Join our upcoming Islamic History Workshop and explore Singapore's Islamic Pasts: Alexanders in an Island Below the Winds.

Join our upcoming Islamic History Workshop and delve into the intricacies of early modern Persian chronicles, dissecting the artistry of “dibachah” and unraveling the mysteries of “khatimah”.

Join Associate Professor Nancy Khalek for the second Islamic History Workshop of the semester on Thursday November 09 at 4:10pm in Knox Hall, 207.

Join Professor John Tolan for the first Islamic History Workshop of the semester on Wednesday, September 27th at 4:10pm in Knox Hall, 207.

In what genres did scholars explicitly discuss religious experience in the Middle Ages? In the pre-modern world, the cultivation of a religious disposition was traditionally seen as the domain of either ethics or spiritual discipline.

This paper, drawn from parts of two projects in progress (on the social history of the Sogdian language, and on Chorasmian texts in Arabic script), surveys the later stages of the Middle Iranian languages Bactrian, Chorasmian, Parthian, and Middle Persian.

The Middle East Institute at Columbia University cordially invites you to attend the newest session of its new Islamic History Workshop. The workshops regularly feature leading scholars of Islamic history from across periods and regions for detailed discussions of their current research.

In this workshop, Dr. Tanvir Ahmed of the Austrian Academy of Sciences will be discussing his upcoming article: "Miraculous Edges of Rebellion: Religion and the Making of Mir Ways Khän's Uprising."

Join us for a discussion led by Professor Antoine Borrut from the University of Maryland and the Institute for Advanced Study. This workshop will be devoted to a discussion of a chapter entitled "Forgetting al-Khwārizmī’s History" from Professor Borrut's current book project (tentatively) called Heaven and History: Astrologers, Religious Scholars, and the Making of Islamic History