Islamic Studies
Folks working on the Islamic tradition and its history in all regions and periods, broadly defined
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@matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
@ajab.bsky.social
Professor of sundry Persianate things. I write about language, literature, history, philology, politics. Twitter @yakabikaj
@ashraf1974108.bsky.social
Lecturer of Arabic. BA & MA in Arabic and Islamic Studies, PhD in Arabic Studies.
@ramonharvey.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Cambridge Muslim College | Maturidi and Husserl | Editor: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology: http://bit.ly/3DLOOB5
@medievalqabq.bsky.social
editor of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social historian of Umayyad & early Abbasid rule in Armenia & Caucasian Albania currently working on marriage and matriliny in the Khazar Khaganate associate prof at Columbia University
@mlawrencepayne.bsky.social
Translator and historian | PhD from Brown University | Writing about al-Jāḥiẓ, animals, race, and enslavement | Interested in early Islam and late antique Christianity. https://www.mlawrencepayne.com
@wrhofmann.bsky.social
Research Associate, SASU, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London Historian of music and poetry in Islam in South Asia / Sufi, Nizari Ismaili, and Shi'a devotional thought and practice Working on a monograph: Amir Khusraw and Sufi Ecologies of Song (EUP)
@phdnix.bsky.social
Historical Linguist; Working on Quranic Arabic and the linguistic history of Arabic and Tamazight. Game designer for Team18k
@conordube.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate at Harvard NELC working on the history of Qurʾānic interpretation in the Islamic West. Rock climber in my spare time.
@gloqur.bsky.social
ERC-funded research project @UniFreiburg on the modern history of Muslim Qur'an translation. PI: Johanna Pink. https://gloqur.de
@jabunna.bsky.social
Prof of Islamic Studies @UniFreiburg. Mostly busy with GloQur–The Global Qur'an. And three children. And my chili 🌶 plants. Current mood: Trying to write a global history of modern Muslim Qur'an translation. 🤩 Being kept from finishing by admin work.😤
@psardor.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate @oeaw | Editor of JESHO and JCAH | Chairman of the Committee for the Study of Islam in Central Eurasia https://www.oeaw.ac.at/sice/ Author of "A Soviet Sultanate: Islam in Socialist Uzbekistan"
@mchidarazvi.bsky.social
Mughal Art & Architectural Historian; Specialist Lecturer on Cultural Tours; Associate Editor, International Journal of Islamic Architecture.
@misbah-hyder.bsky.social
Pedagogy nerd who thinks about agency, peacebuilding, & Islam. 🕌 Diagnosed as a high-performing paradox… 👀
@stephenniem.bsky.social
Assoc prof of Islamic art at UT Austin, 24-25 NEH Fellow, Syria, archaeology, heritage. Formerly world-renowned author of "The Citizen Kane of Islam-centric cat-themed Twitter threads", now making an Arabic/English digital game set in 8th c. Syria
@ryanjosephlynch.com
Professor of Islamic History @ColumbusState. Work on the Islamic state throughout history. Love tech + games + punk rock. Writing a book about history in games. ryanjosephlynch.com
@adambursi.bsky.social
Editorial at Fortress Press. Research on relics/senses/material religion in late antiquity and early Islam. Wrote a book: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-traces-of-the-prophets.html We should improve society somewhat
@rhigarthjones.bsky.social
Burnley girl in 🇩🇰, PhD in early Abbasid visual language of power & relationship to Rome, general geek, chronically ill. 'Stealthily whimsical'. I want to live on a boat again. She/her. *All Roads Lead to Rome* out May 2025 with Aurum Press.
@islamicorigins.bsky.social
Historian | Islamic origins, Hadith, textual criticism | Research Fellow at RUG | DPhil from Oxford | anti-imperialism, anti-Islamophobia https://islamicorigins.com
@jricole.bsky.social
Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics; Signal: Juan Cole
@islamtexts.bsky.social
Islamic studies researcher ⚡ Sharing beautiful & fascinating Islamic art, thought and history. ✨ Original translations of Classical Arabic https://www.readingislamictexts.com #islam #quran #hadith #sufi #arabic #calligraphy #art #manuscript #islamic
@audreytruschke.bsky.social
Professor of South Asian history Rutgers-Newark | Anti-fascist | pro-education | https://www.audreytruschke.com/ | https://princeton.press/8r8idcye
@simonwfuchs.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Islam in South Asia and the Middle East at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem // Author of "In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East" (UNC Press, 2019) // www.simonwolfgangfuchs.com
@matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Author of two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions mine. 13.1🏃🏼♂️✅, next up 26.