We would like to invite you to contribute to Al-Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean.

Al-Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean is an international journal covering all aspects of the Islamic Mediterranean culture from the second to the ninth AH/eighth to the fifteenth centuries AD. It is concerned with fostering interdisciplinary and cross-cultural investigation of the Mediterranean region, creating a forum of ideas, encouraging debate on the influence of Islamic culture in the Mediterranean and promoting innovatory research.

Research papers use a range of theoretical and methodological approaches covering studies in the humanities and social sciences. The journal invites submissions for thematic issues. Each issue will be peer-reviewed to ensure competence in all fields of research and the editorial direction of the journal. The journal is a publication of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, which aims to promote, through conferences and meetings, the study of the intercultural relationships and interfaces in the eastern, central and western Mediterranean during the Middle Ages.

The current coverage of topics in Al-Masaq is varied; others will include the following:

• Transmission and communication of culture in the Mediterranean
• Islam and imagery in art
• Islam in medieval European writings
• Islam in art and architecture
• Material Culture
• Seafaring and coastal communities
• Archaeology
• Rural and urban settlements
• Hagiography, sermons and related literature
• Conversion: Jewish,Christian and Islamic
• Crusades, the Latin East
• Gender and the Mediterranean
• Women in literature and society
• Islam in Spain and Sicily
• Norman Sicily and Islam
• Byzantium and Islam
• Orthodox Christianity
• Art and imagery: icons and paintings
• Monasticism and religious life
• Government and warfare
• Medicine, science and technology
• Military history
• Concepts of national identity in the Mediterranean
• Geography and settlement studies
• Historical writing
• Archives and resources
• Languages and literatures: Latin, Greek and Arabic

Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in Al-Masaq have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.

Disclaimer for scientific, technical and social science publications:
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