Sharjah International Foundation for the History of Arab and Muslim Sciences

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Brief of the program:

Sharjah International Foundation for the History of Arab and Muslim Sciences (SIFHAMS), University of Sharjah, is organizing its 7^th SIFHAMS International Graduate Winter School (2026) under the theme “Scientific Tradition in Islamic Civilization” in collaboration with Al Qasimia University , Institute of Physics1 in University of Cologne (Germany), MES Mampad College (India) and University of Mexico (Mexico).  It organizes intensive graduate course study and training at MA and PhD levels on the contributions of Muslims to the sciences throughout the history of Islamic Civilization. In addition, it offers number of sessions dealing with various aspects and issues in Islamic Civilization.

The program will be presented in Arabic and English where the simultaneous translation will be available. The program will be a Hybrid (online and on-site) for a period of a week and all of the distinguished speakers will be with different backgrounds and internationally scholars.

 

Topics:

• Meaning of Science in Islamic Civilization
• Islamic Economics and Finance: Resources and Contents
• Understanding Muslim philosophy in Islamic civilization
• Understanding Muslim Historiography in the Modern World
• Islamic Psychology and its Literature
• Books and manuscripts in Islamic civilization – A survey and methodology
• Interpreting Elements of Islamic Architecture
• Distinguished Aspects of Islamic Architecture and Engineering
• History of Astronomy: Muslim scholars
• The knowledge of the Milky Way in the Arabic cultural between the 8. and 15. century