#Scholars

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

Let's talk about academic freedom and the police.There are all sorts of third rails in academic discourse. The kinds of topics where if a prof says the wrong thing, his

Sarah T. Roberts

ubiquity75

It is remarkable and upsetting to continue to see women, primarily of color and/or LGBTQ, erased from media projects predicated on and directly in the lineage of their research and

Abu Shajaa'ah

AbuShajaah

In defence of Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abdil Wahhab رحمه الله from the doubts and accusations that his opponents cast in the minds of believers who seek to understand the uncontaminated

feascaftig ceorl

fususalhikam

if we assume that language was not a multiple discovery, i cant see how nostratic isn't a reasonable hypothesis therefore im going to use comparative linguistics to combine all the

Neelam Hussain

N_S_Hussain

Q: Mama, why are you writing about a dead subject like the history of libraries?Me: Because the history of books and libraries is the history of knowledge. What could be

Sh. Ammar Khatib

ShAmmarKhatib1

Were the differences between the Uthmanic mushafs "scribal errors"?First, I don't like using the term "errors" when discussing a divine text such as the Qur'an.Second, I think these differences can

Eileen Clancy

clancynewyork

I don't fully agree with @brianlfrye's legalistic take; but I'm finding the paper based it to be hilarious. E.g. "The tragicomedy of plagiarism norms is their ambiguity, which often slides

Christopher J. Slaby

CJSlaby

Among the productive things to come out of these conversations for me—I promise, really, I hadn't meant this to be so provocative!—was looking at the program of the upcoming @WhaHistory

rdent, PhD

rosanna_dent

For #IndigenousPeoplesDay: some amazing scholarship that has changed how I understand and do my work#HistSTM scholars, read these Native and Indigenous scholars.Their work is critical to our fields, and we

Palladium Magazine

palladiummag

Pretty good overview of China's statist thinkers. But it underestimates how much the Party integrates Marxist views of power with this theoretical toolkit.Fortunately, Palladium has some navigation-grade theory for @nytimesworld

Celeste Malone

cmonique1023

As a grad student, I had few interactions with Black faculty. I admired them from and immersed myself in their work. I met @DrSullivanAL at my first @nasponline convention in

Sh. Ammar Khatib

ShAmmarKhatib1

I was asked about this thread. I will be commenting on some of the issues mentioned here.https://twitter.com/ArabiEdris/status/1311576115375464449 1. We have reports about the companions seemingly criticizing or denying a Qur’anic

Dr. Javad T Hashmi

DrJavadTHashmi

It is certainly true that modern Muslims are split on the issue of Ḥadīth. Nineteenth-century Islamic modernists, such as Sir Sayyid & Cherāgh ʿAlī, pioneered Ḥadīth skepticism, with none other

fiongster

fionnadesserei

its almost 11 and i have classes tomorrow but i just need to let this out.i think its very selfish, both for me and my parents, that i get some

Adeniji Adejimi, (PhD)

adejimiadeniji

Great perspective Scholars, I would advise that you carefully read the thread on how to choose a research field. Getting a scholarship is one thing and the research field is

Jack Jenkins

jackmjenkins

PSA: There are arguments to be made that certain belief systems mimmic aspects of religion, but folks often just lazily conflate *zealotry* w/religion.Arguing a belief system resembles religion bc it's