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Han Hsien Liew, "Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn Al-Jawzi's Political Thought" (Edinburgh UP, 2026)

Han Hsien Liew’s fascinating and insightful new book, Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Jawzi’s Political Thought (Edinburgh UP, 2026) offers a new way of understanding the political thought of one of medieval Islam’s most influenti... more

12 Sep 2026 • 1 hr 24 min • Most popular

Ashish Koul, "Reinventing Caste: Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India" (Stanford UP, 2026)

Reinventing Caste: Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India (Stanford UP, 2026) reveals that caste, usually assumed to be a feature of Hindu society, was in fact a trans-religious phenomenon in colonial India, as it is today. Even in an Islamic rel... more

9 Sep 2026 • 1 hr 23 min • Popular

Matthew Thomas Miller, "Feeling like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism" (U California Press, 2026)

Matthew Thomas Miller's new book Feeling like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism (U California Press, 2026), and is available as an open access book (see link below), considers how for many medieval Sufis, Sufism was the “path of love”, and God was th... more

28 Aug 2026 • 1 hr 10 min

Travis Bruce, "Constructing the Medieval Maritime State: Identity, Violence, and Connection in the Mediterranean" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Constructing the Medieval Maritime State: Identity, Violence, and Connection in the Mediterranean (Oxford

University Press, 2026) by Professor Travis Bruce explores how the

small medieval kingdom of Denia in Spain became a powerful maritime

state ... more

23 Aug 2026 • 38 min

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Han Hsien Liew

Author of Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam, Ibn Al-Jawzi's Political Thought

Cambridge University Press (book publisher)

Episode: Han Hsien Liew, "Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn Al-Jawzi's Political Thought" (Edinburgh UP, 2026)

Ashish Kaul

Historian of South Asia; author of Reinventing Caste, Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India

Northwestern University (as described in interview)

Episode: Ashish Koul, "Reinventing Caste: Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India" (Stanford UP, 2026)

Matthew Thomas Miller

Associate Professor of Persian Literature and Digital Humanities at the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland

University of Maryland

Episode: Matthew Thomas Miller, "Feeling like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism" (U California Press, 2026)

Travis Bruce

Professor of Medieval History at McGill University

McGill University

Episode: Travis Bruce, "Constructing the Medieval Maritime State: Identity, Violence, and Connection in the Mediterranean" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Younus Mirza

Author of The Islamic Mary, Maryam Through the Centuries

Barzinji Institute for Global Virtual Learning, Shenandoah University

Episode: Younus Y. Mirza, "The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries" (Fortress Press, 2025)

Daniel Majchrowicz

Associate Professor of South Asian Literature and Culture at Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Episode: Daniel Majchrowicz, "A Journey to Mecca and London: The Travels of an Indian Muslim Woman, 1909–1910" (Indiana UP, 2025)

Mohammed Alsudairi

Elector of Politics and International Relations of the Arabic-Speaking World

Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Australian National University

Episode: Muslims and the Minority Question across the Indian Ocean: A Conversation With Roy Bar Sadeh

Roy Bar Sadeh

Historian of modern South Asia and the broader Islamic world

University of Oxford; St. Anthony's College; University of Manchester

Episode: Muslims and the Minority Question across the Indian Ocean: A Conversation With Roy Bar Sadeh

Paulina Banas

Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Episode: Paulina Banas, "Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)

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Ashish Koul, "Reinventing Caste: Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India" (Stanford UP, 2026)

Q: Would you unpack what you mean by Islamic Caste and why you chose that phrase over biradari or zaat in your book?

The phrase captures the layered reality that elite Arai Muslims navigated: multiple hierarchies—occupational, endogamy, religious legitimacy—and the way they used genealogical narratives to recalibrate their social position within Hindu-Muslim, colonial, and later national contexts. It isn't simply caste in a Hindu sense, but a broad social taxonomy tied to Islam that could explain status, lineage, and practice.

Matthew Thomas Miller, "Feeling like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism" (U California Press, 2026)

Q: Why use wine imagery in Sufi poetry to express divine realities, rather than sticking to traditional symbolic readings?

Wine imagery embodies lived, embodied experience—bodily sensations, actions, and conversions—that mirror the effects of divine love, providing a more robust account of how meaning is formed and felt in readers, beyond simple symbol-to-meaning mappings.

Matthew Thomas Miller, "Feeling like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism" (U California Press, 2026)

Q: How does your concept of affect differ from traditional histories of emotions in Sufism?

Affect theory expands beyond socially constructed emotions to include bodily sensations and pre-emotional states, arguing that feelings, sensations, and embodied responses are central to meaning-making and epistemology in Sufi practice, not just the textual or doctrinal aspects.

Matthew Thomas Miller, "Feeling like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism" (U California Press, 2026)

Q: Can you walk us through how you approach the embodied dimensions of Samah and the role of music in creating affective states?

Sama is a central Sufi ritual that combines poetry, music, and ambiance to initiate a felt state that helps form the Sufi subject. The experience is shaped by affective ambiance, the internal disposition of participants, and the hermeneutic process that translates sensory input into meaning, which can change during the ritual.

Muslims and the Minority Question across the Indian Ocean: A Conversation With Roy Bar Sadeh

Q: What is the central paradox you describe about Muslims in South Asia before Partition and their classification as minorities within the British Indian context?

The paradox lies in a global majority-scale Muslim population being treated and politically categorized as minorities within India's political framework, revealing how modern state structures and demographic categorization shaped minority status and political strategy.

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Academic-focused discussions centered on Islamic studies, South Asian and Middle Eastern history, and related humanities topics. Episodes frequently feature scholars discussing recently published works, covering themes like minority rights, gender and health, architecture and memory, linguistics and translation, and state-society dynamics across the Islamic world. Notable strengths include in-depth methodological conversations, accessibility for non-specialist listeners, and a strong emphasis on archival research, fieldwork, and interdisciplinary perspectives. The format often pairs a host with an expert guest to unpack complex scholarly arguments and connect them to broader cultural and political questions, making it a solid fit for listen... more

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