News & Updates
Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies Articles, News, Promotions and Updates from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.
Recent Articles
-
Featured Title: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire
May marks the 75th anniversary of Paul Wittek's 1937 London lectures on "The Rise of the Ottoman Empire" - click for more information on Colin Heywood's edited volume.
-
Welcome CFHSS Congress 2012 Delegates
We are sorry to miss you this year in Waterloo! We would like to wish you a successful congress. Please browse our new titles and take advantage of our special 20% conference discount when using code ARK60 at check-out.
-
The Arab Spring - Related Books and Journals
The Arab Spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that have been occurring in the Arab world since Saturday 18th December 2010. Revolutions have taken place in Tunisia and Egypt and the civil war in Libya resulted in the fall of the country's government last year. There have been civil uprisings in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen and protests on varying levels in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and in other Middle Eastern countries.
We have selected a number of books relevant to the Arab Spring, including titles from the topical Contemporary Middle East Series.
-
The Biography of Muhammad awarded a World Prize for the Book of the Year
The book The Biography of Muhammad: Nature and Authenticity by Gregor Schoeler has been awarded a World Prize for the Book of the Year by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
-
2012 Middle East and Islamic Studies Catalog Now Available Online!
Browse all the new and key backlist titles in the Middle East and Islamic Studies online catalog!
-
Featured Series: Iranian Studies Series
Edited by Homa Katouzian, University of Oxford, UK and Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, this series provides context and analysis of a broad range of topics on Iran.
-
Regime Stability in Saudi Arabia
The death of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud has highly actualised the question of succession, the topic of Stig Stenslie’s upcoming book Regime Stability in Saudi Arabia.
-
Out Now! - Routledge Handbook of Political Islam
The Routledge Handbook of Political Islam provides a multidisciplinary overview of one of the key political movements of our time. Drawing on the expertise from some of the top scholars in the world it examines theoretical and historical backgrounds, terrorism, strategy, case studies of Islamist movements in the developing world and the West, and the relationship with democracy and gender issues.
-
Featured Series: The Contemporary Middle East
Edited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami, of Durham University (UK), the series provides the first systematic attempt at studying the complex and strategically important MENA region.
-
Featured Title - Modern Turkey: People, State and Foreign Policy in a Globalised World
This book provides a broad and comprehensive overview of contemporary Turkey. Placing the country and its people within the context of a rapidly globalizing world, the book covers a diverse range of themes such as politics, economics, international relations, the Turkic world, religion and recent historical background.
