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Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World (Al Waleed Centre), University of Edinburgh
AcademiaThe HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World (Alwaleed Centre), is an...
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Academic Institutions related to research on Islam/ Muslims
This collection compiles all of the Academic Institutions, Centres, and Foundations that conduct, facilitate or fund research on Islam or Muslims, in the United Kingdom and the wider world. Each record includes information on open access resources and events, study programmes, research outputs and literature on Muslims in Britain. Where relevant, we have also linked information for scholarships, funding and prizes.
The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK (Islam UK Centre), based in the School of History, Archaeology...
The Centre of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London is focused on...
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The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge.Based in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern...
The Woolf InstituteThe Woolf Institute conducts teaching, research and outreach, on relations between followers of the Abrahamic Faiths; Jews, Christians...
The Aziz FoundationThe Aziz Foundation is a family charitable foundation. Its flagship programme is the Masters Scholarships programme which awards...
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is involved in the study of all aspects of the advanced study of Islam,...
The Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS) at The University of Durham, is based within the School of...
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies was founded in 1985 as a centre for the advanced study of Islam and...
Somerville College houses archival materials related to the Oxford Majlis, which was a student society modeled after the Cambridge Majlis...
The Oxford Martin School was the sity of of the Oxford Indian Institute, which provided training to Indian civil servants....
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Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS University
The Centre of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London is focused on all research pertaining to Islamic Studies, past and present. This includes the study of the Qur’an and Hadith from the Arabic texts, and the analysis and translation of Islamic texts from Arabic into English.
The Director of the Centre is Professor Muhammad A S Abdel Haleem, King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at SOAS.
Study Programmes
The Centre offers the MA Islamic Studies. The programme concentrates on the Qur'an, the Hadith and other Islamic texts, and provides training in the translation of Islamic religious material.
Open Access Resources and Events
The Centre holds a bi-annual Quran: Text, Translation and Culture conference, the next will be held in November 2023.
The Centre also holds 4-5 Public Seminars per term, more information can be found on the centre website.
Research Outputs and Relevant Literature
The Centre publishes the Journal of Quranic Studies three times a year with Edinburgh University Press.
It has recently published the Oxford Handbook of Quranic Studies, which offers the definitive collection covering the full-spectrum of contemporary international scholarship associated with the study of the Qur'an. The Oxford Handbook of Hadith Studies is upcoming in 2023.
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