinctive De Gruyter font was a new experience. It kind of came as a shock actually 😂

New Blog Post: "Did Muhammad Exist? An Academic Response to a Popular Question" islamicorigins.com/did-muhammad...

In an hour and a half (1pm Melbourne time), I am giving an online talk for the National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne. "‘Compose the Qurʾan like Gabriel composed it’: Making sense of a misunderstood hadith" Attend here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/compose-th...

We had a phenomenal and insightful conversation with Philip Wood about his book The Imam of the Christians. youtu.be/mt0PmDO8acU?...

Taking place Wednesday, February 19, online! arts-ed.csu.edu.au/centres/cisa...

Just uploaded to the History for Atheists video channel, my interview with Dr Nathan Johnstone on his book *The New Atheism, Myth and History* and bad anti-theistic historiography. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X5b...

Just a reminder that on February 1st we will be hosting an AMA with @koutchoukalimar.bsky.social over at AcademicQuran. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

wow, it's up already! watch me talk about things....? www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbQY...

Post asking about @islamicorigins.bsky.social Joshua Little's thesis on the Hadith concerning Aisha's age on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...

Any Fatimid historian here so far? Just trying to get an idea about how popular our field is 🤭

WE ARE HIRING - TWO RESEARCH ASSOCIATES FOR 15 MONTHS We are looking for someone who can use their expertise in ancient languages such as Coptic, Syriac, or Middle Persian to investigate late antique / early medieval sources for domestic slavery. Apply here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11...

My favourite Islamic Studies podcast. Give the hosts a follow: @terodotus.bsky.social @roxannairani.bsky.social

I'm guesting a podcast tomorrow (Sképislamica! dunno when the ep. will be out though) and the interviewers just sent me their questions and when I say they READ my book--I don't think I'll get this thorough engagement from formal reviewers. This is truly so precious to me, I'm really grateful. 🥲

Excellent article on the Aisha Hadith, Sunni Orthodoxy, and Islamophobia by historian Joshua Little: islamicorigins.com/why-i-studie...

My current project is collecting a database of vocalised Quranic manuscripts, to study which reading traditions they reflect. A large number (likely the majority) do not represent any known reading traditions from the literary tradition. A thread on one such a reading type. 🧵

Traditional Christmas Huntsman

Use code DGBHOLIDAY to get 30% off preorder of my new book, Rethinking the Qur'an in Late Antiquity www.degruyter.com/document/isb...

I'm starting to see the appeal of musicals youtu.be/5JLX_QQEMRo?...

Ibn Muǧāhid is widely regarded as the canonizer of the seven reading traditions, but if you actually look at the ʾIsnāds through which people trace the readings he barely visible. How come? 🧵

New volume of Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists Vol. 32 (2024) journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al... @alusuralwusta.bsky.social #openaccess @medievalqabq.bsky.social

Post announcing an upcoming AMA with Pre-Islamic poetry scholar Nathaniel Miller on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...

NEW PUBLICATION: "The Evolution of Maghribī Vocalisation" in which I identify a large group of Kufi manuscripts that represent the canonical reading tradition of Warš ʿan Nāfiʿ, and explore how it is represented in their vocalisation. doi.org/10.1163/9789... 🧵

NEW PUBLICATION: I was asked to write for the Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān the entry on Solecisms in the Qurʾān. I used the opportunity to talk about something other than the same tired old verses (Q4:162; Q6:70; Q20:63) doi.org/10.1163/1875-3922_EQO_EQCOM_062347

Joshua Little on where biographical information in rijal literature comes from islamicorigins.com/revisiting-t...

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Post featuring series of links to a podcast interview by Rob Wood with Joshua Little @islamicorigins.bsky.social on r/AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...

Apparently there’s a 50% off sale this weekend at Edinburgh University Press, including my recent book **Traces of the Prophets: Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam** The discount brings it down to a more reasonable, if still a bit much, $55. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-traces-...

I recently went on the Church Coffee podcast to discuss the historical Muhammad: open.spotify.com/episode/2TaL...

Just put up my post for the AMA that I'll do over at r/academicislam. I will only start answering questions tomorrow, but you can already start thinking about things to ask and post them! www.reddit.com/r/academicis...

The 50% off St Andrew's Day Sale is returning this weekend (Sat 30th Nov and Sunday 1st Dec). This would be a great time to pick up titles in Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology. The deal should also apply to pre-orders. edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...

A colleague recently pointed out to me that the Prophet’s wife Ṣafiyyah had a suspicious name: her name literally means “spoil of war”, and as it happens, she was reportedly taken by the Prophet as a spoil of war (i.e., a literal ṣafiyyah) on the day he conquered the Jewish settlement of Khaybar.

Post announcing a free online version of Robert Hoyland’s Arabia and the Arabs on r/AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicQu...

“The Gaza Strip is a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations has said. Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 17,400 children in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials. That is one child killed every 30 minutes.” www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...

Currently thinking about the origins of the famous "black banners" theme in Hadith, and exploring reports of the earliest use of black banners by rebels and revolutionaries against the Umayyads.

A project long in the making: an Open Access collection of translated Arabic and Persian texts from c.600-1500 CE on varied aspects of sensory history throughout the Islamic world. Includes Qur’an, hadith, al-Jāḥiẓ, Ibn Sīnā, al-Ghazālī, Rūmī & many more t.co/eRir2mywLl

What more could you want from the Middle East Medievalists Bluesky than a Middle East Medievalists starter pack? Connect with Middle East Medievalists MEMbers on Bluesky. If you are a MEMber of MEM and want to be included, let us know. go.bsky.app/PFgkbsW

I was on public transport for a few hours today, without my computer; and so, without anything better to do, I ended up drafting the title, outline, and introduction for a new journal article my phone. (I've done the necessary collation and ICMA work for it already.)

A really interesting recent article: it gives several convincing examples of deliberate alterations made to the wordings of hadiths, caused by differences in theology and doctrine among Muslim groups of the first centuries, such as the Shīʿa, Ahl al-Raʾy, and Muʿtazila

Many people have strong views about the Great Library of Alexandria, and they let these be known on social media. This is despite the fact what they think they know about this subject is lagely garbage. No, it was not the sole repository of ancient knowledge. No, it was not as large as pop ...

If you are into academic Islamic/Quranic studies, you owe it to yourself to follow @chonkshonk.bsky.social . He's my partner in crime on r/AcademicQuran and always has a lot of excellent insights and reblogs cool stuff. Follow him, or I'm going to go to your house and make you feel unsafe. Loljk

Working on: 1. The identity of the Quran's canonizer. Keep thinking about: 2. The origins and development of Hadith criticism.