On Friday 12 April, the Netherlands Interuniversity School of Islamic Studies (NISIS) organised a seminar on Islamic philosophy at and in collaboration with Radboud University, Nijmegen. It started with introductions by Professor Carla Rita Palmerino, the director of research and head of the department of the History of Philosophy (both at the Faculty of Philosophy,…

Opiniestuk uit het NRC van zaterdag 24 februari 2024, door Thijl Sunier, emeritus hoogleraar antropologie aan de Vrije Universiteit met de leerstoel ‘Islam in Europese samenlevingen’ en bestuursvoorzitter van Onderzoekschool NISIS. Foto: Marten van Dijl/ ANP  

THIS CALL WAS CLOSED ON MAY 1st. We don’t accept any registrations received after the closing date. Peripheral Islam: Muslims on the Geographical, Normative, Political and Religious Margins When picturing the mainstream of Islam, many people will think of Arabs from the Middle East. While the latter area is clearly the first region in which…

Call for Paper – Deadline March 1, 2024 Beyond Binaries: Intersex in Premodern Islamic Legal, Medical, and Literary Discourses On 26 June 2024, I am organising an international conference entitled “Beyond Binaries: Intersex in Premodern Islamic Legal, Medical, and Literary Discourses” at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. This conference is…