Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Our Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies books span art and architecture, history, language and linguistics, literature, politics and religion. We publish textbooks, research monographs, reference works and cutting-edge series across our subject areas, and reach an international readership.

Area studies: our scholarship takes a global approach, encompassing Asia, MENA and the wider world. Browse our series on Modern Turkey, the Ottoman Empire and the Maghreb to find out more.

Art & Architecture: we publish full-colour, beautifully illustrated books, as seen in our Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art series

Diaspora & Minorities: in the age of migration, our scholarship sheds light on the experiences of minorities and diasporas worldwide in series such as Edinburgh Studies on Diasporas and Transnationalism and Alternative Histories

Gender: our series Critiquing Gender & Islam studies transnational, intersectional and queer perspectives on gender and sexuality in the wider Middle East and its diaspora

History: spanning the classical to the contemporary period, we focus on cutting-edge research including in major series such as The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires and Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture

Language & Linguistics: textbooks and vocabularies help Arabic language students with their studies

Literature: series on Classical and Modern Arabic Literature showcase the best new work in the area

Politics & International Relations: our books keep you up-to-date with the dynamic situation in the Middle East, with a focus on political activism, social movements and revolutions in our Disruptions series

Religion: from studying Islam in a Globalised Muslim World, to providing in-depth examinations of religious texts, figures and developments in our Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology series, religion is a central area of our publishing

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