What's New in Oxford Islamic Studies Online
A variety of regular updates and site enhancements are scheduled for Oxford Islamic Studies Online. In previous updates, articles from the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World were loaded in advance of its publication in March 2009. The complete Encyclopedia, encompassing over 1,000 articles and 300 images and maps, is now included on the site. We've also added maps and entries from the Atlas of the World's Religions. To help users navigate through the maps depicting various time periods and regions, a thematic guide to the geography of the Islamic world was added to the Learning Resources area of the site.
See below for information on the most recent updates available on Oxford Islamic Studies Online. To receive details when a new update is released you can sign up for our email notification service.
For information on past updates, see Previous Updates
November 2009
This update features the addition of 50 new articles from the esteemed Oxford resource, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture, published in March of this year. The timeline has been updated with recent events, including President Obama's historic speech in Cairo in June. That speech is discussed further in the new Letter from the Editor, in which John L. Esposito examines President Obama's efforts to create a new dialogue with the Muslim world.
The November update also includes another in the site's growing collection of thematic guides to issues relevant to the Islamic world. Each guide is written by a leading scholar who outlines a topic in an accessible manner while providing readers with links to supporting material such as survey articles, biographies, and primary source documents that further illuminate the issue. The new thematic guide, written by John Voll of Georgetown University, discusses the interaction between Islam and Modernism and how modernization and changes in society inspired a reform movement to integrate Islam and modern life.
In the new Focus On feature, Shahrough Akhavi examines the fascinating and extremely topical relationship between Islam and democracy. Users are encouraged to join the discussion in the 'Focus On Forum' by emailing their thoughts and questions on this subject to the Oxford Islamic Studies Online editorial staff.
The current Focus On essay is freely available online. The public can access the content of all Focus On essays, and use the Related Reading links for a current feature. Subscribers have permanent access to all current and previous Focus On features and links. To receive details on new Focus On features, enter your email address in the box below.
