Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa

NEH award to ISITA and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign supports development of digital manuscript collection.

In October 2023, ISITA hosted Mohameden Ahmedou, a Mauritanian master calligrapher and historian of the Arabic script.

Anthropologist Seiji Nakao of Kyoto University to spend a year in residence as an ISITA visiting scholar.

There are no upcoming events at this time.

Arabic Literature of Africa Series are regional overviews of the major authors writing in Arabic in sub-Saharan Africa.
Publications resulting from ISITA initiatives includes books, articles, and papers that are the product of ISITA conferences or initiatives.

INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT IN AFRICA