Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKathryn Hurlock, "Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World" (Profile, 2025)
Episode 859
This year, as they have for millennia, many people around the world will set out on pilgrimages. But these are not only journeys of personal and spir…
1 year ago
Ashis Roy, "Intimacy in Alienation: A Psychoanalytic Study of Hindu-muslim Relationships" (Yoda Press, 2024)
Episode 276
What happens when an analyst conducts interviews—and I am not speaking here about interviewing other analysts as we do at NBiP, but rather what happe…
1 year ago
Jamal J. Elias, "After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Episode 857
Jamal J. Elias' new book After Rumi: The Mevlevis & Their World (Harvard UP, 2025) takes us on a historical journey through the development of the Me…
1 year ago
Gina Vale, "The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 364
The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Dr. Gina Vale explores the governance of the Islamic State (IS) terrori…
1 year ago
Wendell Marsh, "Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Episode 855
Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities (Columbia University Press, 2025), is a groundbreaking book that recasts the role of know…
1 year, 1 month ago
Steve Tibble, "Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood" (Yale UP, 2025)
Episode 854
The Assassins and the Templars are two of history’s most legendary groups. One was a Shi’ite religious sect, the other a Christian military order cre…
1 year, 1 month ago
Localisation of Islamic Arts in Malaysia
Episode 853
The Malay world boasts a wealth of diverse cultures. The arrival of Islam in the Malay world during the 12th to 13th centuries permanently transforme…
1 year, 1 month ago
Mutaz al-Khatib, "Key Classical Works on Islamic Ethics" (Brill, 2024)
In this episode of Unlocking Academia, host Raja Aderdor speaks with Dr. Mutaz Al-Khatib, Associate Professor at the Research Center for Islamic Legi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Aliyah Khan, "Far From Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean" (Rutgers UP, 2020)
Episode 59
Muslims have lived in the Caribbean for centuries. Far From Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean (Rutgers University Press, 2020) examines the arc…
1 year, 1 month ago
Islam, Society, and Politics in Indonesia: An Interview with Robert Hefner
Episode 851
Today’s episode focuses on the intersection of Islam, society, and politics in Indonesia, the world’s single-largest majority Muslim country and the …
1 year, 1 month ago