QUR’ANIC STUDIES ON THE WORLD STAGE: THE REPRESENTATION OF WESTERN AND NON-WESTERN SCHOLARS IN IQSA THROUGH THE LENS OF PIERRE BOURDIEU / STUDI AL-QUR’AN DI PANGGUNG DUNIA: IQSA DAN REPRESENTASI AKADEMISI BARAT DAN NON-BARAT DALAM PERSPEKTIF PIERRE BOURDIEU

Zira Shafira (UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta)
Muhammad Daffa Fadhillah (UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta)
Asriyono (UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta)
Turkey Al Zhafir (UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta)

Muẚṣarah: Jurnal Kajian Islam Kontemporer
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): Januari - Juli

The growth of contemporary Qur’anic studies is shaped by international academic forums that influence the direction, methodology, and legitimation of knowledge about the Qur’an. Existing studies, however, largely focus on texts, interpretive methods, or individual scholars, giving limited attention to academic institutions as sites of knowledge production. This article analyzes the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) as an academic field in global Qur’anic studies through Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework. Using a qualitative descriptive approach based on documentary research of official IQSA sources, it examines how IQSA brings together actors with different forms of scholarly and symbolic capital and how it legitimizes particular discourses, methodologies, and area-based perspectives. The findings show that IQSA is not merely a neutral platform for scholarly exchange but a structural space that shapes the production and circulation of knowledge. The article therefore underscores the value of a meta-studies approach in Qur’anic and Tafsir studies.