Hilary Kalmbach
Biographic Data
| ID | 1593583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hilary Kalmbach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hilary |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalmbach |
| SIGNATURE | KALMBACH H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0898-7164 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Wiley Blackwell History of Islam
In an effort to enliven the review section of the AHR, we have been experimenting with new ways of evaluating scholarship of all kinds. In a number of instances, we have asked several scholars to review a single book or film, in order to bring a variety of critical views to bear on issues of historical importance. Our April 2019 issue, for example, presented four distinctive reviews of Michael A. Gomez’s African Dominion; in the April 2020 AHR, f…
Blurring boundaries: Aesthetics, performance, and the transformation of Islamic leadership
This article demonstrates the importance of performance – and in particular performances that blur boundaries between aesthetical styles – to the emergence and impact of ‘new religious intellectuals’, a group that radically transformed Islamic leadership in the twentieth century and were involved in setting up the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from 1928.This article builds on previous work on performance and the legitimation of Islamic leadership t…
Introduction: Islamic Authority and the Study of Female Religious Leaders
Sur le chemin de Damas: Enquête sur l'autorité des femmes prêcheurs dans les mosquées en Syrie
Cet article s'appuie sur le concept d'autorité pour analyser l'autorité religieuse des femmes dans l'islam contemporain, en s'intéressant plus particulièrement à Huda al-Habash, enseignante dans une mosquée syrienne. Les exemples historiques peuvent servir d'inspiration aux femmes engagées dans les mouvements des mosquées contemporains, qui prônent un renouveau islamique, mais ces mouvements et celles et ceux qui les animent sont le produit d'évo…
Social and Religious Change in Damascus: One Case of Female Islamic Religious Authority
Female religious authority exists and is accepted in conservative Damascene circles, though scholarship has largely overlooked it. While charismatic forms of authority have been accessible to women for centuries, twentieth-century changes have made it possible for women to achieve scholarly authority as well. The female instructor in this study argues that it is natural for women to teach female mosque lesson groups; her own authority, though, is…
Social and Religious Change in Damascus: One Case of Female Islamic Religious Authority
Female religious authority exists and is accepted in conservative Damascene circles, though scholarship has largely overlooked it. While charismatic forms of authority have been accessible to women for centuries, twentieth-century changes have made it possible for women to achieve scholarly authority as well. The female instructor in this study argues that it is natural for women to teach female mosque lesson groups; her own authority, though, is…
Blurring boundaries: Aesthetics, performance, and the transformation of Islamic leadership
This article demonstrates the importance of performance – and in particular performances that blur boundaries between aesthetical styles – to the emergence and impact of ‘new religious intellectuals’, a group that radically transformed Islamic leadership in the twentieth century and were involved in setting up the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from 1928.This article builds on previous work on performance and the legitimation of Islamic leadership t…
Social and Religious Change in Damascus: One Case of Female Islamic Religious Authority
Female religious authority exists and is accepted in conservative Damascene circles, though scholarship has largely overlooked it. While charismatic forms of authority have been accessible to women for centuries, twentieth-century changes have made it possible for women to achieve scholarly authority as well. The female instructor in this study argues that it is natural for women to teach female mosque lesson groups; her own authority, though, is…
Introduction: Islamic Authority and the Study of Female Religious Leaders
Sur le chemin de Damas: Enquête sur l'autorité des femmes prêcheurs dans les mosquées en Syrie
Cet article s'appuie sur le concept d'autorité pour analyser l'autorité religieuse des femmes dans l'islam contemporain, en s'intéressant plus particulièrement à Huda al-Habash, enseignante dans une mosquée syrienne. Les exemples historiques peuvent servir d'inspiration aux femmes engagées dans les mouvements des mosquées contemporains, qui prônent un renouveau islamique, mais ces mouvements et celles et ceux qui les animent sont le produit d'évo…
Blurring boundaries: Aesthetics, performance, and the transformation of Islamic leadership
This article demonstrates the importance of performance – and in particular performances that blur boundaries between aesthetical styles – to the emergence and impact of ‘new religious intellectuals’, a group that radically transformed Islamic leadership in the twentieth century and were involved in setting up the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from 1928.This article builds on previous work on performance and the legitimation of Islamic leadership t…
The Wiley Blackwell History of Islam
In an effort to enliven the review section of the AHR, we have been experimenting with new ways of evaluating scholarship of all kinds. In a number of instances, we have asked several scholars to review a single book or film, in order to bring a variety of critical views to bear on issues of historical importance. Our April 2019 issue, for example, presented four distinctive reviews of Michael A. Gomez’s African Dominion; in the April 2020 AHR, f…
Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Islam (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)