Mohammed (PBUH) in History, Thought, and Culture

ABC-CLIO is in the process of compiling a comprehensive two-volume Encyclopedia on the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his impact on world thought and culture. If interested in contributing to this publication, continue reading here for a list of desired topics and other relevant information. I hope those who are qualified to write about the Prophet's life will not pass up this unique opportunity to share their knowledge with a mostly Western readership.

Islam and Modernity

Intellectual Discourse, a publication of the International Islamic University Malaysia, is seeking papers based on the following themes:

• Tradition and modernity from the Islamic perspective
• Islam and secularization
• Islamizing modernity or modernizing Islam?
• Responses of Islamic movements to modernity
• Effects of modernity on people’s well-being
• Persistence of tradition in the face of modernity
• Modernity and the crisis of identity
• State and religion in the age of modernity

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Changes After 9/11

Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts is seeking papers on how the events of 9/11 "have framed how we address race, religion and national origin in the policy and public realms."

Topics of interest include:

• How has 9/11 changed the way that we think about race, religion, national origin, and immigration status in the United States and abroad?
• What tools and strategies have been used by community activists to sustain and build community during and after the 9/11 moment?
• What impacts does being targeted as “suspect” by the United States government have on an individual? A family? A community?
• What are some of the success stories around coalition-building and race relations that have occurred since 9/11?
• What lasting impacts, if any, have the events of 9/11 and their aftermath had on relationships between racial and ethnic minority communities in the United States or abroad?
• What lasting impacts, if any, have 9/11 and the subsequent decade-long, global War on Terror had on the political consciousness of Arab American, South Asian, Muslim and/or Sikh communities inside or outside the United States?

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Review Books for an Academic Journal

The Journal of Middle East Women's Studies is "looking for authors who would like to write book reviews for a recently published books relating to gender in the Middle East and North Africa."

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The Muslim World

The Muslim World is another academic journal published twice a year. According to its website, the journal "provides articles written by qualified specialists in the area of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations."

See these Guidelines for Writers for more information.

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

According to its website, the International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management publishes "high quality, peer-reviewed articles which explore contemporary research issues and trends within Islamic and Middle Eastern finance and management, bridging the results of research and product development within the field to the attention of the business management community."

See these Guidelines for Writers for more information.

Publications Manager for the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is seeking a full-time Publications Manager who will be responsible for the production, editing and quality of the Centre's publications, which currently include the Journal of Islamic Studies and The Makers of Islamic Civilization series.

The salary offered will be in the range of £27,393-£36,052.

Read more about this opportunity here.