Film screening @ the ISL on Wed. April 3rd!
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Writers’ Panel Discussion on Language, Translation and Travel
Visiting Writers’ Panel Discussion on Language, Translation and Travel with Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Iman Humaydan, and Shahriar Mandanipour
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
Octagon Room, Islamic Studies Library
Morrice Hall, 3485 McTavish St.
6:00 pm
The Institute of Islamic Studies welcomes you to a roundtable panel and discussion with our three visiting writers, Iman Humaydan, Shahriar Mandanipour, and Musharraf Ali Farooqi, whose texts interact in various ways with three languages taught at the Institute: Arabic, Persian and Urdu. Join these writers, along with Institute professors, at the Islamic Studies Library, to take part in an intimate discussion regarding the writing craft, translation, languages, and travel.
Trial: Arab e-Marefa (EBSCO)
Hi friends!
We have a trial with Arab e-Marefa (EBSCO) for the following 30 days.
This is a new database that includes “Arab e-Marefa is the leading Arabic language research database providing full text for 950 academic journals and statistical reports issued by various bodies in the Arabic world including universities, research centers, public statistical departments, central banks, scientific associations and regional organizations. The database provides international standard bibliographic records for almost 70,000 articles plus the access to these articles. Additional content includes thousands of dissertations and over 7,000 book reviews.”
Please take a look at this resource and consider its value to the research you and your students conduct. Is it easy to navigate? Can you find sought after materials?
Any and all feedback is welcome!
Open archives of the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO)
The French Institute for the Near East (Ifpo) is making the works of its researchers online and open access on the HAL-SHS website. Check it out!
New Digital Collection Documents 45 Years of AUC History
The American University in Cairo is pleased to announce the first installment of the AUC Board of Trustees Meetings Minutes digital collection, available in the Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library.
The American University in Cairo Board of Trustees Meetings Minutes digital collection primarily includes meeting agendas and minutes, as well as additional documentation such as budgets, correspondence, reports, and memoranda. The collection includes minutes ranging from the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of Cairo Christian University on November 30, 1914 to the American University at Cairo’s meeting on December 19, 1959.
This collection will continue to grow as minutes are digitized.
Visit with the Ismaili Community
Hi friends!
Last Wednesday, the ISL hosted an Ismaili Community event. 65 young people ranging in ages 13-17 came for a tour and discussion. The tour took place in the McLennan Library, specifically on the current exhibition ‘Strokes and Hairlines: Elegant Writing and its Place in Muslim Book Culture’ curated by Adam Gacek and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Islamic Studies and the Islamic Studies Library.
The students were then provided with a short lecture on Arabic calligraphy and the different scripts, including an activity in which the students were asked to guess the script while exploring the recently digitized Islamic Calligraphy exhibition. The students went away with a few souvenirs graciously put together by Anna DiPietro and her staff. 
Photos courtesy of Sabrina Hanna.
Ottoman Turkish resources
Hi friends! Last week saw the release of many Ottoman Turkish resources.
Duke University has recently digitized 250 books on Ottoman Literature via the Internet Archive.
More than this, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi: KÜTÜPHANE VE DOKÜMANTASYON MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ has released hundreds of Ottoman-Turkish manuscripts spanning a plethora of subjects.
Hope you enjoy! Let us know what you think, too.
Islamic unity in the age of ecumenism: Interpreting the importance of the World Muslim Congress
The Chair Islam, Pluralism and Globalization at UdeM will host a lecture tomorrow, March 7 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m., entitled: “Islamic unity in the age of ecumenism: Interpreting the importance of the World Muslim Congress” by Gavin Brockett (Wilfred Laurier University).
The full program is accessible on their website.
New Open Access journal
Hi friends! A new, open-access journal was recently launched called Mashriq and Mahjar. “Mashriq & Mahjar is published by the Khayrallah Program for Lebanese-American Studies and the Department of History at North Carolina State University.” The journal is particularly pertinent to those of you who study migration and diaspora studies. The first issue was recently released and has several great articles and book reviews.
Enjoy!