The Institute of Islamic Studies will be offering a workshop entitled Global and Regional Knowledge in the Study of Islamic Institutions and Arab Societies on April 27, 2016:
For more information, go to the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies website.
Through May 27th, 2016, the Islamic Studies Library is trialing the Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994 database.
This fully searchable digital collection from the archive of the Central Intelligence Agency spans 19 countries and four decades, including both firsthand reporting and deep analysis on global and regional issues. It is currently about 90% complete and will continue to grow over the next several months as the documents are digitized. A full description of the database can be found here.
The trial can be accessing using the following URL: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/welcome?p=TOPMENA.
And as usual, we thank you for sending any feedback you might have!
The Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library digital collections is now available to McGill users!
This full-text searchable digital library of early printed books in Arabic is divided in three subject modules:
This unique historical collection includes books published over a period of 400 years (1475-1899) and aims to “exemplify the long exchange of ideas and learning between Europe and the Arabic-speaking world”.
McGill Library is currently trialling the Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1974 database. The trial will end on May 3rd, 2016.
This collection includes diplomatic correspondence, minutes, reports, political summaries and personality profiles covers events in the Middle East during the 1970s: conflicts such as the Arab-Israeli War, the Lebanese Civil War and the Iranian Revolution are examined in detail, as are the military interventions and peace negotiations carried out by regional and foreign powers like the United States and Russia. Commercial interests are also examined, with in-depth analyses of Middle East nations’ economic stability and reviews of international arm sales policies. The activities of oil producing nations such as Saudi Arabia are closely monitored, with particular reference to the Gulf States and members of OPEC.
To gain access, please click on this URL, and if necessary enter the log-in details listed (please note that details are case sensitive): Username: McG8973 / Password: AM1699a. You can also gain access via the ‘trial access login’, which is located on the homepage and throughout our website at www.amdigital.co.uk. Simply select the name of the resource from the drop-down list, enter your username and password, and click ‘login’. If you experience any access difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact us.
And as usual, your feedback is greatly appreciated!
The Islamic Studies Library will hold its last film screening of the academic year on Friday April 10th, 2015 at 5 p.m. in the Tuesday Night Cafe (Morrice Hall, room 017).
The Dupes is a stark, beautifully photographed black and white film tracing the destinies of three palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession, despair and hope for a better future.
The setting is Iraq in the 1950s and the protagonists,concealed in the steel tank of a truck, are trying to make their way across the border into Kuwait, the “promised land.”
The Dupes is considered a masterful adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani’s acclaimed novella, Men Under the Sun, The Dupes is also one of the first Arab films to address the Palestinian predicament.
Professor Malek Abisaab, McGill History Department and Institute of Islamic Studies, will moderate the post screening discussion.
Come on come all!
The American Theological Library Association Historical Monographs Collection gives acces to no less than 29.000 titles focusing on religion, dating mostly from 1850 to 1922.
To give you a chance to try this new resource, the Islamic Studies Library setup a trial running from March 9th to April 9th 2015. The collection is available in two comprehensive series:
Check them out, and let us know what you think!
The Islamic Studies Library launched a new subject guide focusing on Classical and contemporary Arabic literature. This selection of sources comprises encyclopedias and dictionnaries, databases, journals (print and electronic), and internet sites.
The Classical and contemporary Arabic literature subject guide can be accessed in two ways:
1. Via the Islamic Studies Library website
2. Via the list of subject guides (under Islamic and Middle East Studies)
Check it out and let us know what you think!
Arab World Research Source is an EBSCO database giving researchers access to nearly 600 full-text titles in Arabic (monographs and periodicals) including conference papers, and country reports.
The ISL will be trialing the Arab World Research Source for the next 60 days. You may access it here.
Enjoy!
Join us on Thursday January 29th, at 5:30 pm in the Octagon room (Islamic Studies Library, Morrice Hall) as we discuss -for the second time- the novel Mornings in Jenin, the acclaimed novel by Palestinian-American author and activist Susan Abulhawa.
The One Book, Many Communities: Mornings in Jenin reading campaign was initiated by Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, a network of self-defined librarians, archivists, and information workers in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for self-determination.
To access this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1515299365406523/
Housing a library, equipped with some of the most important manuscripts and reference materials of different Islamic Sciences, the Tehran Branch has produced over 200 volumes of major works by Islamic-Iranian scholars, many of which are accompanied by introductions and/or translations into foreign languages.
Over the course of the past two years, the Islamic Studies Library at McGill digitized the publications of the Tehran Branch which are now fully accessible on the Tehran Branch Publications webpage, and via the McGill Library catalogue system.