New Book: Chris Allen’s, “Islamophobia”

‘This timely and accessible book rests upon many years of careful research by a scholar whose early career has been devoted to understanding and critically evaluating the complex notion of Islamophobia. It will become a standard work of reference, as well as stimulating future discussion. There are insights in Allen’s work that deserve to be…

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Second Islam Graduate Research School, Damascus April 4-15 2011

Applications are invited from graduate students working on their Masters or PhDs for up to 12 places on a research ‘master class’ to take place at the Danish Institute in Damascus 4-15 April 2011. The research school will be staffed by four senior academics, one from each of the organizing institutions. Each participant will submit…

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Understanding Angela Merkel

by *Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff* October 21, 2010 *WASHINGTON* — Angela Merkel, German chancellor, is said to be the most powerful woman on earth. But even by these standards, the global media tsunami that followed her remarks about the failure of multiculturalism in Germany must have caught her by surprise. Her every word was dissected in every…

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