Carool Kersten - Author

To be released soon. I contributed the opening chapter entitled " Arrival, adoption, and adaptation: integrating Islam in maritime Southeast Asia"

Southeast Asian Islam: Integration and Indigenisation This book explores Muslim communities in Southeast Asia, the integration of Islamic culture with diverse ethnic cultures of the region and practice of cultural and religious coexistence in various realms. The volume traces the origins and processes of adoption, transmission and adaptation of Islam b...

Congratulations to Prof. Carool Kersten on signing with Edinburgh University Press for two monographies, devoted to 'Islam and Contemporary European Literature' and 'Islam and Contemporary World Literature'

Edinburgh University Press and I have agreed to expand the original book project on Islam and Contemporary World Literature from one to two monographs; one dedicated to Islamic referents in contemporary European literature the other one with a global scope.

Wholehearted & unreserved endorsement of this book on Shame, Modesty and Honor in Islam

traditional Muslim theology, along with much Western scholarship, regards the birth of Islam as a radical break with Arabia’s past. To Al-Jallad, however, the inscriptional evidence, containing many references to peoples, events, and places that appear in the Quran and other early Islamic narratives, suggests the opposite: an evolution of Arabian ideas and practices

A New History of Arabia, Written in Stone How strange rocks—and an obscure language—are changing a decades-old academic consensus.

The cultural dimension of Saudi Arabia's Vision2030:

"Although much has been made of opening up to Western culture, subjects from local and national traditions, from calligraphy to folklore, play an equally important role in contemporary Saudi art. Purely religious subjects, however, don't seem particularly popular. And all those creatives receiving funding are required to remain apolitical – not even the slightest criticism of the Saudi royal family will be tolerated"

Saudi Arabia's cultural revolution: Artists, but not individuals in the Western sense - Qantara.de "Saudi Vision 2030" foresees the accelerated modernisation of Saudi Arabia – and that includes the country’s culture. Huge amounts of government funding are being poured into the arts, while exchange with the West is welcomed. These new freedoms do, however, have their limits, as Joseph Croitoru...

A cluster of excited fans was waiting at the table of Saudi fantasy author Osamah bin Muslim. They had their hearts set on getting their books signed. Bin Muslim is a hit with female readers in particular. His trilogy "The Orchards of Arabistan" has thrilled them with heroines who go on exciting adventures in a country full of magic and jinn. Fantasy is currently hugely popular in the Arab world, offering mini escapes into a world where there are no barriers, taboos and prohibitions

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: "We're not looking for Western recognition" - Qantara.de The United Arab Emirates has made cultural dialogue its mission. At the 2023 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, the country confidently presented itself as the custodian of Arab culture. Although the book fair is a place for authors and publishing companies to meet and talk, there were limits to wha...

My latest publication happens to be in German. Appearing in a hefty volume resulting from the philosophies of religion project hosted by the University of Vienna. Flattered to feature alongside the likes of John Caputo and Richard Kearney.

My endorsement of Manos Karragianis's latest book, based on his second PhD thesis (!), written under my direction:

Drawing on his extensive experience as a political scientist studying Islamist movements, Emmanuel Karagiannis has expanded his research with an examination of their wider agendas through the lens of eco-theology. By addressing this largely understudied aspect of Islamist activism and ideology, Why Islamists Go Green provides a welcome addition to the literature on militant political Islam

Why Islamists Go Green Investigates the environmental policies of transnational and militant Islamist groups