The International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) is the first learned society dedicated to the study of the Qur’an. I am proud to have been involved in IQSA since its inception, from the early conversations about forming the society in 2012–2013, to the first IQSA-branded panels and conferences in 2013 and 2014, to today.
From 2013 to 2017 I was the inaugural Chair of the Publications and Research Committee, as well as serving as the founding editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association. From 2013 to 2016 I served on the Programming Committee for the IQSA Annual Meeting as well.
I founded the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit of the IQSA Annual Meeting (held concurrently with the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings) and co-chaired the program unit from 2014 to 2021.
In addition to overseeing numerous panels formed from proposals submitted in response to the IQSA open call for papers, I have organized numerous special panels under the auspices of IQSA over the years, including the following:
The Prophet and the Prophetic in the Qur’an
Panel sponsored by the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit
AAR-SL-IQSA Annual Meeting, San Antonio
November 20–21, 2021
Muhammad, the Qur’an, and the Sirah Tradition: New Perspectives
Panel sponsored by the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit
AAR-SBL-IQSA Annual Meeting, San Diego
November 22, 2019
Re-Orienting the Study of Late Antiquity before and after Muhammad
Panel co-sponsored by the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit, International Qur’anic Studies Association and the Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity group, American Academy of Religion
AAR-SBL-IQSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
November 18, 2017
Teaching Ancient Mediterranean Religions from Rome to Islam
Panel co-sponsored by the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit, International Qur’anic Studies Association, the Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions, and the Society of Biblical Literature Student Advisory Board
AAR-SBL-IQSA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
November 21, 2016
Violence and Belief Beyond the Qur’anic Milieu (II)
Panel co-sponsored by the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit, International Qur’anic Studies Association and the Religious Competition in Late Antiquity program unit, Society of Biblical Literature
AAR-SBL-IQSA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
November 21, 2016
Violence and Belief in the Qur’anic Milieu (I)
Panel co-sponsored by the Qur’an and Late Antiquity program unit, International Qur’anic Studies Association and the Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity group, American Academy of Religion
AAR-SBL-IQSA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
November 22, 2015
Modern Muslim Critics of Bible and Isrāʾīliyyāt
Panel co-sponsored by the Qur’an and Biblical Literature program unit, Society of Biblical Literature and the International Qur’anic Studies Association
AAR-SBL-IQSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
November 24, 2013
Prophets and Prophethood between Bible and Quran
Panel co-sponsored by the Qur’an and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective program unit, Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting and the International Qur’anic Studies Association
SBL International Meeting, St. Andrews, UK
July 8, 2013
A Roundtable Discussion of Carl Ernst’s How to Read the Qur’an: A New Guide
Panel co-sponsored by the SECSOR Study of Islam program unit and the International Qur’anic Studies Association
Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC
March 17, 2013