Thank you to Emilie Rutledge, the Managing Editor of our @intellectbooks.bsky.social Journal of Gulf Studies, for asking Mahjoob Zweiri and me for our thoughts on a call for papers she proposed! We are soliciting submissions for a special issue on the Iran war www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
Doppelter Glückwunsch and double congratulations to my daughter Maria! She achieved first place in her class in the DESS Primary Creative Writing Competition 2026. Moreover, she is one of three whose writing has been entered into the larger BSME competition. app.smore.com/n/qd82ty
You can find the PDF version of the entire issue of the Newsletter here: cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
Words cannot describe how grateful I am to @samhfranz.com for editing a manuscript of mine for publication in the @historyscience.bsky.social Newsletter 55, no. 2 (April 2026). My piece is entitled “How to Revolutionize Your Survey Course in the History of Science.” hssonline.org/blogpost/198...
Around twice a year, it is time for me to give thanks in my role as book review editor of the Journal of Arabian Studies. Guillemette Crouzet, Neil Partrick, Nora Derbal, @thomasjuneau.bsky.social and Tobias Zumbraegel all contributed pieces to volume 15, issue 2. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjab20/1...
A few thank-yous in advance to everyone who is part of my panel 5 on “Cultural Production” at the conference on Muslim Futures on April 17, 2026. They include Delia Cortese, Glaire Anderson and @vjumamel.bsky.social as well as Nathaniel Greenberg. islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/17717
Kam calls our work a “foundational text for Islamic exotheology.” I am further grateful to Kam’s colleague Serdar Güneş for requesting a copy of the book on behalf of their journal.
My thanks to reviewers of my books are often delayed, as I don’t find out about their pieces. This is the case with Hureyre Kam, who reviewed Shoaib Ahmed Malik’s and my @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social volume Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life www.buchgestaltung-online.de/Leseproben/L...
@sf-lit.bsky.social
#science-fiction
Thank you so much! I certainly had a lot of fun writing the book.
This sounds fun
Grazie infinite and endless thanks to Lisa Scalone and her colleagues at @springer.springernature.com for believing in my book Teaching Science Through Science Fiction: A Story of Innovation in the Classroom and Beyond. It is scheduled for publication in August 2026 link.springer.com/book/9783032...
Please join our discussion on the YouTube channel of @aljazeera.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVaB...
The greatest gratitude is due to @aljazeera.com for supporting our Doha Debates Podcast. Soraya Salam hosted the discussion between @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social, Hamza Karamali, Nick Pope and me. Ruby Zaman, Dagna Gallinger Maksym and many others made this possible. www.aljazeera.com/video/doha-d...
Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OhY...
Kull al-shukr (كل الشكر) “all the thanks” to Amjad Atallah and his colleagues at Doha Debates for recording a podcast with @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social, Hamza Karamali, Nick Pope and me. Guided by our host Soraya Salam, we discussed “Are we alone in the universe?” dohadebates.com/doha-debates...
March 24, 2026:
Lots of thanks, شكراً جزيلاً (shukran jazīlan), and سپاس فراوان (sepās-e farāvān) to Emilie Rutledge and Mahjoob Zweiri for inviting me to join the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gulf Studies (@intellectbooks.bsky.social). www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
🔭インクルーシブ天文学🌌
Determann, J. M. (2023). Diversity, equity, and inclusion in astronomy: A modern history. Springer Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
October Colloquium with Dr. Jörg Matthias Determann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EHFXWgN5j8
#UFObluesky #UFO #UFOs #UAP #EndUAPsecrecy #UAPtransparency
Triple thanks to Farichah Naily Faizah, Muslimah Paxia ilyas, and Siti Mardiyah for reviewing Shoaib Ahmed Malik’s and my edited volume Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life (@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social). The trio calls our book an “essential resource.” doi.org/10.1080/1474...
I owe an extraordinary debt of gratitude to @anthony-nairn.bsky.social for having Shoaib Ahmed Malik and me in discussion with one another. Our episode of In Conversation, a series @the-issr.bsky.social, centers on pedagogy and the classroom. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOJP...
✨ WGSN 2025 report published!
IAU Working Group on Star Names report now in JAHH 28(4), 1026–1038.
New research on historical & Indigenous star names.
Thanks to Susanne M. Hoffmann & Jörg M. Determann and to the editorial team of JAHH.
🔗 doi.org/10.3724/SP.J...
#IAU #WGSN #StarNames
On the heels of the completion of the annual report of our @iau-wgsn.bsky.social, I am delighted that the paper with our research finds has been published. You can find them on pages 1026–38 of the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (JAHH) 28, no. 4 (December 2025). doi.org/10.3724/SP.J...
A heaven full of gratitude to everyone who volunteers their services to @iau-wgsn.bsky.social. @susanne-m-hoffmann.bsky.social, our Chair, uploaded our Annual Report for 2025, of which she, Clive Ruggles and I are the main authors. exopla.net/star-names/g...
Thanks are four years overdue to Arif Babul. Back in February 2022, he published a review of my @ibtauris.bsky.social book Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life in The Observatory 142, no. 1286. Arif wrote that my “survey is impressively comprehensive.” www.obsmag.org/issues/publi...
Felicidades and congratulations, gracias and thank you to @pascalin.unam.social.ap.brid.gy ! I congratulate him on winning the inaugural ISHPSSB Community Award. Among other roles, David has served as the editor of the ISHPSSB Newsletter since 2011. www.ishpssb.org/news/newslet...
More than a few thank-yous to everyone who made the Horizon Hub Workshop 2026 on “The Role of Data Storytelling and Generative AI in Progressive Education” an extraordinary success! Special thanks go to Mohamed Mahgoub for moderating my panel. sites.google.com/view/horizon...
Thank you, mamnounak (ممنونك) and merci to Jad Tayah for welcoming me as a panelist within the Horizon Hub Workshop Series 2026. Organized by Hamad Bin Khalifa University, it has the theme “The Role of Data Storytelling and Generative AI in Progressive Education.” sites.google.com/view/horizon...
