Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Euro-Islam: News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America


Euro-Islam: News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America

"Euro-Islam.info is an active network of researchers and scholars who conduct comparative research on Islam and Muslims in the West and disseminate key information to politicians, media, and the public.

Sponsored by GSRL Paris/CNRS France and Harvard University, the Euro-Islam research network consists of over forty researchers and hosts over 50,000 unique visitors each month. The site is recognized in political and media circles as the most reliable online reference for Islam in Europe."

EURISLAM - a bibliographical database on Islam in Europe


EURISLAM - a bibliographical database on Islam in Europe.

"EURISLAM is an open access database available to all but designed especially for academics, public organisations and officials.
It indexes publications concerning two major aspects of Islam in geographical Europe: the current state of Muslim populations in European societies (minority groups, immigration issues, leadership, institutions, public policies, trends, etc.) and Islam as religion (beliefs, practices, values, movements and schools of thought, etc.). The database contains reviews of press articles, books, contributions to collective publications, studies and reports, theses and grey literature.
Currently, more than 4,300 references are consultable free of charge in French or English."

New Open Access Journal: Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review

Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (AJBMR)
ISSN 2223-5833
Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (AJBMR) is an open access online international monthly journal, edited by a board members from USA, Malaysia, New Zeeland, Turkey, Kenya, Greece, Oman, Kuwait, India, UK, Taiwan, Obala, Italy, Pakistan and Hong Kong. The mission of the Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review (AJBMR) is to widen the diffusion of knowledge among the business and management community round the globe.
Click here to download issue of August, 2011 AJBMR Vol. 1 No. 1 August 2011


Open Access Journal: History Studies

History Studies: International Journal of History
ISSN: 1309 4173 (Online)  1309 - 4688 (Print)
The History Studies (HS) is an international, peer-reviewed online history journal.  All submitted articles go through a rigorous double-blind review.

The HS is published three times a year.

The HS has a worldwide circulation. A limited number of each issue is printed and delivered to selected libraries.

The HS publishes academic articles, interviews, translations and book reviews.

The HS accepts papers in every geographical and historical period of history from the ancient times to present.  The editorial board members and referees of the HS have a wide range of expertise.  

The primary publication language of the HS is Turkish of Turkey.  The HS also accepts submissions in other Turkish dialects, in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

The official editor and owner of the History Studies is Osman KOSE but the journal is regarded as a joint periodical of all historians.  All the contributors, writers, editors and referees of the journal are historians.

The HS is a common meeting place of historians regardless of their area or period of concentration.

The HS has a guest editor system.  The HS aims to release a special issue at least once a year with a selected theme and a guest editor.  For guest editorship and special issue ideas please contact us at history.studies@yahoo.com

The HS is an independent academic journal. It has no affiliation with an institution or an organization.
 Recent Issues:
History Studies Volume 3 Issue 1 - March 2011

In this issue, there will be 15 articles,3 book reviews and an assessment essay. The articles contain the subjects that cover Ancient History, The Seljuk State, The ottoman State and history of early period Republic of Turkey. We hope you will enjoy reading and make best use of the issue. This issue has been published in the guest-editorship of Prof. Dr. Dursun Ali Akbulut
HISTORY STUDIES Ortadoğu Özel Sayısı / Middle East Special Issue – 2010

We are happy to present you the Middle East special issue of History Studies. This special issue was preparered with the co-guest editorship of Professor Dr. William W. Haddad from California State University-Fullerton and Professor Dr. Mustafa Ozturk from Firat University. Twenty two articles, two book reviews and a commentary in this issue cover different aspects of the Middle East history from past to present. We hope you will enjoy reading them.




Open Access Journal: CIRS E-Bulletin


CIRS E-Bulletin

Newsletters of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar

ISSN 2072-7488

Cover of CIRS Newsletter 10The tenth edition of the CIRS Newsletter describes the research center's most recent activities, lectures, and academic publications. The newsletter also highlights Georgetown faculty research projects.


Newsletter 9

The ninth edition of the CIRS Newsletter highlights the latest CIRS academic publications as well as the launch of an Arabic-language series. This edition also reports on Georgetown faculty research and a variety of other CIRS scholarly initiatives.


The eighth edition of the CIRS Newsletter reports on all of CIRS activities over the Spring 2009-2010 period. Highlights include Thomas Friedman's Distinguished Lecture, CIRS Working Group meetings, and GU-Qatar faculty spotlights.


The seventh edition of the CIRS Newsletter provides an overview of CIRS activities during Fall 2009. It highlights Georgetown SFS-Qatar faculty research, CIRS events, scholarship initiatives and publications, and working group meetings.

Cover of Newsletter 4

The sixth edition of the CIRS Newsletter, published in June 2009, features Georgetown SFS-Qatar faculty research, articles detailing CIRS lectures and events, and highlights CIRS research initiatives such as the Migrant Labor in the Gulf Cooperation Council working group project.

Cover of Newsletter 4The fifth edition of the CIRS Newsletter was published in March 2009 and highlights research by Georgetown SFS-Qatar faculty, the Distinguished Lecture by Hanan Ashrawi, the second phase of the International Relations of the Gulf working group meetings, and various academic and scholarly programs.

Cover of Newsletter 4The fourth issue of the CIRS Newsletter, published in December 2008, highlights the activities conducted by CIRS during Fall 2008. This issue introduces readers to the new CIRS website, the first phase of the International Relations of the Gulf working group meetings, and spotlights on SFS-Qatar faculty.

NewsletterThe third issue of the CIRS Newsletter was published in March 2008. In this issue, CIRS reports on its MUN 2008 and Global Media and War conferences, and a lecture by Dr. John Esposito. In addition, it highlights the work of SFS-Qatar professors Ganesh Seshan and Ibrahim Oweiss.

NewsletterThe second issue of the CIRS Newsletter, published in January 2008, contains summaries of lectures by Drs. Seikaly, Wasserman, Sonbol and Laude, as well as reports on CIRS' panels on the Environment and on America and the Middle East.

NewsletterThe first issue of the CIRS Newsletter was published in September 2007. It highlighted the American Arts Festival, CIRS research, and Mehran Kamrava's lecture on the US and Iran.


Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies