South Asian and Persianate history
India in the Persianate Age
Richard M. Eaton
The foundational curriculum
Upcoming reading programmes.
Books proposed for future phases of the club. This is a reading roadmap, not an announcement of confirmed course dates or open registration.
Phase 1 · Foundations
Books we hope to study.
The following titles are drawn from the book club's curriculum. Dates, fees and registration will be published individually once a programme is confirmed.
Date not announced
Law and intellectual institutions
The Canonization of Islamic Law
Ahmed El Shamsy
Modern philosophy and ethics
The Ethics of Authenticity
Charles Taylor
Global history
The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan
Modern intellectual and political history
The Idea of the Muslim World
Cemil Aydin
Early Islamic history
The Great Arab Conquests
Hugh Kennedy
Mughal kingship
The Millennial Sovereign
Azfar Moin
South Asian political thought
The Socio-Political Thought of Shah Wali Allah
Muhammad al-Ghazali
Qurʾanic semantics and concepts
God and Man in the Qur’an
Toshihiko Izutsu
Reading roadmap only. For currently open registration, visit the Islam and Secularism course page ↗.