Aims and Scope

Aims

• Advance high quality, peer reviewed scholarship in Islamic and cultural studies.
• Foster cross disciplinary dialogue between textual traditions and lived cultures.
• Elevate regional voices and emerging scholars alongside established expertise.
• Encourage methodological innovation and ethical research practice.
• Promote accessible scholarship with societal relevance.

Scope

• Quranic and Hadith studies (e.g., contemporary applications; hermeneutics).
• History of Islamic civilizations; intellectual history; institutions.
• Cultural anthropology and ethnography of Muslim communities (migration, ritual, everyday life).
• Arts and aesthetics: calligraphy, architecture, material culture, heritage preservation.
• Literature, philology, translation studies; cultural production in Arabic, Turkish, Malay, Urdu, etc.
• Gender, family, and identity in Islamic contexts; postcolonial and decolonial perspectives.
• Interfaith and comparative religion; minority communities.
• Policy and education: curricula, language policy, museum and archival studies.