Writing Group: Islamic Law and History (1 or 2 Credits) – Fall Term, September 9, 2024

Professor Intisar Rabb is accepting applications for the Fall term to participate in the Writing Group: Topics in Islamic Law and History course for 1 or 2 credits. Interested applicants should submit a single paragraph of interest, resume, and unofficial transcript, all in PDF Format to Marzieh Noori at [email protected]. If accepted, applicants are expected

SHARIAsource Lab Research Opportunities, September 9, 2024

Professor Intisar Rabb is accepting student applications for the Fall Term to participate in the SHARIAsource Lab for 1 credit. Led by Professor Rabb & Research Data Scientist Noah Tashbook, the Lab meets every week, and is part of the Harvard Program in Islamic Law’s initiative to build data science tools to aid the study

Call for Papers (CFP): “Islamic Law and Social Movements,” 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), September 9, 2024

Deadline for Submission: September 9, 2024 Panel Sponsor: Islamic Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Panel Co-Sponsor: International Law Section of the AALS The Islamic Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), in co-sponsorship with the International Law Section, invites submission of paper abstracts for a panel entitled

Research Assistant: Islamic Law and Criminal Law, Harvard Law School

Professor Intisar Rabb is accepting applications for Fall/Spring Term student Research Assistants for work on various projects related to Islamic law (1 RA) and criminal law (1 RA), for pay (~10 hrs/week). Positions are open to all HLS students. Interested applicants should submit a single paragraph of interest, resume, and unofficial transcript, all in PDF

Call for Proposals: Hot Topics Program, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, October 14, 2024

From the organizers: General Guidelines for All Open Submission Proposals Programs may be proposed by full-time faculty members or administrators at AALS Member or Fee-Paid law schools. International faculty, visiting faculty (who do not retain a permanent affiliation at another law school), graduate students, and non-law school faculty are not eligible to submit proposals but

Fellowship: Thomas C. Grey Fellowship, Stanford Law School, 2025-2026

Stanford Law School invites applications for the Thomas C. Grey Fellowship. Grey Fellows teach legal writing, research, and analysis to small sections of first-year students each quarter, while writing their own scholarship in preparation for entering the market for teaching positions at law schools across the country. Over the last fifteen years, we have had

Call for Papers: 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association – Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability, October 20, 2024

“The Memory Studies Association invites proposals for its ninth annual conference, to be held from 14 to 18 July 2025 at Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences in the historic city of Prague. This on-site conference aims to carry over from earlier conferences a transdisciplinary conversation on memory and its social, cultural and public relevance. It welcomes scholars, practitioners,

Call for Proposals: Elements Series on Law and Religion, The Center for the Study of Law and Religion, October 31, 2024

From the organizers: The Center for the Study of Law and Religion is accepting book proposals for a new “Elements Series on Law and Religion” currently under discussion with Cambridge University Press. We are particularly interested in receiving proposals related to Islamic Law.  Cambridge has already embarked on several such Elements Series on different themes, described here.

The Weatherhead Scholars Program: Visiting Scholars & Postdoctoral Fellows, November 1, 2024

From the Weatherhead Center: Visiting Scholars The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs accepts six to ten visiting faculty members each academic year through the Weatherhead Scholars Program. Visiting faculty must hold tenured or tenure-track positions at another institution, from which they will be on leave during the time that they are at Harvard. The application