A peer-reviewed, open access journal since 2015, Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists defines the medieval Middle East expansively to include all geographies with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social presences between the rough parameters of 500-1500 CE. We seek previously unpublished articles featuring original research and analysis, including those that push the boundaries of the medieval Middle East as defined above. We are open to scholarship from any discipline or interdisciplinary formation and are committed to balancing pieces addressing new or underrepresented areas of inquiry with those contributing to more well-established fields.
We publish research articles on a rolling basis, as they complete the review and production process, and we welcome submissions at any time. In addition, we publish short critical editions and translations, essays on pedagogy, conference reports, and book reviews. Full issues of al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā are released toward the end of each calendar year, usually in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association.
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Vol. 33 (2025)
Published January 13, 2025Al-ʿUṣūr al-WusṭāMEM Awards
v-ixGiven at the Annual Meeting of Middle East Medievalists (13 December 2024)November 14, 2025Research Articles
30-106The Martyrdom of Vahan of Gołt‘nJanuary 15, 2025107-138Synchronisms in the Armenian and Aqquyunlu History of Diyarbakır, 1430–1450 CEJanuary 21, 2025139-148The Implications of Traditional Persian Metrics for Classical Arabic StressJuly 10, 2025149-180July 17, 2025181-216Race, Place, and Power in Ibn Saʿīd’s GeographySeptember 27, 2025217-266A Harranian Essay in Astro-DecolonialityOctober 29, 2025Thematic Dossier
273-307Blackness in Medieval Arabo-AsiaNovember 14, 2025308-347Transmitting and Receiving Caliphal Sovereignty Claims between the Late Medieval Cairo Sultanate and the Sultanates of IndiaNovember 14, 2025348-382How an Indian Jurist Became the Chief Hanafi Judge of the Mamluk Sultanate in the Fourteenth CenturyNovember 14, 2025383-411The “Indian Ocean World” as a Research FrameworkNovember 14, 2025Roundtable
414-419November 14, 2025425-430November 14, 2025431-435November 14, 2025436-439November 14, 2025440-442November 14, 2025443-446The Natural and Supernatural on the Deck of a DhowNovember 14, 2025Editions & Translations
447-481A Book on the Management of Travel by a Yemeni Rasulid SultanNovember 14, 2025Notes and Brief Communications
Pedagogy Files
Conference Reports
515-521Beyond the Jest-Earnest Binary in Classical Arabic LiteratureNovember 14, 2025Book Reviews
525-529November 14, 2025530-534November 14, 2025535-536November 14, 2025537-539November 14, 2025540-544November 14, 2025545-550November 14, 2025
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