1011, 2014

Middle East & Islamic Studies : 15 Brill’s articles free accessible until 31 January 2015

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|November 10, 2014|Gender, Law, Literature, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Philosophy, Religions|0 comments

“The following articles are freely available until 31 January 2015!* Islamic Law in the Modern World Author: Aharon Layish Islamic Law and Society, (Volume 21, No. 3, pp. 276-307) An Epistemic Shift in Islamic Law Author: Aria Nakissa Islamic Law and Society, (Volume 21, No. 3, pp. 209-251) Reconstructing Archival Practices in Abbasid Baghdad Author: Maaike van Berkel Journal of Abbasid Studies, (Volume 1, No. 1, pp. 7-22) The Early

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1405, 2014

List of active Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies back online

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|May 14, 2014|Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

The master list of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies from the blog Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) [ISSN 2160-3049] has been missing for some months. The Editors are now working to restore it  from an archived version dated 5 June 2013, and will add any missing titles and the links to that page in the footers of the entries for each individual title. Any comment on

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0702, 2014

Free access till 15/04/14: Brill’s 15 most downloaded journal articles in Middle East and Islamic studies

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|February 7, 2014|Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

Brill publishers are making 15 most downloaded journal articles in Middle East and Islamic Studies freely available online till 15th April 2014. For more information follow this link: http://track.brill.nl/w.aspx?j=302826177&m=410F39F4409546DA9E4BC1DD16CBDE4F Examples of articles contained in that list: A New Introduction Sociology of Islam: Social, Political and Economic Transformations in Muslim Societies Authors: Gary Wood | Tugrul Keskin Sociology of Islam, Volume 1,No. 1‑2, pp. 1‑6 Introduction Authors: Camilla Adang | Meira

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2901, 2014

Open access journals for History, Religions, and Ancient Near Eastern studies

By Mary Fisk|January 29, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

The following open-access titles with content of interest to students of History, Study of Religions and Ancient Near East, Semiitcs and Judaica have recently been announced on the AWOL blog (http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.co.uk/) Click on the title of each journal to access content MELA Notes (Middle East Librarians Association – MELA advise that users download issues 1-63 (1973-1996) to their own computer’s hard drive. Issues from no.64 (1997) onward can be viewed via

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2210, 2013

Hazine: a new website to assist research in the Middle East

By Mary Fisk|October 22, 2013|Archival collections, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

  Holy Koran cover (16th century) from the Topkapi Palace Collections Image from Ahmet Karahisari on Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ahmet_Karahisari_001.jpg HAZINE is a new website “dedicated to helping scholars conduct research in the Middle East and beyond”. It focuses on practical advice on how to access and use archives, manuscript libraries and other relevant collections in the “greater Islamic world”. The site is launched with features on four major archives in Istanbul – the

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2911, 2012

Mediterranean Memory : Med-Mem

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|November 29, 2012|Africa, Anthropology and Sociology, Films and Sound Recordings, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Recently Launched: Med-Mem Online Archive of Mediterranean Video, 4000 Digitized Items Available “Sharing our Mediterranean Audiovisual Heritage (Med-Mem)” – co-funded by the European Union as part of the Euromed Heritage IV programme – offers the general public the largest online video archive library devoted to the historic, cultural and tourism heritage of the Mediterranean, free of charge. The TV and radio archives, set into their historic and cultural context, are

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