England is like don’t touch that it’s my emotional support monarchy

Thank you Mehmet Karabela !

We're thrilled to welcome our next Institute Campus Director at Rutgers University-Newark, Mayte Green-Mercado! Mayte is an Associate Professor in the Newark History Dept Dept., Director of the Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies Minor and Co-Dir. of Mediterranean Displacements Project. Congratulations, Mayte!

New research from Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows Muslims make up 1% of characters in popular TV shows. And 70% of those Muslim characters are violent or victims of violence. Here’s how industry leaders can change the status quo: TheMuslimBlueprint.org🎨: @monachalabi

Please join us tomorrow to celebrate and discuss Sarah-Neel Smith’s new book #MetricsofModernity out from University of California Press (is on Bluesky)

The first printed books of the Islamic world were just as beautiful as manuscripts! Learn more with Dr. Yasemin Gencer Yasemin Gencer! myumi.ch/BoVMq #İbrahimMüteferrika #YaseminGencer #TeamKhamseen

The wordcloud of names of the authors of the published articles in top-5 journals between 2005 and 2020.

‘Becoming Van Leo’ is shortlisted, along with nine other books, for the 2022 Paris Photo – Aperture PhotoBook Awards in the category “PhotoBook of the Year.” Winners will be selected and revealed in November. May the best book win! #vanleo #cairo #egypt #becomingvanleo

Do you know Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art? If not, check it out read.dukeupress.edu/nka Nka Journal Duke University Press @kwissoker

You can view works from the Barjeel collection in “Beirut and the Golden Sixties”, curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath. Previously on display at the Gropius Bau in Berlin, the show is now on view at Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, as part of the Lyon Biennale of Art 2022

Navigate your way through illustrated histories of the Ottoman Empire (courtesy of Dr. Emine Fetvacı Dr. Emine Fetvaci) with a new #worksheet from @saschacrasnow! myumi.ch/xmKR9 #Ottomans #KhamseenIslamicArt #TeamKhamseen

1. Year-long non-residential fellowship ✓ 2. Multiday residency at Getty ✓ Yup, Getty/ACLS Postdoc Fellows get both! Applications for the 2023-24 Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art are open through 10/27. ACLS

The book has a cover! Coming as ebook in December and hard cover in January. Enter code 09BCARD in shopping cart to save 30%. cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150176…

I want to congratulate the workers at Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union for taking the courageous step to go on strike. You are inspiring the labor movement across this country. I am proud to stand in solidarity with you.

Thanks, Jack Lynch !

NEW: IRAP publishes and analyzes #FOIA'd Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (DOD) documents about Project Rabbit, a little-known program that was meant to speed up the #SIV process for #Afghans who worked for DOD contractors. A thread: 1/5