About Us
Our Publications Catalogue lists our new and forthcoming books, as well as our backlist.
AKU-ISMC Publications address current trends of thought about Islam, Muslims and Muslim societies. By creating access to scholarship from Muslim contexts in the English language and on a global platform, our publications foster intellectual exchange and dialogue about and between Muslim societies and cultures.
The Institute publishes several series with Edinburgh University Press, as well as independent volumes with a range of publishers. There is also an Occasional Paper series and the Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World:
Exploring Muslim Contexts
Explores issues that are critical to contemporary Muslim societies, addressing questions pertaining to knowledge construction, social change, development and new forms of socio-economic, political and cultural practices and differentiations in Muslims contexts.
In Translation: Contemporary Thought in Muslim Contexts
Translates into English important contributions to the contemporary debates of the Muslim world, thereby broadening the current discussions around Muslim societies, which, although global in scope, often overlook works of new and original thinking produced in Muslim contexts.
Music and Performance in Muslim Contexts
Published in association with the Aga Khan Music Programme, this series presents innovative scholarship in music, dance, theatre and other performative practices and varieties of expressive culture inspired or shaped by Muslim artistic, cultural, intellectual, religious and social heritage, including in new creative forms.
Independent Volumes
Stand-alone volumes illustrating the dynamism of scholarship, the critical reassessment of heritages and histories, and the rapidly accelerating impetus towards social change and globalisation that are taking place in Muslim societies today.
Muslim Civilisations Abstracts (MCA)
Abstracts of books published in Muslim contexts on encyclopedias, law and ethics, cities, gender, governance and education – translated into Arabic, Turkish and English.
Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper series
Publishes progressive, innovative research by affiliated faculty, fellows, researchers and doctoral students across a wide range of research areas, demonstrating the depth and breadth of research undertaken at AKU-ISMC.
Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World
A bi-annual, Open-Access reference for field archaeologists, (art) historians, anthropologists, curators and scholars and students of the archaeology, (art) history, architecture, anthropology and ethnography of the Muslim world. Published in association with the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto and Brill.
Open Access:
The ebooks for most of our books are available for free through AKU's open-access platform eCommons, and often also on our publishing partner's websites. Follow the links given for each available title.
Ordering:
Print versions of all of AKU-ISMC publications are available for purchase online and from major booksellers. Follow the links for each book to find out more.
Contact Us:
Email: ismc.publications@aku.edu
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