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2024

  • Isakhan, B. & Meskell, L. (2024). Heritage Protection and Reconstruction in Syria after the Islamic State. In Saloul, I. & Baillie, B. (Ed.). The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict (p. 1-8). London: Palgrave.
  • Gabsi, Zouhir. (2024) Muslim Perspectives on Islamophobia: From Misconceptions to Reason. Palgrave.
  • Gabsi, Zouhir. (2024). The Power of Language: Socio-political fracture in Tunisia’s post-arab Spring Revolution, The Journal of Language and Politics, https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.23092.gab
  • Gabsi, Zouhir. (2024) Al-Walāʾ wal-Barāʾ (Allegiance and Disassociation) in Islam: A Source of Islamophobic Narratives? Intellectual Discourse
  • Isakhan, B. & Meskell, L. (2024). Local perspectives on heritage reconstruction after conflict: a public opinion survey of Aleppo. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 30(7): 821-839. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2024.2342288
  • Mansouri, F., Buys, R., & Elias, A. (2024). In the pursuit of social justice during political transitions: the practices of CSOs in post-Arab Spring Tunisia. Cogent Social Sciences, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2340834
  • Isakhan, B., & Meskell, L. (2024). Rebuilding the Heritage of Mosul: Public Opinion Survey Findings. Melbourne: Deakin University. [English: Arabic]
  • Isakhan, B., & Meskell, L. (2024). Reconstructing the Heritage of Aleppo: Public Opinion Survey Findings Melbourne: Deakin University. [English: Arabic]

2023

Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Ali Akbar (2023): Iran’s Soft Power in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Edinburg University Press) Ihsan Yilmaz, E. Shipoli and M. Demir(2023): Securitization and Authoritarianism: The AKP’s Oppression of Dissident Groups in Turkey. (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan) Ihsan Yilmaz and N. Morieson (2023): Religions and the Global Rise of Civilizational Populism. (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan) Ihsan Yilmaz and O.F. Erturk (2023): Populism, Authoritarianism and Necropolitics: Instrumentalization of Martyrdom Narratives in AKP’s Turkey. (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan) Akbarzadeh, Shahram, editor. Handbook of Middle East Politics. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. Michelle Pace and Jan Claudius Völkel, editors. Knowledge production in higher education. Manchester University Press, 2023.
  • Shahram Akbarzadeh and William Gourlay (2023): ‘Proxy Wars in the Middle East’, Assaf Moghadam, Vladimir Rauta, and Michel Wyss (eds), Routledge Handbook of Proxy Wars (Routledge, 2023)
  • Shahram Akbarzadeh and Mahmoud Pargoo (2023): ‘Elections in Iran: Rewards and Risks for Authoritarian Rule’, Mehran Kamrava (ed), The Sacred Republic: Power and Institutions in Iran.
  • Benjamin Isakhan & Barry, J. (2023). Iraqi and Syrian Responses to Heritage Destruction under the Islamic State: Genocide, Displacement, Reconstruction, and Return. In Zarandona, A., Cunliffe, E. & Saldin, M. (Eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction. London: Routledge.
  • Ihsan Yilmaz (2023): Evolution of Unofficial Muslim Family Laws to Islamist Legal Pluralism in Erdogan’s Turkey. The Sociology of Shari’a: Case Studies from around the World, Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion. 2nd edition. Springer.
  • Isakhan, B. & Barry, J. (2023). Iraqi and Syrian Responses to Heritage Destruction under the Islamic State: Genocide, Displacement, Reconstruction, and Return. In Zarandona, A., Cunliffe, E. & Saldin, M. (Eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction (p. 322-332). London: Routledge.
  • Michelle Pace, Katrine Sofie Bruun Bennetzen (2023): Female Migrants’ Experiences of Labour Market ‘Integration’ in Denmark. Immigrant and Asylum Seekers Labour Market Integration upon Arrival: NowHereLand. Springer.
  • Shahram Akbarzadeh and Arif Saba (2023). ‘The political system in Iran: theocratic electoral authoritarianism’, Shahram Akbarzadeh (ed), Handbook of Middle East Politics. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Totman, S. & Hardy, M., 2023, Journeys into Terror: Essays from the Cinematic Intersection of Travel and Horror. Miller, C. J. & Van Riper, A. B. (eds.). McFarland and Company, Inc, p. 151-162 12 p.
  • Zahid Shahab Ahmed Khurram Abbas: ‘Pakistan and the Gulf’, in U. Karim and S. Kapur (eds.), Regional Security in South Asia and the Gulf (Abingdon: Routledge), pp. 39-61.
  • Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Khan Zeb: ‘The challenges of assessing peacebuilding in Pakistan’, in S. L. Connaughton and J. R. Linabary (eds.), Are we making a difference? Global and local efforts to assess peacebuilding effectiveness (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield), pp. 141-150.
  • Zahid Shahab Ahmed: ‘Populist leaders and authoritarianism in Pakistan’, in S. A. Al-Arian (ed.), Governance and political authority in the Muslim world: Examining theory and practice (Istanbul: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University Press), pp. 289-305.
  • Zahid Shahab Ahmed: ‘The Taliban-led Afghanistan and transnational crimes: National and regional responses’, in M. Viera (ed.), Global approaches on state fragility and organized crime (San Jose: University for Peace Press), pp. 225-240.
  • Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Khurram Abbas: ‘The impact of Pakistan on Gulf Cooperation Council states’ relations with Iran’ (أثر باكستان في علاقات دول مجلس التعاونلدول الخليج العربية بإيران), in M. Kabalan (ed.), Gulf Arab states and Iran (دول الخليج العربية و إيران) (Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies), pp. 381-401.
  • Abouzeid M, Baroudi Y, Akik C (2023): Global Prioritisation Exercise for Humanitarian Research and Innovation: Lebanon National Consultation Report. London: Elrha
  • Braga, C. M.; Finkbeiner, G.; Akik, C.; Abouzeid, M. (2023): Global Prioritisation Exercise for Humanitarian Research and Innovation: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Consultation Report. London: Elrha
  • Yousef Khader, Zeinab El-Dirani, Majd Alsoukhni, Sara Abu Khadair, Randa Saad, Adna Maiteh, Ruba Alsouri, Chaza Akik, Marian Abouzeid (2023): Global Prioritisation Exercise for Humanitarian Research and Innovation: West Asia and North Africa Regional Report. London: Elrha

2022

Shahram Akbarzadeh (2022): Middle East Politics & International Relations: Crisis Zone  (Routledge)

Dimitris Bouris, Daniela Huber & Michelle Pace (2022): Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations (Routledge)

Imran Ahmed, Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Howard Brasted & Shahram Akbarzadeh (ed) (2022): Religion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia (Palgrave Macmillan)

Ihsan Yilmaz (2022): Authoritarianism, Informal Law, and Legal Hybridity: The Islamisation of the State in Turkey. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

2021

Amanuel Elias, Fethi Mansouri and Yin Paradies (2021): Racism in Australia Today (Palgrave Macmillan)

Mahmoud Pargoo and Shahram Akbarzadeh (2021): Presidential Elections in Iran: Islamic Idealism since the Revolution (Cambridge University Press)

Mahmoud Pargoo (2021):  Secularization of Islam in Post-Revolutionary Iran (Routledge)

Ihsan Yilmaz (2021): Creating the Desired Citizen: Ideology, State and Islam in Turkey (Cambridge University Press)

2020

Shahram Akbarzadeh (2020): Routledge Handbook of Political Islam (Routledge)

Ibrahim Fraihat (2020): Iran and Saudi Arabia – Taming a Chaotic Conflict (Edinburgh University Press)

2019

2018

  • Shahram Akbarzadeh (2018): ‘The Lure of Islamism in Central Asia’ In Mark Woodward & Ronald Lukens-Bull, Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives, Springer, pp-1-13.
  • Rebecca Barlow: ‘The women’s movement and state responses to contentious campaigns in Iran’ In Dara Conduit and Shahram Akbarzadeh (eds) New Opposition in the Middle East (New York: Palgrave Macmillan). Forthcoming 2018.
  • Rebecca Barlow and Shahram Akbarzadeh: ‘Top-down or bottom-up? Towards a theory of change for human rights practice in Iran’, In Rebecca Barlow and Shahram Akbarzadeh (eds) Human Rights and Drivers of Change in Iran: Towards a Theory of Change (London: Palgrave MacMillan). Forthcoming 2018.
  • Rebecca Barlow and Shahram Akbarzadeh: ‘Intersecting issues and their implications for human rights practice in Iran’, In Rebecca Barlow and Shahram Akbarzadeh (eds) Human Rights and Drivers of Change in Iran: Towards a Theory of Change (London: Palgrave MacMillan). Forthcoming 2018.
  • Dara Conduit and Shahram Akbarzadeh: ‘The ‘inside track’ approach to change in Iran under President Rouhani: The case of freedom on the internet,’ In Rebecca Barlow and Shahram Akbarzadeh (eds) Human Rights and Drivers of Change in Iran: Towards a Theory of Change (London: Palgrave MacMillan). Forthcoming 2018.
  • Dara Conduit and Shahram Akbarzadeh: ‘Contentious Politics and Middle Eastern oppositions after the uprisings’ In Dara Conduit and Shahram Akbarzadeh (eds) New Opposition in the Middle East (New York: Palgrave Macmillan). Forthcoming 2018.
  • Dara Conduit and Shahram Akbarzadeh: ‘The Iranian Reform movement since 2009’ In Dara Conduit and Shahram Akbarzadeh (eds) New Opposition in the Middle East (New York: Palgrave Macmillan). Forthcoming 2018.
  • Zouhir Gabsi (2018): ‘Islamic perspective on Islamophobia: From misconcept,’ In Yadir H, & Onkal G (ed) New Horizons in Philosophy and Sociology. Peter Lang, Frankfurt. pp-103-118.
  • Hossein Shokouhi and Mehdi Latifi (2018): ‘Empowerment and knowledge transformation through critical reading and thinking: a case study of Iranian university students,’ In Raqib Chowdhury (ed) Transformation and Empowerment through Education: Reconstructing our Relationship with Education, Abingdon: Routledge.
  • David Tittensor: ‘Secrecy and Hierarchy within the Gülen movement and the Question of Academic Responsibility’ In M. Hakan Yavyz & Bayram Balci (eds) Turkey’s July 15th coup: What Happened and Why? (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press). Forthcoming 2018.
  • Ihsan Yilmaz (2018): ‘Nation Building, Islamic Law and Unofficial Legal Pluralism: The Cases of Turkey and Pakistan,’ In Norbert Oberauer, Yvonne Prief, Ulrike Qubaja (eds) Legal Pluralism in Muslim Context, Leiden: Brill.
  • Ihsan Yilmaz, Ozcan Keles and Ismail Mesut Sezgin (2018): ‘Tackling the Twin Threats of Islamophobia and Islamist Extremism: Case Study of the Hizmet Movement’ In John L. Esposito and Derya Iner, Crosspollination of Radicalisation and Islamophobia, New York: Palgrave. 2018.

2017

2016

2015

  • Benjamin Isakhan (2015): ‘Succeeding and Seceding in Iraq: The Case for a Shiite State,’ in Damian Kingsbury and Costas Laoutides (eds) Territorial Separatism in Global Politics: Causes, Outcomes and Resolution (London: Routledge). pp. 139-152.
  • Ihsan Yilmaz (2015): ‘Peace-building through Education and Intercivilizational Dialogue: The case of the Gülen movement’ in Nejima Susumu (ed) NGOs in the Muslim World: Faith and Social Services. (Routledge: New York). pp. 102-115.
  • Ihsan Yilmaz (2015): ‘The Sacred and the Secular in the Muslim World’ in Marty E. Marty (ed) The Hizmet means service: Perspectives on an alternative path within Islam. (University of California Press). pp. 162-175.
  •  Ihsan Yilmaz and Cemen Polat (2015): ‘The Gülen-Hizmet movement, its impact on Turkey and presence in Australia’ in Michális Michael (ed) Reconciling Cultural and Political Identities in a Globalized World: Perspectives on Australia-Turkey Relations. (Palgrave Macmillan: New York). pp. 135-156.
  • Ihsan Yilmaz (2015): ‘Semi-official Turkish Muslim Legal Pluralism: Encounters Between Secular Official Law and Unofficial Shari’a’ in Adam Possamai, James T. Richardson and Bryan S. Turner (eds) The Sociology of Shari’a: Case Studies from around the World, (Springer). pp. 51-65.

2014

  • Shahram Akbarzadeh and Mario Peucker (2014): ‘Managing religious diversity and promoting active citizenship: Muslims in Australia, Britain and Germany’, in Fethi Mansouri and Boulou Ebanda de B’beri (eds), Global perspectives on the politics of multiculturalism in the 21st century: a case study analysis (London: Routledge). pp. 141-160
  • Benjamin Isakhan (2014): ‘Protests and Public Power in Post-Saddam Iraq: The Case of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions,’ in Luca Anceschi, Gennaro Gervasio and Andrea Teti: (eds) Informal Power in the Greater Middle East: Hidden Geographies (London: Routledge). pp. 117-128.
  • Ihsan Yilmaz (2014): ‘Islamic Family Law in Secular Turkish Courts.’ In Elisa Guinchi (ed) Adjudicating Family Law in Muslim: Case Studies from around the Contemporary Muslim World, (Routledge, New York). pp. 148-159.
  • Ihsan Yilmaz (2014): ‘Turkish Faith-based Civil Society’s Transformative Influence on Islamism as an Inspiration to the Middle East,’ in Anwar Alam (ed) Arab Spring: Reflections of Political Changes in the Arab World and its Future, (New Century Publications).
  •  Ihsan Yilmaz (2014): ‘Post-Secularism, Post-Islamism and Islam in the Public Sphere,’ In John Leman and Erkan Toguslu (eds) Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism Dynamics in the West and in the Middle East. Leuven University Press, May 2014, pp. 91-99.