Amila Buturovic

Amila Buturovic's research interests span the intersections of religion, culture, and identity, especially in the context of Islamic societies. Her latest research concerns the spaces and culture of death in Bosnia, focusing on the questions of continuity and discontinuity in the eschatological sensibilities, epigraphic texts, and commemorative practices in Bosnian cultural history.

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Osmanli Doneminde Balkan Kadinlar. Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2009.

Women in the Ottoman Balkans. Ed. Amila Buturovic and I. C. Schick. London: I. B. Tauris, 2007.

Stone Speaker: Medieval Tombstones, Landscape, and Bosnian Identity in the Poetry of Mak Dizdar. New York: Palgrave/St Martin's Press, 2002.

'Islam in the Balkans.' Oxford Bibliographies Online. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

'Death in Islam.' Key Themes for the Study of Islam. Ed. J. Elias. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2009.

'Glasovi Predaka Govore.' Makovo Slovo/Slovo o Maku. Sarajevo: Fondacija Mak Dizdar, 2008.

'Islam and Secularism.' The Islamic World (Routledge Worlds). Ed. A. Rippin. New York: Routledge, 2008.

'Love and/or Death: Conflict Resolution in Traditional Bosnian Ballad.' Women in the Ottoman Balkans. Ed. A. Buturovic & I. Schick. London: IB Tauris, 2007.

'European Islam.' The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions. Ed. M. Juergensmeyer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

'When Secularism Opposes Nationalism: The Case of Yugoslavia.' The Future of Secularism. Ed. T.N. Srinivasan. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006.

'Christianity and Islam in the Balkans from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Centuries.' Religious Foundations of Western Civilization. Ed. J. Neusner, A. Avery-Peck, E. Homerin, and B. Chilton. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006.

'The Balkans.' Encyclopaedia of Mediaeval Islamic Civilization. New York: Routledge, 2005.

'Visions.' Encyclopaedia of the Qurân. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2005.

'Wish and Desire.' Encyclopaedia of the Qurân. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2005.

'Women and Sufism in the Balkans.' Encyclopaedia of Women in Islamic Cultures. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2005.

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Amila Buturovic's research interests span the intersections of religion, culture, and identity, especially in the context of Islamic societies. Her latest research concerns the spaces and culture of death in Bosnia, focusing on the questions of continuity and discontinuity in the eschatological sensibilities, epigraphic texts, and commemorative practices in Bosnian cultural history.

Amila Buturovic's research interests span the intersections of religion, culture, and identity, especially in the context of Islamic societies. She is also interested in the theories and practices of translation and polyglossia, and has written on that subject in relation to Arabo-Islamic Spain and the Ottoman Balkans. Her publications include many articles and essays on these varied subjects. She is the author of Stone Speaker: Medieval Tombstones, Landscape, and Bosnian Identity in the Poetry of Mak Dizdar (2002), and a co-editor, with Irvin C Schick, of Women in the Ottoman Balkans: Gender, Culture and History (2007). Her latest research concerns the spaces and culture of death in Bosnia, focusing on the questions of continuity and discontinuity in the eschatological sensibilities, epigraphic texts, and commemorative practices in Bosnian cultural history.

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All Publications

Osmanli Doneminde Balkan Kadinlar. Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2009.

Women in the Ottoman Balkans. Ed. Amila Buturovic and I. C. Schick. London: I. B. Tauris, 2007.

Stone Speaker: Medieval Tombstones, Landscape, and Bosnian Identity in the Poetry of Mak Dizdar. New York: Palgrave/St Martin's Press, 2002.

'Islam in the Balkans.' Oxford Bibliographies Online. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

'Death in Islam.' Key Themes for the Study of Islam. Ed. J. Elias. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2009.

'Glasovi Predaka Govore.' Makovo Slovo/Slovo o Maku. Sarajevo: Fondacija Mak Dizdar, 2008.

'Islam and Secularism.' The Islamic World (Routledge Worlds). Ed. A. Rippin. New York: Routledge, 2008.

'Love and/or Death: Conflict Resolution in Traditional Bosnian Ballad.' Women in the Ottoman Balkans. Ed. A. Buturovic & I. Schick. London: IB Tauris, 2007.

'European Islam.' The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions. Ed. M. Juergensmeyer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

'When Secularism Opposes Nationalism: The Case of Yugoslavia.' The Future of Secularism. Ed. T.N. Srinivasan. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006.

'Christianity and Islam in the Balkans from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Centuries.' Religious Foundations of Western Civilization. Ed. J. Neusner, A. Avery-Peck, E. Homerin, and B. Chilton. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006.

'The Balkans.' Encyclopaedia of Mediaeval Islamic Civilization. New York: Routledge, 2005.

'Visions.' Encyclopaedia of the Qurân. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2005.

'Wish and Desire.' Encyclopaedia of the Qurân. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2005.

'Women and Sufism in the Balkans.' Encyclopaedia of Women in Islamic Cultures. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2005.

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