Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies

CALL FOR PAPERS:

OPEN CALL: VOLUME 18 ISSUE 2 (2025)

THEMATIC ISSUE. VOLUME 19 ISSUE 1 (2026)

METHODOLOGIES AND EPISTEMOLOGIES IN SCANDINAVIAN ISLAMIC STUDIES

OPEN CALL: VOLUME 18 ISSUE 2 (2025)

The Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies (SJIS) invites high-quality research papers on Muslims and Islam in Scandinavia, regardless of the author’s institutional affiliation. It also welcomes studies on Muslims and Islam globally by scholars affiliated with a Scandinavian university.

For this open issue, we encourage submissions from diverse researchers with multidisciplinary perspectives, including experts in religious studies, anthropology, ethnography, history, educational research or philosophical-theoretical methodologies.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: studies on Muslim identities, religious practices, and institutions in Scandinavia; historical and contemporary perspectives on Islamic thought and movements; intersections of religion, law, and governance; gender and family dynamics among Muslim communities; media representations of Islam and Muslims; Islam and Muslims in Religious Education; and methodological or theoretical contributions to the study of Islam and Muslims.

Submission and Review Process
All submitted articles will undergo a double-blind peer-review process by two external reviewers. SJIS provides immediate open diamond access, ensuring that accepted articles are freely available without Article Processing Charges (APCs) or any other fees.

Key Dates:

• Deadline for first draft: August 15, 2025
• Expected publication: December, 2025

Guest Editors: Saer El-Jaichi, Eli-Anne Vongraven Eriksen

For submission guidelines and further details, please visit our website Author Guidelines | Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies or contact us at saer_1980@hotmail.com or eli-anne.eriksen@ntnu.no

THEMATIC ISSUE. VOLUME 19 ISSUE 1 (2026)

METHODOLOGIES AND EPISTEMOLOGIES IN SCANDINAVIAN ISLAMIC STUDIES

In this special issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies (SJIS), we invite high-quality research papers that address different methodological perspectives, as well as discussing their various epistemological underpinnings. The papers may be theoretically oriented or built around a case study. In addition to the methodological and epistemological perspectives, we encourage submissions on the history of the field in Scandinavia and on issues of research ethics and societal impact of concern for Islamic Studies.

In recent decades, Islamic Studies has emerged as a distinct and thriving field within Scandinavian academia. Although seldom institutionalized as an academic discipline in its own right, this field of interest brings together researchers with affiliations within a number of disciplines, as well as researchers who work interdisciplinary. Islamic Studies is here defined broadly as studies on Islam and Muslims, in Scandinavia mostly as a subset within disciplines including religious studies, area studies, theology, history, political science, anthropology, educational studies, and environmental studies, with methodological approaches ranging from sociological and ethnographic to philological and philosophical, and more. In this special issue we aim to reflect this diversity.

Given the lacuna in the textbook treatment of this field, we are particularly interested in attracting papers which are cutting edge in the ongoing discussions and at the same suitable as curriculum material. We particularly welcome contributions in the Scandinavian languages, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian, as well as in English.

Submission and Review Process
All submitted articles will undergo a double-blind peer-review process by two external reviewers. SJIS provides immediate open diamond access, ensuring that accepted articles are freely available without Article Processing Charges (APCs) or any other fees.

Key Dates:

• Deadline for first draft: December 15, 2025
• Expected publication: June, 2026

Guest Editors: Nora S. Eggen, University of Oslo and Tobias Andersson, Uppsala University,

For submission guidelines and further details, please visit our website Author Guidelines | Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies or contact us at n.s.eggen@teologi.uio.no and tobias.andersson@teol.uu.se