Showing posts with label publishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publishing. Show all posts

Thursday, 27 December 2018

Islam in the Philippines series calls for proposals

DLSU Publishing House, publisher of the Islam in the Philippines series, is calling for proposals for new books.

The series focuses on long and short research monographs, policy-oriented books, handbooks, and collections of multidisciplinary studies and analyses on historical and contemporary Islam and Muslims in the Philippines. The series is in collaboration with Palgrave Macmillan on a project by project basis.

There are four chief editors:
  • Dr Nassef Manabilang Adiong, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Islamic Studies, the University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Dr Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, Professor of Philosophy of Education and Sociocultural & International Development Education Studies, and Director of the Center for International Studies in Educational Research and Development for the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University, US
  • Mansoor L. Limba, Associate Professor of political science and international and Islamic studies at Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines, and
  • Isaac Donoso, at Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Details:

Email book proposals to Dr Nassef at contact at nassef.info.

All book proposals should include the following:

– The proposed title of the book.

– A description of the book (between 400 and 700 words) that explains its rationale, scope, significance to the series, its relations to competing works, and notable contribution to existing scholarship.

– A table of contents with chapter summaries.

– Estimated word length for the whole book, its proposed completion date, and description of its target readership.

– Optional: one or two sample chapters.

– Complete curriculum vitae of the author(s).

Thursday, 7 December 2017

Kube Publishing summarises 2017 releases

Source: Kube Publishing blog. Cover for Vibrant Soul.
Source: Kube Publishing blog. Cover for Vibrant Soul.
Kube Publishing has published a list of its 2017 books in a blog post. These include:

A Rumi-inspired adult colouring book, Vibrant Soul, featuring dervish, minarets, flowers and birds;

Revive your Heart by Nouman Ali Khan, a call for spiritual renewal;

Islam the faith of love and happiness by Dr Haidar Bagir, a guide for happiness in this life;

Kube's first children's fiction, out in time for Eid, Hassan and Aneesa Celebrate Eid by Yasmeen Rahim, followed by board book My First Book About the Qur’an by Sara Khan and I wonder about the Qur'an, part of the I wonder series;

A Treasury of Ibn Taymiyyah: His Timeless Thought and Wisdom, a commentary on some of Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad Ibn Taymiyyah's (أحمد ابن تيمية) writings, by Mustapha Sheikh. Ibn Taymiyyah was a medieval Islamic scholar who passed away in 728 who has influenced contemporary Islam;

A Treasury of Ghazali by Ghazali scholar Mustafa Abu Sway, another commentary which focuses on 40 of Ghazali's works;

Great Muslims of the West: Makers of Western Islam by Muhammad Mojlum Khan; and

Al-Adab al-Mufrad A Perfect Code of Manners and Morality By Imam Bukhari, an anthology of 1,329 hadiths.

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Learn more about Islamic bookbinding at the Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia

Source: IAMM. The Islamic Bookbinding exhibition runs till the end of the  year.
Source: IAMM. The Islamic Bookbinding exhibition runs till the end of the
year.
The Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia (IAMM) has just launched an exhibition on Islamic bookbinding. The Islamic Bookbinding exhibition showcases over 70 artefacts that portray the elements of book bindings from around the Islamic world. 

The art of book binding was not only concentrated in refining the design of the covers but also focused on other elements such as the doublure (inner cover) and the flap, a feature associated specifically with Islamic bindings.

Books in the exhibition are both bound and unbound. Some are kept in wooden boxes, wrapped in leather, or bound in codex form. Covers are typically of leather, lacquerwork or textiles as well as mediums such as metal and precious gems. There are also additional housings such as boxes, pouches and slipcases.

In conjunction with the exhibition, IAMM has also organised a workshop on Islamic bookbinding intended primarily for conservators, from 24 to 28 July 2017. The Workshop on Islamic Bookbinding: Understanding book structures and bindings of Islamic Manuscripts by Dr Karin Scheper will show attendees how manuscripts were bound in the Islamic world, focusing on the predominant structure but also explaining region-specific characteristics and varieties, and the strengths and functionality of the bookbinding method.

Dr Scheper is a leading authority on the subject, having carried out research on the Leiden University collection of Islamic manuscripts while working, at the same time, as a conservator at the University Library. Her book, The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding (Brill 2015), won her the 2017 De la Court – award of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

The workshop will consist of both theoretical and practical components and covers the composite structure and use of materials that will be beneficial for conservation, the development of conservation strategies and the preparation of bound manuscripts for exhibitions. Under the guidance of Dr Scheper, attendees will make a model of a bound manuscript, allowing them to practice original techniques of sewing, end-banding and covering a text block.

Interested?

Islamic Bookbinding
Special Gallery 2
IAMM
10am to 5pm (Ramadhan); 10am to 6pm (after Ramadhan)
Till 31 December 2017 - the museum will be closed for the Eid al Fitr holidays from 24 to 27 June.

The workshop has a limited number of places for conservators, and early registration is advised. Register

A special catalogue to commemorate this exhibition is available at the museum shop.

Monday, 30 November 2015

Kitaab starts crowdfunding campaign

Source: Kitaab website.

Kitaab, which means “book” in many Asian languages, is moving to the next phase of its evolution with crowdfunding on Indiegogo. The literary project was founded in 2005 to empower and connect Asian writers with readers globally. Since then, it "has filled a major void in the online literary scene in Asia by creating a link-based information storehouse where the most important stories on Asian writers and writing were curated", says Zafar Anjum, its founder and a well-known author.

"Over the years, Kitaab has evolved into a much larger project that encompasses publishing and e-commerce to serve the same community of writers, readers, publishers and agents worldwide. Run by 15 voluntary editors who sit in different parts of the world, Kitaab provides a global writing and publishing platform to emerging and seasoned writers in Asia and abroad," he said. 

Kitaab began publishing in 2013, presenting original/translated contemporary literature in English and Asian languages. It is also getting recognised in the region, most recently as the media partner of the Hyderabad Literary Festival in India. 

"Two of Kitaab's titles were launched at this year's Singapore Literary Festival. Kitaab will publish three books by (Singapore) Cultural Medallion winner Isa Kamari in 2016, including the Malay writer's first novel written in English. Kitaab has also bought the Hindi/Urdu translation rights of Isa Kamari's pathbreaking Malay novel, Intercession," Anjum said. "We will be acquiring more Asian titles for translation." 

Intercession, published as Tawassul in Malay, explores the implications of cloning the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).

Anjum hopes that the crowdfunding campaign will raise up to US$10,000 to help Kitaab to curate better content and provide an improved user experience. "Those who will support Kitaab in this first-ever fundraising campaign will be rewarded with various perks, ranging from thank you notes from editors to signed copies of books to specially designed tote bags and even mentions on the Kitaab website as a patron," he said. 

So far, nearly more than 1,300 people have supported Kitaab’s appeal on Facebook, Anjum said. "We seek your help and cooperation to make our maiden fundraising - our first in ten years - a success," he said. 

Interested?

Read the WorkSmart Asia blog post on Anjum's book Startup Capitals
Read the Suroor Asia blog post on Anjum's book Iqbal

Sunday, 18 October 2015

ISEAS Publishing unveils Islamic Post-Traditionalism in Indonesia

Source: ISEAS website.
Islamic Post-Traditionalism in Indonesia, by Rumadi (2015, ISBN: 978-981-4620-42-0, US$29.90), has just been published by ISEAS Publishing.

The book offers a unique assessment of the development of the phenomenon of Islamic post-traditionalism using Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest mass Islamic organisation in Indonesia (and the world) as a case study.

'Post-traditionalism' is a term now widely used to describe the attempts by progressive reformers to reify and legitimise modern intellectual notions, often from non-Islamic sources, by using reference to terminology and ideas drawn from Islamic tradition. This book discusses the discourse of post-traditionalist thought within Islamic thought more widely, before turning to examine the emergence of new currents of progressive thought within NU in Indonesia and the factors that influence that. In particular, the book explores the sometimes fiery struggle between liberal and conservative thought in NU; and the position of post-traditionalist thought in the wider development of intellectualism in Indonesia.

The highly influential Indonesian version of this book was originally published as Post Traditionalisme Islam: Wacana Intelektualisme dalam Komunitas NU by the Fahmina Institute, Indonesia, 2008.

Rumadi taught at the Bengkulu State Islamic College from 1997 to 2004.

Interested?

An e-chapter of the introduction is downloadable free of charge
Sample pages are available at Google Books