News Academic Delegation from the School of Arabic Studies in Granada Visits University of Sharjah 23 Apr 2025 The University of Sharjah recently hosted a distinguished academic delegation from the School of Arabic Studies (Escuela de Estudios Árabes, EEA) in Granada, Spain. The visit was part of ongoing efforts to foster international academic collaboration in the field of Arabic and Islamic studies. Read More Global News : Copernicus may have leaned on ancient Muslim astronomer in developing his cosmological system 14 Apr 2025 New research has revealed that the cosmological model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus, the renowned European Renaissance polymath, bears striking resemblance to the one designed by an Arab Muslim astronomer nearly two centuries earlier. Read More Global News : Scientist tells how and why Islam and the West hold contrasting worldviews of knowledge as concept and practice 3 Mar 2025 A direct English translation of the Arabic word ‘ilm علم is “knowledge”, but the Arabic appellation is pregnant with meanings that transcend what knowledge implied for the likes of Plato, Pythagoras, and Euclid in antiquity or for the European Renaissance scientists of the 16th century like Galileo and Kepler. Read More Global News : Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition 4 Feb 2025 Mesut Idriz, Sharjah University's Professor of Islamic civilization, says bringing Arabic and Islamic manuscripts to life is among the hardest labors social science researchers face. Read More *Prof. Dr. Mesut Idriz Highlights “The Rights of Minorities Under Ottoman State” at UTM’s Royal Conference on Islam and Humanity* 26 Jan 2025 _Kuala Lumpur, 27 January 2025_ – Esteemed historian and scholar, Prof. Dr. Mesut Idriz, Director of SIFHAMS at the University of Sharjah, delivered an enlightening lecture on “The Rights of Minorities Under the Ottoman State” at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) during the Royal Conference on Islam and Humanity, held between 26-27 January 2025. Read More Joint Cooperation Between SIFHAMS and Myongji University in Arabic Language Studies and Islamic Science History 13 Jan 2025 Professor Mesut Idriz, Director of the Sharjah International Foundation for the History of Arab and Muslim Sciences, welcomed Professor Jeoung-Myoung, Kim , Director of the Institute of Middle Eastern Affairs at the Department of Arabic Studies at Myongji University in Korea, and Professor Ahn, Jang Kook, Dean of Student Affairs, at the Foundation's headquarters Read More The conclusion of the 6th International Winter School for Graduate Students at the University of Sharjah. 12 Jan 2025 Read More Joint Cooperation Between SIFHAMS and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ansari Complex for the Holy Quran 8 Jan 2025 The Sharjah International Foundation for the History of Arab and Muslim Sciences hosted Engineer Faisal Al-Ansari, the Executive Director of the Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ansari Complex for the Holy Quran from Qatar, for an official visit aimed at exploring ways of cooperation between the two institutions in the fields of the history of science and Arab and Islamic scientific heritage. Engineer Al-Ansari was welcomed by Professor Mesut Idriz the Foundation’s Director, Read More SIFHAMS and CASIS of the University Technology Malaysia had Cordial Meeting 23 Dec 2024 Based on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the University of Sharjah (UoS) and the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) signed on the 7th July 2024, Read More Global News : A forum on astrolabe: getting to grips with an ancient Islamic astronomical instrument 10 Dec 2024 The University of Sharjah hosted an astrolabe workshop in which western scientists showed participants how an astronomical instrument made by an ancient Muslim scholar nearly 1,000 years ago measured the altitude of the sun throughout the twelve zodiacal signs and told local time through the position of the sun in the ecliptic on a given day. Read More University of Sharjah Participates in an International Seminar in Mexico 2 Dec 2024 As part of activating the terms of the cooperation agreement signed between the University of Sharjah and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a delegation of faculty members and researchers from the University of Sharjah participated in the Second International Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in Science Diplomacy and Scientific Heritage. The seminar was held at UNAM over three days, under the theme "Scientific Heritage, Heritage of Nations." Read More International Workshop: “Astrolabes and Algorithms” Highlights India’s Rich Mathematical Heritage 18 Nov 2024 The Departments of Mathematics and Physics at M.E.S. Mampad College, in collaboration with the University of Sharjah (SIFHAMS) and the Kerala State Higher Education Council, organized an international workshop titled “Astrolabes and Algorithms.” Read More 1234567