The Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative ( ISMI) is ongoing; its mission is to make accessible online information on all Islamic manuscripts in the exact sciences. ISMI has recently moved from McGill University in Canada to Medeniyet University in Istanbul; collaboration with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin continues. We hope to expand the project in the coming months and years and encourage scholars interested in contributing to the project to contact us: sally.ragep@mcgill.ca

Work in Progress

• “Mahmud al-Jaghmini.” A short book in the Makers of the Muslim World series, eds. Khaled El-Rouayheb and Sabine Schmidtke. Oneworld Publications (UK). Forthcoming Dec. 2025.
• Jamil Ragep and I have been asked to submit a proposal for a Very Short Introduction on Science in the Islamic World (Oxford Univ. Press).
• A survey, study, and database of Islamic scientific cosmology (hayʾa) (with Jamil Ragep).
  

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