At an upcoming lecture at the Divinity School, University of Exeter scholar Robert Gleave will delve into a complex and often misunderstood area of Islamic studies: the role of violence in Islamic ...

The interdepartmental program in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) has been discontinued and returned to a track (Arabic and Islamic Studies) in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS). The ...

UCLA is home to the nation’s oldest graduate Islamic Studies program. It has the only such program available on the West Coast and also boasts one of the largest Islamic Studies library collections in ...

Caitlyn Olson is a scholar of Islamic history in Northwest Africa between the 14th and 18th centuries. Her research focuses on the intellectual, social, and pedagogical histories of the Ash'ari school ...

The interdisciplinary minor in Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (AIMES) provides an introduction to the various cultures, peoples, and religions---Muslim, Jewish, and Christian, in addition ...

For two years, admissions to UCLA’s small Islamic studies program have been frozen, pending a reorganization. Now, students say they fear that the program, among the oldest in the country focused on a ...

On March 14 and 15, CCMS again hosted the annual Middle East and Islamic Studies Consortium student conference. The conference included 8 student panels, a keynote on decolonizing knowledge, a book ...