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SUMMARY:Call for Proposals: UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Graduate Student Colloquium: The Visual Culture of Algeria Through Exchange\, Circulation\, and Global Networks\, February 27\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies \nCall for Proposals for a Graduate Student Colloquium: The Visual Culture of Algeria Through Exchange\, Circulation\, and Global Networks \nWe invite papers addressing a wide range of visual-material practice\, periods\, and methodological approaches that examine questions of exchange\, circulation\, and networks. The colloquium is organized by Ava Hess (Art History)\, Yubai Shi (Art History)\, and Sarp Tanridag (Architecture and Urban Design). \nThis one-day hybrid colloquium will bring together early-career scholars working on the visual culture of Algeria from the Ottoman period to the present. It focuses on the movement of artists\, artworks\, materials\, and ideas across local\, regional\, and global networks\, situating Algerian visual culture as a site of innovation\, negotiation\, and exchange. Rather than treat the French invasion of Algiers in 1830 as a definitive point of rupture\, the colloquium invites contributions that emphasize continuities and transformations in artistic production over time\, cutting across conventional precolonial/colonial/postcolonial divisions. \nA central aim of the colloquium is to rethink dominant narratives of Algerian (and broader Maghribi) modernism. The growing interest in Algerian modern art and architecture often remains limited by national or colonial temporal frameworks. While colonial histories remain central to understanding nineteenth- and twentieth-century Algeria\, recent scholarship reminds us that colonialism alone cannot account for the complexity of North African cultural production. Here\, we will investigate the circulations and exchanges that have shaped artistic practice and visual culture across beylical\, colonial\, post-independence\, and contemporary periods\, while also attending to practices and media that have been marginalized in standard accounts of modernism.\n \nWe encourage papers that propose new ways of writing Algerian art history and visual culture—for example\, moving beyond rupture-based temporal models\, colonial or nationalist canons\, and conventional medium-bound studies. We are especially interested in work that treats circulation (of objects\, materials\, techniques\, or ideas) and networks (institutional or independent\, regional or transnational) as methodological tools for rethinking periodization\, media hierarchies\, and artistic agency. \nThe colloquium is committed to fostering dialogue among graduate students and early-career scholars based in Algeria\, the United States\, and other parts of the MENA region. The event will be held in a hybrid format (in person and via Zoom) to accommodate participants facing visa constraints\, travel funding limitations\, or other access needs. We invite papers addressing a wide range of visual-material practice\, periods\, and methodological approaches that examine questions of exchange\, circulation\, and networks. Possible topics include\, but are not limited to: \n\nTransregional circulation of artists\, artworks\, or materials\nNetworks of artistic education and training (e.g. academies\, workshops\, or organizations)\nThe impact of beylical\, colonial\, and national transitions on visual and material cultures\nAlternative histories of media\, such as painting\, print\, or photography\, and practices such as miniature painting\, calligraphy\, or architecture\nTrans-Saharan\, Maghrib–Mashreq\, Mediterranean\, or Global South exchanges\nAlgeria’s role in Third Worldist\, socialist\, or non-aligned cultural networks and solidarity movements\nNon-French orientalisms and alternative imperial or post-imperial visual regimes\nForms of “popular” art\nDiasporic artistic production\nLocal or alternative archival practices\n\nThe colloquium will take place in English \nSubmission details \nPlease submit an abstract in English of no more than 300 words\, a one-line biographical statement\, and a CV via the submission link by February 27\, 2026. Applicants will be notified within one week of the deadline.\n\nTravel support \nTo support in-person participation\, limited travel reimbursement is available for up to three (3) international presenters traveling from overseas and one (1) domestic presenter. Travel support is contingent on the presenter securing a visa in time to travel (where applicable) and on the availability of funds. Presenters who are unable to attend in person due to visa or travel constraints will be fully accommodated as remote participants via Zoom. To be considered for travel support\, please indicate your need in the submission form.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-proposals-ucla-center-for-near-eastern-studies-graduate-student-colloquium-the-visual-culture-of-algeria-through-exchange-circulation-and-global-networks-february-27-2026/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop\, Princeton University\, February 20\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop\, May 7-9\, 2026 \nCo-Organized and Co-Hosted by: \n\nKim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University)\nJacques deLisle (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School)\nJacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law)\nand Co-Sponsored by the American Society of Comparative Law\n\nWe invite all interested comparative law scholars to submit a paper for the next annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop\, which will be hosted by Princeton University held in-person in Princeton\, May 7-9\, 2026. \nAuthors should submit papers through the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/UMrqFxHwGgS5dZX38 \nPapers must be submitted by February 20\, 2026. Authors will be informed of decisions by March 20\, 2026.  \nThe annual workshop is a vibrant forum in which comparative law works in progress are discussed by colleagues in a serious and thorough manner that past participants have found valuable. A “work in progress” is scholarship that has reached a stage that is substantial enough for serious discussion and critique but has not yet appeared in print and (if it has been accepted for publication) can be substantially revised after the workshop.   Appropriate work includes law review articles\, book chapters\, and other similar genres. \nEach author may submit only one work for consideration\, and the work should be no more than 15\,000 words (including notes).   If the work is longer\, the author should indicate which 15\,000-word portion they would like to have read and discussed. \nThe objectives of the workshop are both to discuss the selected works in progress and also to provide an opportunity for comparative lawyers to gather to engage more broadly. We hope that this will foster more dialogue and an increased sense of community in the discipline. \nParticipants in the workshop will include paper authors\, designated commentators\, and scholars from the host institutions and elsewhere. The group will be small enough to gather around a single table and engage in robust discussion. Authors do not present their papers. The papers will be distributed well in advance. \nEach paper will be introduced and discussed by two commentators before opening the discussion to other workshop participants. At the end of the discussion\, the author will have an opportunity to respond and ask questions.  Authors are expected to offer comments on the other works presented at the workshop.   \nThere are no plans to publish a collection of the workshop papers. Paper authors may seek publication wherever they wish. \nThe workshop begins with an evening reception / dinner on Thursday May 7\, continues all day Friday and ends shortly after lunch on Saturday May 9.   Authors are expected to attend the entire workshop. \nThis year’s Workshop is supported by Princeton University and the American Society of Comparative Law.   The sponsors will cover the costs of accommodation and meals in Princeton and travel costs\, of up to $600 per person\, with limited flexibility to provide greater reimbursement for those travelling greater distances.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-comparative-law-work-in-progress-workshop-princeton-university-february-20-2026/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting\, Boston\, MA\, February 17\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:MESA 2026 Call for Papers\nDeadline to submit is February 17\, 2026 (11:59 AM EST) \nThe 60th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association will be held in person in Boston\, MA\, on November 21-24\, 2026.\nMESA members are invited to propose papers and sessions for the 60th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association on November 21-24\, 2026\, related to MESA’s mission of scholarship and advocacy primarily concerning the region of the Middle East (including Southwest Asia\, the Arab world\, and North Africa) from the seventh century to today\, though not at the exclusion of earlier time periods. Other areas of Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, and the Americas—including diaspora communities—are also included as part of the study of the transnational dimensions of the societies of the Middle East in an interdisciplinary and comparative context. \nQuestions about the call for papers and the proposal submission process are always welcome.\nPlease email meeting@mesana.org. \nCategories of proposals for the 2026 MESA Annual Conference:\nThree categories of proposals may be submitted to the Program Committee for review through myMESA: \n\nPre-organized panels: Four to six papers on a common subject. Paper presentations are typically15-20 minutes long\, and based on a written paper with a title shared with fellow participants in advance. An overall panel description must be submitted by the organizer(s).\nPre-organized roundtables: Five to eight presentations on a common subject. Roundtable interventions are shorter\, typically 5-10 minutes\, and intended to start a discussion with greater audience participation and conversation among the roundtable participants. No pre-written paper is expected to be shared in advance and the roundtable room is not equipped with video presentation options. An overall roundtable description must be submitted by the organizer(s).\nIndividual paper abstracts: One abstract to be placed on a panel by the Program Committee if accepted. Selected individual abstracts will be combined with other similar proposals to create put-together panels.\n\nIn addition\, two limited categories of proposals may be submitted directly to the MESA Secretariat for initial review: \n\nSpecial sessions on urgent issues of relevance to numerous MESA members (this category is very limited)\nProfessional development workshops (limited)\n\nSee here for more information and instructions. \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-middle-east-studies-association-annual-meeting-boston-ma-february-17-2026/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Panels: Middle East Medievalists at MESA 2026\, February 12\, 2026 @ 8:00pm
DESCRIPTION:The call for papers for MESA 2026 (60th annual meeting\, Nov 21-24\, 2026\, at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza) is now out: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers \nNote that the deadline for submissions is Feb 17 (2026) \nAs in previous MESA meetings\, Middle East Medievalists will sponsor panels in the MESA 2026 meeting. \nWe encourage all medievalists organizing panels to send us abstracts for both individual papers and the panel as a whole (as well as the names of the participants)\, by Thursday February 12th  8pm so that the board may consider them for sponsorship before the MESA deadline (Tuesday\, Feb 17th). \nEmail your materials and/or any questions to Jonathan Brack: Jonathan.brack@northwestern.edu.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-panels-middle-east-medievalists-at-mesa-2026-february-12-2026-800pm/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260202
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Law\, Culture\, and the Humanities Annual Conference\, Chicago\, January 31\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nEvery year\, the Association holds it annual conference\, usually a two-day affair\, as well as a graduate student workshop\, usually held the day before the annual conference. The 2026 annual meeting will be held at the DePaul University College of Law from June 17-18th. Our call for papers and submissions guidelines can be found below: \nUprooted Law: Reflecting on the Origins and Outgrowths of Law \nWhat do we follow when we follow the law? Is law what is on the books\, or what is observed\, or what should be observed? The English term “law” descends from the plural form of the Old Norse “lag\,” designating “things laid down or fixed.” Yet law must be flexible enough to adjust and respond to changes. Particularly today\, when the line between legal norms and norms rooted elsewhere has blurred\, it is difficult to determine law’s location. What is law’s function in times of technological\, political\, and societal change? Does the law have a responsibility toward itself\, and if so\, who can be trusted with its observation? Given that law borrows from other areas of culture\, from literature and rhetoric to the sciences and dramatic arts\, the humanities are in a premier position to respond to these questions. \nThis conference invites reflections on the origins of law in the broadest sense. What substantiates the rule of law in practice\, and how does law itself mediate the difference between original and copy\, present and past? How do an ensemble of methods\, disciplines\, movements\, texts\, and technologies come together to help law create the past and future? We invite reflections on these and related questions and welcome papers\, roundtables\, and work-in-progress sessions that help us understand law’s current position by looking at it through a humanistic lens. \nSubmission Guidelines \nWe encourage the submission of fully constituted panels\, as well as panels that reimagine or experiment with models for academic presentation\, such as roundtables\, “author meets reader” sessions (which may include multiple books and their authors in conversation)\, works-in-progress sessions\, workshop-format panels that focus on engaging participants in shared thinking or other kinds of productive co-creation\, multi-panel streams\, etc. Individual proposals should include a title and an abstract of no more than 250 words. \nPanels\, whether virtual or in-person\, should include three papers (or\, exceptionally\, four papers). Please specify a title and designate a chair for your panel. The panel chair may also be a panel presenter. It is not necessary to write an abstract or proposal for the panel itself. \nTo indicate your pre-constituted panel\, roundtable\, or stream\, please ensure that each individual participant provides the name of the panel and the chair in their individual submissions on the registration site. All panel\, roundtable\, or stream participants must make an individual submission on the registration site. When submitting a proposal\, we also ask that registrants identify two to three keywords to help us align sessions with each other. \nMode \nThe twenty-eighth annual conference will emphasize the LCH tradition of in-person conversation. While we encourage participants to join us in Chicago\, we recognize that in-person attendance may be prohibitive for some. To that end\, we will also accept the submission of virtual panels and papers. \nSince we will not be providing technical support for virtual participants\, panel chairs will be responsible for providing Zoom links that will be listed in the program. All plenary sessions will be available streaming online as well as in person. \nCreating a Panel: Our Program Archive and Graduate Coordinators \nWhile participants may submit individual paper proposals that the Program Committee will later combine into full panels\, we strongly encourage applicants to create full panels prior to submission. Pre-formed panels may cohere better\, and allow collaborators to craft focused scholarly exchanges. Panels comprising a diversity of institutions\, academic ranks\, disciplines\, and identities are often the most rewarding. \nIf you would like support in finding others who might be interested in forming a panel\, have a look at our archive of past conference programs\, which can be found here. Our recent programs may contain the names of scholars working in fields related to your research. Reaching out to scholars who have previously presented at LCH about creating a panel can be a good place to start. For additional assistance\, please feel free to contact our Graduate Coordinators\, Aditya Banerjee (adityabanerjee@g.harvard.edu) and Jack Quirk (john_quirk@brown.edu) with “LCH panel” in the subject line. The Graduate Coordinators will act as intermediaries\, and may be able to put you in contact with others working on related topics. Please contact them well before the submission deadline\, to allow time for follow-up. \nWe especially encourage graduate students and those new to LCH to consider reaching out to the Graduate Coordinators if they’re struggling to identify potential co-panelists. \nHow to Submit \nSubmissions should be made through the following link: \n\nSubmit a Proposal\n\n\nSubmission Deadline \nThe deadline for all conference submissions is January 31\, 2026. \nContact Information \nPlease email lch@lawculturehumanities.com with any queries.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-association-for-the-study-of-law-culture-and-the-humanities-annual-conference-chicago-january-31-2026/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Humanities of AI Workshop—Intelligence and Imitation: Mind\, Mechanism\, Mimesis\, Johns Hopkins University\, January 31\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Intelligence and Imitation: Mind\, Mechanism\, Mimesis \nInaugural Humanities of AI Workshop \nJohns Hopkins University\, April 24-26\, 2026 \nAs a creative aspiration\, the Greek notion of mimesis (“imitation”) manifested not only in artistic works imitating reality and philosophical speculations but also in scientific theories and mechanical artifacts. Plato and Aristotle’s nous as a non-bodily principle of intelligibility underwriting cosmic order and thought; Hobbes and LaMettrie’s machine like mind and world; the Jaquet-Droz family’s musical automata; Wolfgang von Kempelen’s chess-playing Turk; Norbert Wiener’s cybernetic analogy between human\, animal\, and machine; Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori’s observation of the revulsion to imperfect verisimilitude (Bukimi no Tani: “uncanny valley”); and Soviet semiotician Yuri Lotman’s culture as collective mind\, exemplify the broad relevance of “imitations” to science\, literature\, and culture. \nDevelopments in artificial intelligence (AI) participate in the legacy of mimesis but also complicate and challenge it. In the course of AI’s research history\, AIs have variously been claimed to represent\, simulate\, assist\, improve upon\, provide a surrogate for\, or replace the functioning of human minds. Concepts such as “optimization\,” “satisficing\,” and “superintelligence” run orthogonal to the classical concept of mimesis. \nAt the same time\, developments in science and society have deeply challenged both mimesis and mindedness as concepts and ideals. Darwinian and embodied cognitive approaches challenge the primacy of abstract reasoning over embodiment; and reflections on human labor’s relation to material (re-)production\, social stratification\, and human experience from Marx\, Wallerstein\, Pasquinelli and others call into question the social “value-added” of material imitations as well asthe veracity of accounts of “intelligent” labor’s nature and origins. Deep divisions in the societal uptake of AI – exemplified in anti-AI activism\, dueling governance regimes\, and popular criticalslang like “AI slop” – exemplify and give opportunity to inform these theoretical challenges.Orientation to these developments requires approaches that scholars in the humanities may beuniquely positioned to provide. We hereby announce a three-day workshop on “Intelligence and Imitation: Mind\, Mechanism\, Mimesis” for presentation and discussion of new humanities research engaging with this theme. \nOur aim is to foster a collective critical engagement with AIs in their history\, socioeconomic context\, architecture\, and other dimensions of significance with the assistance of resources from literature\, philosophy\, history\, or other humanities fields. We invite contributions from both early-career (including graduate students) and established academic researchers\, whose work-in-progress projects straddle disciplinary boundaries to illuminate aspects of the diverse mind-machine relations exemplified in AI’s history\, current reality\, and imagined futures. \nSome possible avenues of investigation include: \n• Mimesis and mechanical imitation from antiquity to the transformer \n• Transformer architecture and the hermeneutic circle of understanding \n• Political economy and ideology of digital infrastructures sustaining LLMs \n• New histories and historical perspectives on literary cybernetics and natural language \nprocessing (NLP) \n• Hybridity and joint agency between humans and LLMs \n• Anthropomorphism and human relations with the (in)animate \n• Emotional AI as mimesis or optimization \nIn addition to presented papers\, some time at the conference will be devoted to reflection on “humanities of AI” as a research domain\, including its current state and possible futures\, disciplinary articulation\, conditions of success\, relations with natural and social sciences\, and potential impact on sociotechnical systems involving AI. \nSubmission Instructions \nSubmit a single Word or PDF file to Jiantong Liao (jliao20@jh.edu) by January 31 containing: \n(i) an abstract roughly 300 words; (ii) a short bio including your name\, institutional affiliation\, and contact email; and (iii) up to five key words. Decisions will be communicated within one month of the deadline. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to send up to 3000 words (a short paper or portion of a paper-in-progress) for distribution before the workshop. Questions may be directed to the address above. \nSupporting Institutions \nAlexander Grass Humanities Institute\, Johns Hopkins \nUniversity\n(https://krieger.jhu.edu/humanities-institute/) \nCenter for Equitable AI & Machine Learning Systems (CEAMLS)\, Morgan State \nUniversity\n(https://www.morgan.edu/ceamls) \nOrganizing Committee \nJiantong Liao (Chair) \nPhD Student\, German Program\, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures \njliao20@jh.edu \nKsenia Tatarchenko (Faculty Sponsor) \nFaculty\, Medicine\, Science & Humanities Program\, Johns Hopkins University \nktatarc1@jh.edu \nPhillip Honenberger (Faculty Sponsor) \nAI Ethicist & Researcher\, Center for Equitable AI & ML Systems (CEAMLS)\, Morgan State \nUniversity \njaywilliam.honenberger@morgan.edu
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-humanities-of-ai-workshop-intelligence-and-imitation-mind-mechanism-mimesis-johns-hopkins-university-january-31-2026/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for papers: 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT)\, University of Chicago\, January 31\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:The 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT) at The University of Chicago will take place on May 1-2\, 2026.\n \nAbout the Conference. Since its inception four decades ago\, the annual Middle East History and Theory Conference at the University of Chicago has earned a reputation as one of the premier academic gatherings in the field. Capitalizing on its setting at a university with a strong tradition in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies\, MEHAT has established itself as a major forum for emerging scholars across disciplines to share their research with peers\, receive constructive feedback\, and foster fruitful academic relationships. Participants come from North America\, Europe\, and the Middle East\, and have traditionally included researchers at every stage of their careers.\n \nCall for Papers. We are now accepting proposals for papers and pre-arranged panels from graduate students\, postdocs\, faculty\, and independent scholars. We invite historians\, linguists\, anthropologists\, literary scholars\, sociologists\, musicologists\, scholars of religion\, and political scientists whose work engages with a broad geography\, including but not limited to\, the Mediterranean\, North and West Africa\, and South and Central Asia\, from Late Antiquity and the advent of Islam to the present.\n \nWe particularly encourage (but do not limit!) submissions related to this year’s overarching theme: “Playing with the Scales: The Local\, Regional\, and Global in Middle Eastern Studies.” Drawing inspiration from economic historian Jan de Vries’s 2019 article “Playing with Scales: The Global and the Micro\, the Nano and the Nano”\, we invite you to problematize the scales of the phenomena\, contexts\, and developments our discipline and research shed light on. How do micro-scale engagements with Middle Eastern agents help us to understand global developments\, like the transformation of law and statehood and the emergence of capitalism? What role do regional configurations\, whether defined in terms of shared ecological\, economic or political contexts\, trade\, religious or intellectual networks\, play in shaping the interaction of individual\, local\, and global scales? How can our work account for these varied layers? The conference theme will also allow us to reflect this critical moment for our discipline amidst challenges that put humanistically informed area studies research at risk.\n \nThe range of topics we hope to examine with this theme include\, but are not limited to: \n●      Theoretical and methodological engagements with scales in Middle Eastern Studies\, i.e. with regard to micro and macrohistory approaches within the discipline\, studies actively problematizing the bridging of broad-scale and granular data sets\, whether qualitative or quantitative \n●      Critical approaches to studying the Middle East as a region\, as well as work situating its actors and locales in alternative geographical realms or disciplinary contexts \n●      The role of individuals\, communities\, and states of the region in shaping global developments as well as the impact of global transformations on the region and its actors\, examples for which may include but are not exhausted by colonialism and imperialism\, capitalism and neoliberalism\, climate change and other ecological alterations\, technological and infrastructural developments\, political movements and global ideologies\, scientific\, literary\, and linguistic exchanges etc. \n●      Meditations on individual and collective agency in the face of local\, regional\, and global transformations \n●      Papers that interrogate the utility of terms and concepts often employed to circumscribe the geographical foci of our field of study\, such as the Middle East\, North Africa\, the Islamicate world\, or the Global South \n●      Explorations of archives\, sources\, and data aiding our understanding of multi-scale phenomena from below \n \nKeynote Speaker. The keynote speaker of this year’s conference is Professor Chris Gratien. Chris Gratien is an associate professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of History at the University of Virginia\, where he offers courses on global environmental history and the modern Middle East. His first book\, The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier (Stanford University Press\, 2022)\, was awarded the Nikki Keddie Book Award by the Middle East Studies Association. He is also co-creator of the Ottoman History Podcast\, which has featured over 500 interviews with scholars of the Ottoman Empire and beyond since 2011.\n \nSubmissions. Please send submissions electronically to mehat2026@gmail.com\, no later than Saturday\, January 31\, 2026. Please include each presenter’s name\, and a brief biographical note including institutional affiliation\, program of study\, or position and attach a 250-word abstract with a tentative title. For pre-arranged panels\, please send a single email with an overall panel description plus individual paper abstracts. The best abstracts will summarize the paper’s topic\, its relationship and contribution to existing scholarship and specific conclusions. If you are unsure about the suitability of your topic\, feel free to email us at the above address. Submissions will be assessed\, and invitations extended by late February 2026. \n \nSelected papers will be grouped into panels of three or four. Participants should be prepared to deliver a maximum twenty-minute presentation and respond to questions from an assigned discussant as well as conference attendees. Written papers must be circulated to the respondent and fellow members of the panel at least two weeks before the conference. \n \nA small amount of travel support may be available for a number of presenters without access to institutional funding. Please indicate if you are interested in being considered in your email.\n \nPlease circulate widely! For questions and accessibility concerns\, please write to mehat2026@gmail.com. Additional information will be published on our website. For reference\, you can have a look at last year’s conference program here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-40th-annual-middle-east-history-and-theory-conference-mehat-university-of-chicago-january-31-2026/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Fusayfsa’\, the Smith College student-led Middle East Studies Journal\, January 30th\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Fusayfsa`\, Smith College’s student-led Middle East Studies Journal\, is currently accepting submissions from undergraduate students to contribute to our fifth edition! We are looking for research papers\, opinion pieces\, book/movie reviews\, poetry\, visual artwork\, or any other forms of media produced by students related to the MENA region! \nSubmit your work via this google form.  \n\nSubmitting to Fusayfsa` is open to any undergraduate level student interested in the MENA region. The deadline for submissions is January 30th. Fusayfsa` is divided into two sections: journal and magazine. There are separate guidelines for each section. \nJournal Submission \nThe journal section will be accepting research papers on any topic related to the MENA region. Papers can be varied in length (maximum 3000)\, following Chicago style for citation\, font 12\, Times New Roman and double spaced. \nMagazine Submission \nThe magazine section will be accepting anything ranging from art (with the permission of the artist\, we may use the art piece as the cover of our journal and/or integrate it into our website)\, op-eds (similar guidelines as for the research papers\, but with a maximum word limit of 1500 words)\, book reviews\, poetry\, multimedia etc. (any sort of creative work related to the MENA region is acceptable!) \nPlease email fusayfsa@smith.edu with questions!
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-submissions-fusayfsa-the-smith-college-student-led-middle-east-studies-journal-january-30th-2026/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Journal of Legal Research & Analysis\, Volume 3\, Issue 2\, December 29\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:  \nAbout the Journal: Legal Research & Analysis (DOI Prefix: 10.69971; ISSN: 3007-6455 (Online)\, 3007-6447 (Print) publishes research papers\, review papers\, case comments and books reviews related to all aspects of laws including but not limited to legal issues\, legal systems\, and the legal profession. Legal Research & Analysis is a multidimensional legal research journal\, seeking scholarly work on any topic of theoretical\, interdisciplinary\, comparative\, and other conceptually oriented inquiries into law and law reforms. Legal Research & Analysis particularly publishes articles that study law from such perspectives as legal philosophy\, law and economics\, legal history\, criminology\, law and literature\, and feminist analysis. Legal Research & Analysis is a refereed journal\, and all published articles are peer-reviewed. \nWho can Submit?: Academicians/practitioners. \nThemes: All studies having law as a major component. \nSubmission Guidelines \nManuscripts on any topic of contemporary legal relevance meeting the below-mentioned criteria: \n\nArticles: 4\,000-10\,000 words\nCase Notes: 2\,000-5\,000 words\nBook Reviews: 1\,000-3\,000 words\n\nThe word limit is exclusive of the abstract and the footnotes. \nSubmission Guidelines \nAuthors are requested to strictly adhere to the Submission Guidelines. \nAll the submissions must comply with our Copyright and Open Access Policy. Manuscripts not in conformity with the Submission Guidelines may be rejected at the sole discretion of the Editorial Board. \nThe Editorial Board reserves the right to send the manuscripts back to the authors for any modification(s) at any stage\, in the event of non-conformity with any of the submission guidelines. \nThe Editorial Board may\, in its absolute discretion\, waive any of the above rules or amend the process. \nHow to Submit?: All the submissions are to be made only through online portal on or before 23:59 hours on December 29\, 2025. \nContact Email Id: ahirzia@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-submissions-journal-of-legal-research-analysis-volume-3-issue-2-december-29-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Journal of Trends in Intellectual Property Research\, Volume 3\, Issue 2\, December 29\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:About the Journal: Trends in Intellectual Property Research (DOI: 69971; ISSN: 3007-8539 (Online)\, 3007-8520 (Print) publishes research papers\, review papers\, case comments and books reviews related to all aspects of intellectual property law\, including but not limited to patents\, copyrights\, trademarks\, trade secrets\, industrial design\, layout design of integrated circuit\, unfair competition\, and antitrust. Trends in Intellectual Property Research is a refereed journal\, and all published articles are peer-reviewed. \nWho can Submit?: Academicians/practitioners. \nTheme: Any Article/Manuscript having Intellectual Property Research as a major component. Trends in Intellectual Property Research welcomes contributions from all branches of IP law and competition law\, if the work is relevant\, up to date and original. \nTypes of Submissions Accepted by the Trends in Intellectual Property Research \nManuscripts on any topic of contemporary legal relevance meeting the below-mentioned criteria: \n\nArticles: 4\,000-10\,000 words\nCase Notes: 2\,000-5\,000 words\nBook Reviews: 1\,000-3\,000 words\n\nThe word limit is exclusive of the abstract and the footnotes. \nSubmission Guidelines \nAuthors are requested to strictly adhere to the Submission Guidelines. \nAll the submissions must comply with our Copyright and Open Access Policy. Manuscripts not in conformity with the Submission Guidelines may be rejected at the sole discretion of the Editorial Board. \nThe Editorial Board reserves the right to send the manuscripts back to the authors for any modification(s) at any stage\, in the event of non-conformity with any of the submission guidelines. \nThe Editorial Board may\, in its absolute discretion\, waive any of the above rules or amend the process. \nHow to Submit? \nAll the submissions are to be made only through online portal on or before 23:59 hours on December 29\, 2025. \nContact Email Id: ahirzia@gmail.com \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-submissions-journal-of-trends-in-intellectual-property-research-volume-3-issue-2-december-29-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: The Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars\, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School\, December 1\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \n2026 LAW AND HUMANITIES WORKSHOP FOR JUNIOR SCHOLARS \nGeorgetown University Law Center\, Stanford Law School\, UCLA School of Law\, the University of Pennsylvania\, and the University of Southern California Center for Law\, History\, and Culture invite submissions for the 24th meeting of the Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars\, to be held at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on June 8-9\, 2026. \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP \nThe workshop is open to untenured professors\, advanced graduate students\, post-doctoral scholars\, and independent scholars working in law and the humanities. In addition to drawing from numerous humanistic fields\, including Black and Indigenous studies\, history\, literature\, political theory\, critical race theory\, feminist theory\, and philosophy\, we welcome critical\, qualitative work in the social sciences\, including anthropology and sociology. While the scope of the Workshop is broad\, we cannot consider proposals that are focused solely on quantitative social science research or that are limited to doctrinal legal research. We are especially interested in submissions touching on themes of inequality\, anti-racism and anti-subordination. We welcome submissions from those working at regional and teaching-intensive institutions. \nBased on anonymous evaluation by an interdisciplinary selection committee\, between six and eight papers will be chosen for presentation at the Workshop\, where two senior scholars will comment on each paper. Commentators and other Workshop participants will be asked to focus specifically on the strengths and weaknesses of the selected scholarly projects\, with respect to subject and methodology. The selected papers will then serve as the basis for a larger conversation among all the participants that may include themes connecting all of the projects\, as well as discussion of the evolving standards by which we judge excellence and creativity in interdisciplinary scholarship. \nThe selected papers may appear in a special issue of the Legal Scholarship Network at SSRN; there is no other publication commitment. (We will accommodate the wishes of chosen authors who prefer not to have their paper posted publicly with us because of publication commitments to other journals.) However\, we will only accept Workshop participants whose papers are true works in progress; articles or chapters that are already in page proofs or are otherwise unable to be revised by the time of the Workshop are ineligible. \nThe Workshop will pay the domestic travel and hotel expenses of authors whose papers are selected for presentation. For authors requiring airline travel from outside the United States\, the Workshop will cover such travel expenses up to a maximum of $1250. \nSUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS \nApplications should be submitted through the submissions portal on the Law and Humanities Workshop website at LawandHumanitiesWorkshop.org. \nYour application should consist of a single Microsoft Word document (not PDF) containing: \na 1500-2000 word summary of your paper (word count includes footnotes or endnotes); \na 1-2 page bibliography; \nand\, if your paper is a chapter in a book or dissertation\, an optional 1-page chapter outline of the larger project. \nApplications are due on Monday\, December 1\, 2025. \nIf your application advances to the final stage of consideration\, you will be asked to submit the full paper by January 15\, 2026. Please do not apply if you will not have a full paper on January 15. Your application should be a summary of existing\, ongoing work rather than a proposal for new or planned work. \nThe full paper must be a work-in-progress that does not exceed 10\,000 words in length (including footnotes/ endnotes). A dissertation chapter may be submitted\, but we strongly suggest that it be edited so as to stand alone as a piece of work with its own integrity. A paper that has been submitted for publication is eligible for selection so long as it will not be in galley proofs or in print at the time of the Workshop; it is important that authors still be in a position at the time of the Workshop to consider comments they receive there and to incorporate them as they think appropriate in their revisions. \nWe ask that those submitting applications be careful to omit or redact any information in the paper summary\, bibliography\, or chapter outline that might serve to identify them\, as we adhere to an anonymous or “blind” selection process. \nFor more information\, please send an email inquiry to Lawandhumanitiesworkshop@gmail.com or visit LawandHumanitiesWorkshop.org. \nProgram Committee\, 2026 Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars \nRiaz Tejani\, Chapman University\, Law\, Chair \nLaToya Baldwin Clark\, University of California Los Angeles\, Law \nDanielle Boaz\, University of North Carolina at Charlotte\, Africana Studies \nDavid Eng\, University of Pennsylvania\, English & Asian American Studies \nMelynda Price\, University of Michigan\, Women and Gender Studies \nClyde Spillenger\, University of California Los Angeles\, Law \nThe Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars is committed to anti-racism both inside and outside the academy.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-the-law-and-humanities-workshop-for-junior-scholars-university-of-pennsylvania-carey-law-school-december-1-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: International Conference “Poetry and Knowledge\,” University of Münster\, November 20-22\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nIn premodern Islamic societies\, poetry was one of the central literary forms for transmitting and disseminating knowledge. Poetry can be found in almost all fields of knowledge\, from Qurʾanic sciences\, jurisprudence\, grammar\, rhetoric\, and theology to algebra\, alchemy\, astronomy\, astrology\, agriculture\, cooking\, history\, geography\, logic\, and many other fields of knowledge. Thousands of copies of famous poems in Arabic that served or were used to impart knowledge can be found in libraries around the world. Only a few of these poems have been studied in detail; many more are completely unknown to us today. \nDespite the very limited research\, a number of general assumptions have been made about the poems regularly referred to today as “didactic poems”: They are often written in rajaz meter\, have a clear purpose of imparting a fixed body of knowledge\, are aimed at facilitating memorization\, and have little to no literary merit. Some scholars suggest that a reduced literary quality may have been deliberately chosen in order to focus on content. Some include a wide thematic range of poetry (Khulūṣī 1990)\, while others advocate a narrow definition and strive to distinguish between “didactic” and “true” poetry (van Gelder 1995\, 2007\, 2011). Previous research has therefore focused primarily on the formal and genre-related aspects of poetry\, which conveys primarily non-literary knowledge. Less attention has been paid to the processes by which knowledge is produced\, transmitted\, and disseminated in poetry. \nThis is the starting point of our conference: We aim to explore the diverse strategies used to produce\, convey\, and disseminate knowledge through poetry. This may include\, for example\, the composition and structure of the poem\, the choice of meter\, stylistic devices\, sonic and performative aspects\, and the use of a specific technical lexicon. We hope this shift in perspective will allow us to move beyond viewing such poems as “poetry without literary pretensions” and instead enable a comprehensive analysis of their stylistic\, structural\, and functional features. \nHence\, we would like to discuss the following topics and questions: \n\nKnowledge transmission: What kinds of knowledge are transmitted in poetic form\, and what strategies do authors use to structure and convey this knowledge?\nBodies of knowledge: How\, if at all\, does the knowledge to be conveyed change through its transformation into poetry? What is the relationship between the transformation of prose into poetry and the body of knowledge?\nAuthors and contexts: Who writes these poems\, for whom are they intended\, and in what contexts are they written\, read\, recited\, or commented upon?\nFormal and stylistic aspects: How are these poems structured\, what meters\, stylistic devices\, and sonic elements are used? What is the role of performance and reception? How do emotions relate to the rationality of knowledge?\nFunction and purpose: What are the functions of these poems? How do we know that their purpose is to impart knowledge\, and what other purposes might they serve?\nTheoretical reflection: What ideas about the function and effect of poetry in the transmission of knowledge can be derived from the texts themselves or from accompanying sources?\n\nWe invite contributions that deal with any kind of poetry that serves to impart knowledge or has been used as a source for the extraction of knowledge\, and we understand knowledge in its broadest sense. \nWe aim to select contributions on poetry from a wide range of disciplines. The selection will be based on a clear reference to one or more of the above topics\, and a precise indication of the fields of knowledge covered and the poems and/or source texts examined. In addition\, other aspects may be addressed if they seem relevant to the theme of the conference. The participants will be invited to contribute to an edited volume. \nLimited funding is available to cover accommodation and travel costs. Please indicate if you require such funding when submitting your abstract. \nIf you are interested in participating in the conference\, please send your abstract (max. 500 words) together with a short CV (max. 300 words) as a single file to Natalie Kraneiß (n.kraneiss@uni-muenster.de) by June 1\, 2025. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the end of June 2025. \nDate: \nNovember 20-22\, 2025 \nSubmission deadline:\nJune 1\, 2025 \nVenue:\nUniversity of Münster\nInstitute of Arabic and Islamic Studies\nSchlaunstraße 2\n48143 Münster\, Germany \nOrganization:\nNatalie Kraneiß (n.kraneiss@uni-muenster.de)\nProf. Dr. Syrinx von Hees (syrinx.hees@uni-muenster.de)
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-international-conference-poetry-and-knowledge-university-of-munster-november-20-22-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Muslims in AI\, Imperial College London\, November 16\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers:\n\n\nThe 2nd Muslims in AI Conference\, hosted by MRN–STEM Muslims\, is happening at Imperial College London on Sunday\, 16 November\, inshā’Allāh.\n\n\nJoin us for an inspiring day of talks\, discussions\, and networking with fellow Muslims working in AI and related fields. Don’t miss this chance to connect\, learn\, and contribute to shaping the future of Muslims in technology.\n\n\n\n\n Register here.\n\n\n\n\n If you’d like to present a talk or host a booth during the poster session\, please get in touch at islam.ai.rg@gmail.com
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-muslims-in-ai-imperial-college-london-november-16-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: ASLH 2025 Annual Meeting\, Detroit\, MI\, November 13-15\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From ASLH: \n“Call for Papers \nAmerican Society for Legal History 2025 ASLH Annual Meeting (November 13 – 15\, 2025) \nThe Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2025 meeting to be held November 13-15 in Detroit. Panels and papers on any facet or period of legal history from anywhere in the world are welcome. We encourage thematic proposals that transcend traditional periodization and geography. The online portal opens on December 9\, 2024. The deadline for Pre-Conference Symposia proposals is Friday\, February 28\, 2025. The deadline for all other submissions is Tuesday\, March 25\, 2025. All proposals (except pre-conference symposia) must be submitted through this link. \nPanel proposals should include the following: a CV with complete contact information for each person on the panel\, including chairs and commentators; 300-word (maximum) abstracts of individual papers; and a 300-word (maximum) description of the panel. Only complete panel proposals will be considered. \nScholars looking to build a panel may post their potential paper topics here. We encourage individuals to peruse this spreadsheet to identify other scholars with common interests\, beyond their familiar networks. Senior scholars who are willing to chair and/or comment on a panel may register their interest and availability here. All program participants must be current members of the Society by the date of the Annual Meeting. Information on how to build a successful panel can be found here. The Program Committee especially encourages panels that include participants from groups historically under-represented in the organization\, and that include participants who represent a diversity of rank\, experience\, and institutional affiliation. \nIn addition to traditional panels featuring presentations of work in progress\, the Program Committee welcomes other forms of structured presentation for a 90-minute slot\, such as a skills/pedagogical workshop (chair\, 3-4 presenters) or a roundtable format (chair\, 3-5 presenters). \nFollowing last year’s highly successful inaugural session\, this year’s Annual Meeting will also dedicate a session to a presentation and discussion of Digital Legal History projects. Individuals interested in participating in this session should submit a short description of their project (up to 300 words) as well as a CV. As a complement to the session\, there will be a poster display of the accepted projects. Accepted participants in the Digital Legal History session will be asked to submit a poster design to the organizers by early October. Posters will be printed onsite. \nIn addition to the above formats\, this year’s meeting will also consider New Directions panels. The purpose of these panels will be to identify cutting-edge methodological and topical directions in legal history\, to define new subfields\, and/or generate dialogue among scholars whose recent books (published since 2022 or forthcoming) have tackled common historiographic questions. These panels will feature three to five authors of new books organized by theme\, chronology\, methodology and may also include scholars writing review essays of a field\, or others similarly positioned. The session abstract should include the author\, title\, publisher\, and publication date for each proposed book. Please note that the Program Committee will devote only a small number of sessions to this type of panel. The New Directions panels replace the Author-Meets-Readers (AMR) panels which were formerly on the program; AMRs will not be available for the 2025 meeting.” \nFor more details\, please see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-aslh-2025-annual-meeting-detroit-mi-november-13-15-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Faith\, Values\, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference\, Seton Hall University School of Law\,  November 1\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the Organizers: \nThe Program on Faith\, Values\, and the Rule of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law is pleased to announce its inaugural academic conference to occur on February 4–5 at the Law School’s Newark\, New Jersey campus. \nThe American Bar Association defines the “rule of law” as a set of principles under which “no one is above the law\, everyone is treated equally under the law\, everyone is held accountable to the same laws\, there are clear and fair processes for enforcing laws\, there is an independent judiciary\, and human rights are guaranteed for all.” (ABA Rule of Law page.) In the United States and around the world these principles are now under serious threat. \nThe concept of the rule of law is often considered a product of modern liberalism.  Its historical and ethical roots\, however\, run much deeper. The world’s great religious\, theological\, and philosophical traditions have all contributed to the understanding of justice and human dignity that underpins modern rule of law principles. Indeed\, it might be that any meaningful concept of the rule of law finally implicates theistic\, or at least transcendent\, perspectives. \nPerhaps a recovery of these often-buried perspectives is what our present moment of crisis requires. At the same time\, any such recovery must proceed critically\, with proper concern for the ways in which religious traditions have also contributed to systemic injustices\, and with attention to the requirements of peaceable community in a multi-religious world. What can the traditions of various forms of Judaism\, Christianity\, Islam\, Hinduism\, and other religions and philosophies offer in response to global trends towards aggressive nationalism and authoritarianism? How can religious believers promote a rule of law framework when their institutions and communities are being swallowed by distortions and disinformation\, as is the case\, for example\, with American Christian Nationalism? Can religious communities in conflict dialogue fruitfully about rule of law principles? How might theologies and traditions develop when they have been complicit in cycles of oppression and violence? \nWe seek contributions from scholars in law\, theology\, religious studies\, philosophy\, political science\, international affairs\, history\, literature\, ethics\, and related disciplines for a robust conversation on these themes.  We are looking for broad conceptual engagement along with proposals for practical interventions. Contributions relating to legal issues surrounding religious liberty and religious establishment or non-establishment will be considered\, but interpretation of the U.S. Constitution’s religion clauses is not the focus of the conference. \nTo submit an abstract for consideration\, please use this form.  The deadline for consideration is November 1\, 2025. Limited travel funding is available and can be requested through the abstract submission form. There is no publication requirement\, although we may seek a suitable venue for publication of selected papers. If you have any questions\, please contact Brett Canaval\, Administrative Director of the Program on Faith\, Values\, and the Rule of Law\, at brett.canaval@shu.edu. \nAbout the Program on Faith\, Values and the Rule of Law (FVRoL) at\nSeton Hall University Law School \nDo law\, justice and love relate to each other?  What is a good society?  Is there something beyond what we think of as the material world – the gods\, God\, spiritual truths\, transcendent purpose\, the Good – that should shape our understanding and practice of “law?”  How do the laws\, institutions\, norms\, and political discourses of our times – in what philosopher Charles Taylor famously described as a “secular age” – relate to religious histories that are often only dimly remembered in Anglo-American and European contexts?[1]  Is it even possible to speak about the “rule of law” beyond the mere exercise of power? \nThese are pressing questions in a time when it seems basic civility and decency have been abandoned.  But they are not new questions – in fact\, they are as old as humanity itself.  The Program on Faith\, Values\, and the Rule of Law was established to provide a forum for scholars\, students\, faith communities\, and practitioners in law\, ministry\, and policy to discuss these enduring themes. \nFVRoL was founded at Seton Hall University Law School by Prof. David W. Opderbeck in collaboration with Seton Hall University’s Institute of Judaeo-Christian Studies and Center for Catholic Studies.  Trained in both law and theology\, Prof. Opderbeck is author of numerous scholarly articles and three books: Faithful Exchange: The Economy as It’s Meant to Be (Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2025); The End of the Law?  Law\, Theology\, and Neuroscience (Eugene: Wipf & Stock / Cascade 2021); and Law and Theology:  Classic Questions and Contemporary Perspectives (Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2019). \n\n\n\n\n\n[1] Charles Taylor\, A Secular Age (Cambridge: Belknap Press 2018).
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-faith-values-and-the-rule-of-law-an-interdisciplinary-conference-seton-hall-university-school-of-law-november-1-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: American Society for Premodern Asia Annual Meeting\, October 31\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \n\nThe 236th Meeting of the American Society for Premodern Asia will be held Friday\, April 24\, 2026 through Monday\, April 27\, 2026\, in Los Angeles\, CA USA.  \nMembers of the Society are hereby invited to submit communications to be presented at the 236th Meeting. \nAbstracts of no more than 300 words should cover the following points: (a) the precise topic treated\, (b) your exact contribution to the problem\, (c) its relationship to previous scholarship on the topic\, (d) specific conclusions. Please also keep in mind that abstracts of papers accepted for presentation will appear in the published Abstracts in the way in which they have been submitted. It is impossible for this Office to edit them. Please transliterate non-Latin writing systems. Text submitted in non-Latin writing will be not appear in the printed abstracts. \nSubmission Guidelines (Submit Online or by Email Attachment): \nUpload to the AOS/ASPA site: Expand All Folders to View\, Select the Abstracts of Communications Folder\, and upload to that folder.\nMembers must log-in to see the Abstracts folder. \nAlternatively\, you may submit abstracts by Email Attachment. Use “AOS/ASPA Abstracts” in the subject line. Abstracts must be in Microsoft Word format or .pdf produced from MS Word. Please name your abstract according to following convention: YourLastNameYourFirstInitial.docx\, e.g.\, RodgersJ.docx. You must include the abstract title and your name\, email\, and academic affiliation in the abstract. Abstracts need not be submitted anonymously. \nPlease note that the Program Committee will not accept papers for inclusion on the Program submitted by members who have not paid 2026 membership dues and pre-registration fees in full and who neglect to submit abstracts by the October 31\, 2025\, deadline. \nMembers who submit abstracts of papers will be notified of their inclusion on the Program soon after January 15\, 2026. \nSectional Committee Chairs\, whose names are listed at ASPA Officers should be contacted directly only in the matter of organizing special panels. \nPapers from non-members\, except for those of visiting scholars invited to participate in special panels\, cannot be considered because of the expense the Society bears in running the Annual Meeting. When inviting colleagues and students who are not ASPA members to participate in the program\, please inform them that they should apply for membership and pre-register at the time they submit abstracts. \nPlease respond to the Call for Papers only if you plan to attend the Meeting. Failure to present a paper that has been accepted on the Program creates a very poor impression of the Society and is particularly discourteous to those members who may have travelled great distances just to hear certain communications. \nPresenters are usually allotted 15 minutes to read their papers. Five minutes of discussion following presentation is the convention\, if there is sufficient time. These limits are flexible\, depending on the number of papers and available time.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-american-society-for-premodern-asia-annual-meeting-october-31-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Journal of Islamic Law\, October 15\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Journal of Islamic Law  welcomes scholarship in Islamic law for its main publication as well as its dynamic forum\, which features scholarly responses\, debates\, and new developments in Islamic law scholarship or at the intersection of Islamic law and data science. \nWe seek articles of up to 15\,000 words for the Journal of Islamic Law\, and essays of up to 5\,000 words for the Journal of Islamic Law Online Forum. Submissions for this year’s issue are due by October 15\, 2025\, and must be submitted through either Scholastica or our online submissions portal. Once accepted\, the paper goes through a process of peer review\, a final decision on acceptance\, editing\, and publication. This issue of the Journal of Islamic Law will be published in April 2026. For detailed submission guidelines\, please visit our submissions webpage. For further questions\, please contact us at pil@law.harvard.edu. \nSubmissions\, unless otherwise noted for special issues\, may take many forms\, including: Articles & Essays\, Student Notes\, and Book/Tech Reviews. Both single-author and co-authored submissions are welcome.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-submissions-journal-of-islamic-law-october-15-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities,PIL events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Middle East Beyond Borders Fall 2025 Workshop\, September 12
DESCRIPTION:From the Organizers:\n\n\n\n\nMiddle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) Fall 2025: Call for Papers\n\n\n\nPlease complete this survey to record your interest in presenting a polished work-in-progress (polished dissertation chapter or an undefended prospectus) at MEBB during the Fall 2025 semester. \n\nThe MEBB workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the ‘Middle East’ as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries\, mobility\, and transformation. Our goal is to offer a platform for collaboration and discussion to all Middle East scholars at Harvard\, across a wide range of academic fields and disciplines.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-middle-east-beyond-borders-fall-2025-workshop-november-15/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250627
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250328T000748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T234753Z
UID:10001755-1750723200-1750982399@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Conference: The Middle Ages in the Modern World\, London Strand Campus\, King’s College London\, June 24-26\, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 13\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nTHE MIDDLE AGES IN THE MODERN WORLD (MAMO): A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages Fifth Conference\, London\, 24–26 June 2025 Special strand: London Chaucer Conference 2025: Reception CALL FOR PAPERS The Middle Ages in the Modern World is a revived conference about the ways in which the Middle Ages have been received\, imagined\, invoked\, relived\, used\, abused\, and refashioned in the modern and contemporary worlds. Proposals are invited for papers\, panels\, linked panels\, readings and events for the 5th MAMO conference. Creative and scholarly work from any discipline on any aspect of medievalism is welcome\, but we are particularly interested in addressing: • Inclusivity and exclusivity; the struggle to claim the medieval; medievalist activism • Relationships between the medievalisms of scholarship\, creative work\, heritage and cultural industries • Performance and re-enactment of the medieval • Continuities: living and working with medieval buildings and institutions • Local\, national and global medievalisms; medievalisms of London • The history and current state of medievalism studies • Chaucer reception in all forms from the manuscripts to the present day Please send any proposals or queries to themamoconference@gmail.com by 13 January 2025. If you are submitting proposals for single or linked panels\, please consider diversity when selecting participants. The conference will take place in King’s College London Strand Campus. \nFor further details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/conference-the-middle-ages-in-the-modern-world-london-strand-campus-kings-college-london-june-24-26-2025-call-for-papers-deadline-january-13-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250619
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250320T002049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T234753Z
UID:10001752-1750118400-1750291199@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Conference: Law\, Culture\, and Humanities 27th Annual Conference\, Georgetown University\, June 17-18\, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 31\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: Law\, Culture\, and Humanities 27th Annual Conference\, Georgetown University\, June 17-18\, 2025 \nSpeech Matters \nWe live in a golden or an iron age\, depending on one’s point of view\, for laws regulating speech. The COVID-19 pandemic forced governments around the world to reckon with floods of dis- and misinformation. The global rise of the far right has brought with it a need for new legal tools to combat threats\, harassment\, and hate speech. And in the United States\, state and local governments have attempted to suppress speech by or about unpopular subjects through means ranging from book bans to felony prosecutions. For this year’s Law\, Culture\, and Humanities Annual Conference\, we invite papers on how the law conceptualizes\, regulates\, commodifies\, or instrumentalizes speech (broadly defined not just as language but as expressive activity). In particular\, we welcome papers that use humanistic tools for making sense of speech and expression—concepts from rhetoric\, narrative theory\, aesthetics\, genre studies\, and more—to tackle new or persistent legal puzzles. \nSubmission Guidelines \nWe encourage the submission of fully constituted panels\, as well as panels that reimagine or experiment with models for academic presentation\, such as roundtables\, author meet reader sessions (which may include multiple books and their authors in conversation)\, collaborative presentations\, multi-panel streams\, etc. Individual proposals should include a title and an abstract of no more than 250 words. Please note that online presenters should organize a full panel (we will not be accepting individual papers for online presentations this year) and that\, though we traditionally accept most papers\, we may need to limit the number of online panels we accept\, depending on demand. Panels\, whether virtual or in-person\, should include three papers (or\, exceptionally\, four papers). Please specify a title and designate a chair for your panel. The panel chair may also be a panel presenter. It is not necessary to write an abstract or proposal for the panel itself. To indicate your pre-constituted panel\, roundtable\, or stream\, please ensure that individual registrants provide the name of the panel and the chair in their individual submissions on the registration site. All panel\, roundtable\, or stream participants must make an individual submission on the registration site. When submitting a proposal\, we also ask that registrants identify two keywords to help us align sessions with each other. \nMode \nThe twenty-seventh annual conference will emphasize the LCH tradition of in-person conversation. While we encourage participants to join us in Washington\, D.C.\, we recognize that in-person attendance may be prohibitive for some. To that end\, we will also accept the submission of virtual panels. Since we will not be providing technical support for virtual participants\, panel chairs will be responsible for providing Zoom links that will be listed in the program. All plenary sessions will be available streaming online as well as in person. \nHow to Submit? \nSubmissions may be made through the website the link of which is given below.  Creating a Panel: Contact Our Graduate Coordinators Early. While participants may submit individual paper proposals that the Program Committee will later combine into full panels\, we strongly encourage applicants to create full panels prior to submission. Pre-formed panels may cohere better\, and allow collaborators to craft focused scholarly exchanges. Panels comprising a diversity of institutions\, academic ranks\, disciplines\, and identities are often the most rewarding. If you would like support in finding others who might be interested in forming a panel\, please contact our Graduate Coordinators\, Aditya Banerjee (adityabanerjee@g.harvard.edu) and Jack Quirk (john_quirk@brown.edu) with “LCH panel” in the subject line. The Graduate Coordinators will act as intermediaries\, and may be able to put you in contact with others working on related topics. We especially encourage graduate students and those new to LCH to consider reaching out to the Graduate Coordinators if they’re struggling to identify potential co-panelists. Please contact them well before the submission deadline\, to allow time for follow-up. \nSubmission Deadline \n\nSubmission Deadline: January 31\, 2025\nDates of Conference: June 17-18\, 2025\n\nContact Information \nPlease email lch@lawculturehumanities.com with any queries. \nClick here to submit a proposal. \nClick here to view the official conference website. \nLaw\, Culture\, and Humanities Graduate Student Workshop\, Georgetown University\, June 16\, 2025 \nThe annual Association for the Study of Law\, Culture\, and the Humanities Graduate Student Workshop will be held on Monday\, June 16\, 2025 (the day before the annual meeting begins). \nThe workshop is designed for graduate students who are undertaking research that cuts across law\, cultural studies\, literature\, philosophy\, legal studies\, anthropology\, political science\, and history\, among others. The workshop is designed to afford graduate students the opportunity to experience the LCH community in a smaller venue with more sustained contact with one another and some faculty. The workshop also provides graduate students with an opportunity to discuss their research projects in a small group setting in anticipation of such things as job talks and publication. \nApplications to the workshop should consist of a current curriculum vitae (2-3 page maximum)\, an abstract of a current project not exceeding 700 words that explicitly addresses how it relates to law\, culture and the humanities\, as well as a short (5 page maximum) text relating to that project. This “text” could be a case\, literary work\, a time-line\, a photo\, a sound or video file\, or some other relevant text. The text you choose should be something that helps you reflect on the subject of your work and your methods of analysis. Please use your judgment and best guess in deciding how audio\, visual\, or audio-visual materials “translate” into pages of text. \nWhile it is possible to participate in both the workshop and the LCH annual conference\, the two events are separate and require separate applications. Should workshop participants wish to present at the conference as well\, they will need to submit a proposal here (in addition to their workshop application). Should workshop participants wish to attend the conference but not present a paper\, they will need to register (once registration for the conference becomes available). \nApplicants whose workshop proposals are accepted will receive some support towards an extra night’s accommodation from LCH as well as some support (varying\, depending on distance traveled) towards the cost of transportation to the conference site. While those who participated in a previous workshop may re-apply and participate again\, should space and/or funds be limited\, we will prioritize new participants. Please email your applications to lch@lawculturehumanities.com by January 31\, 2025. \nClick here to view the official workshop website.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/conference-law-culture-and-humanities-27th-annual-conference-georgetown-university-june-17-18-2025-call-for-papers-deadline-january-31-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250628
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250329T003446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250615T232131Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Hurst Summer Institute: Legal History\,  University of Wisconsin Law School\, June 15-27\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nThe American Society for Legal History (ASLH) and the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School are pleased to invite applications for the 13th biennial Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History. The two-week program features presentations by guest scholars\, discussions of core readings in legal history and analysis of the work of the participants in the Institute. The Hurst Institute is not primarily intended to provide time to write or work on a research project\, but instead to present your work and discuss the craft of writing legal history. \nFor application and summer program details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/2025-hurst-summer-institute-legal-history-university-of-wisconsin-law-school-june-15-27-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,courses,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250608
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250309T000656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T232056Z
UID:10001742-1749168000-1749340799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: “Towards a Global Ecological-Economic Legal Framework\,” ESIL IG\, Paris\, June 6-7\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nDear Colleagues\, \nI am pleased to share the Call for Papers for an European Society of International Law (ESIL)-supported event titled “Towards a Global Ecological-Economic Legal Framework\,” organized in collaboration among three interest groups: the ESIL IG on European and International Rule of Law\, the ESIL IG on International Environmental Law\, and the ESIL IG on International Economic Law. The event will take place at École Normale Supérieure – Paris Sciences et Lettres (ENS-PSL) on 6-7 June 2025. \nThe Call for Papers is open until 28 February 2025\, and you can find further details here. \nWe look forward to receiving your abstracts and to meeting you in Paris in June 2025. \nFor more details\, please see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-towards-a-global-ecological-economic-legal-framework-esil-ig-paris-june-6-7-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250522
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250226T081936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T235017Z
UID:10001739-1747785600-1747871999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop\, Law & Society Association\, May 21\, 2025 (Deadline: November 6\, 2024)
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nThe Law and Society Association (LSA) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop. The workshop will convene on Wednesday\, May 21\, 2025\, immediately preceding the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Chicago\, Illinois\, USA.  \nApplications are due November 6th 2024. Successful applicants will be notified in early December\, 2024.  \nFor more information\, please see here. \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-graduate-student-early-career-workshop-law-society-association-may-21-2025-deadline-november-6-2024/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250507
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250205T001802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T141331Z
UID:10001724-1746403200-1746575999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: “ Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy\,” University of Villanova School of Law\, Villanova\, Pennsylvania\, May 5-6\, 2025 (Abstract submission deadline: January 31\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nCall for Papers (CFP): “ Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy” \nIslamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium\, May 5 & 6\, 2025\, University of Villanova School of Law\, Villanova\, Pennsylvania \nDeadline for Submission: January 31\, 2025 \nDescription: The Islamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium invites submission of paper abstracts for a workshop hosted at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law\, May 5 & 6\, 2025. \nThe symposium will explore the integration of pre-modern religious law and norms into the modern financial economy. We anticipate that papers will explore the tools used by religious traditions to construct their own commercial law in ways that both align with and diverge from modern state law. Comparative inquiries between Islamic and Jewish law are encouraged\, although comparisons to other legal traditions and/or works related to one religious legal tradition are welcome. \nPapers are welcome from a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to legal studies\, including law\, sociology\, anthropology\, politics\, and history\, from scholars based in law schools and other academic departments. \nThis symposium is organized by the Islamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium\, whose leadership includes Samy Ayoub (UT Austin)\, Michael Broyde (Emory University)\, Chaim Saiman (Villanova University)\, and Rabea Benhalim (University of Colorado). \nApplying: Paper abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to Chaim Saiman (saiman@law.villanova.edu) no later than Friday\, January 31\, 2025. Submissions are welcome from academics at all levels: tenured\, pre-tenure\, non-tenure track\, fellows\, visiting assistant professors\, adjunct professors\, graduate students\, etc. \nFunding: Meals and lodging will be provided for all attendees. Limited\, additional travel funds may also be available.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-islamic-and-jewish-law-in-the-modern-economy-university-of-villanova-school-of-law-villanova-pennsylvania-may-5-6-2025-abstract-submission-deadline-january-3/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250504
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250202T000723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T141331Z
UID:10001718-1746144000-1746316799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: 39th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT)\, University of Chicago\, May 2-3\, 2025 (Deadline: January 31\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nWe are excited to announce that the 39th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT) will take place at The University of Chicago on May 2-3\, 2025. \nCall for Papers. We are now accepting proposals for papers and pre-arranged panels from graduate students\, postdocs\, faculty\, and independent scholars. We invite historians\, linguists\, anthropologists\, literary scholars\, sociologists\, musicologists\, scholars of religion\, and political scientists whose work engages with a broad geography\, including but not limited to\, the Mediterranean\, North and West Africa\, and South and Central Asia\, from Late Antiquity and the advent of Islam to the present. Travel support may be available\, please indicate in your application if you would like to be considered for travel support. \nWe particularly encourage submissions related to this year’s organizing theme: “Conceiving Time and Navigating Space: Spatiotemporal Engagements in the Middle East and North Africa ” The range of topics we hope to examine with this theme include\, but are not limited to: \n*   Meditations on Middle Eastern concepts of time and space\, whether connected to religious belief\, cultural practice\, national development\, or other ways of relating to spatial and temporal dimensions \n*   Engagement with speculative fictions\, alternative histories\, or forms of storytelling which shape the relationship between subjects and their temporality or spatiality \n*   Anthropological studies of concepts of time\, spatial organization\, and the way these concepts structure lived experience \n*   Microhistories\, oral history\, or other forms of memory preservation\, particularly  marginalized histories\, or alternative histories from any group \n*   Meditations on the development of national identities\, relationships between citizens and geography\, the alteration of geography through economic development\, colonial intervention\, war and conflict\, and nation building \n*   Imagined geography\, national belonging and the impact of diaspora and exile on such belonging \n*   Geographic surveys of the Middle East\, investigations into the politics of mapmaking and other forms of establishing geographic or environmental connection \n*   Engagement with indigenous literary and intellectual geographies produced in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies of toponymies and their cultural or political legacies in the region.\nAbout the Conference. Since its inception more than three decades ago\, the annual Middle East History and Theory Conference at the University of Chicago has earned a reputation as one of the premier academic gatherings in the field. Capitalizing on its setting at a university with a strong tradition in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies\, MEHAT has established itself as a major forum for emerging scholars across disciplines to share their research with peers\, receive constructive feedback\, and establish fruitful academic relationships. Participants come from North America\, Europe\, and the Middle East\, and they have traditionally included researchers at every stage of their careers. \nKeynote: The keynote speaker of this year’s conference is Professor Brahim El Guabli\, who will give a talk provisionally titled “Saharanism and its Afterlives: Historicizing a Universalizing Desert Imagination.” Brahim El Guabli<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/compthoughtlit.jhu.edu/directory/brahim-el-guabli/__;!!DZ3fjg!8qEfluDZ_Jd9ZYV_b7JbvjQLvDo5xuh1hiBv_IWjKV2fGzfsaWZ41rm0Ly4SHOtoF_nDuI4-L7vBqacahQnocD0Uvw$> is associate professor of Arabic studies and comparative literature at Williams College and currently associate professor of comparative thought and literature at Johns Hopkins University. El Guabli specializes in Amazigh\, Arabic\, and Francophone literatures\, but his interdisciplinary scholarship encompasses a variety of fields including memory\, indigeneity\, and environmental studies. El Guabli is the author of Moroccan Other-Archives: History and Citizenship after State Violence (Fordham University Press\, 2023)\, which has received honorable mention by the Middle East Librarians Association and is a finalist for the African Studies Association’s best book award. His second book\, entitled Saharan Imaginations: A History of Saharanism and its Radical Consequences\, is forthcoming with the University of California Press. He is currently completing a third monograph entitled Literature and Indigeneity: Imazighen’s Construction of a Literary Field (University of Michigan Press). Using untapped primary sources in Tamazight\, Darija\, and Arabic\, this book unsettles the current historicization of Tamazghan literature by rewriting the region’s literary history from an Indigenous Amazigh perspective.   El Guabli is co-founder and co-editor of the Amazigh Studies series with Georgetown University Press and of the independent peer-reviewed Tamazgha Studies Journal. \nApplications. Please send submissions electronically to mehat2025@gmail.com<mailto:mehat2025@gmail.com>\, no later than Friday\, January 31\, 2025. Please include each presenter’s name\, and a brief biographical note including institutional affiliation\, program of study\, or position and attach a 250-word abstract with a tentative title. For pre-arranged panels\, please send a single email with an overall panel description plus individual paper abstracts. The best abstracts will summarize the paper’s topic\, its relationship and contribution to existing scholarship and specific conclusions. If you are unsure about the suitability of your topic\, feel free to email us at the above address. Submissions will be assessed\, and invitations extended by late February 2025. \nSelected papers will be grouped into panels of three or four. Participants should be prepared to deliver a maximum twenty-minute presentation and respond to questions from an assigned discussant as well as conference attendees. Written papers must be circulated to the respondent and fellow members of the panel at least two weeks before the conference. \nA small amount of travel support may be available for a number of presenters without access to institutional funding. Please indicate if you are interested in being considered in your email. \nPlease circulate widely! For questions and accessibility concerns\, please write to mehat2025@gmail.com. You can find additional information\, including last year’s conference program for reference\, on our website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/theoknights.com/mehat/2024/03/30/MEHAT-conference-schedule.html__;!!DZ3fjg!8qEfluDZ_Jd9ZYV_b7JbvjQLvDo5xuh1hiBv_IWjKV2fGzfsaWZ41rm0Ly4SHOtoF_nDuI4-L7vBqacahQn87MjmxQ$>.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-39th-annual-middle-east-history-and-theory-conference-mehat-university-of-chicago-may-2-3-2025-deadline-january-31-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250504
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250202T000723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T233732Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop\, May 1-3\, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: February 5\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop \nMay 1-3\, 2025 \nAnnouncement and Call for Papers \n Co-Organized and Co-Hosted by \nJacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law) \nKim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University) \nJacques deLisle (University of Pennsylvania Law School)\, and \nAnd co-sponsored by The American Society of Comparative Law \n  \nHosting institution this year:  University of Illinois College of Law  \nWe invite all interested comparative law scholars to consider submitting a paper to the next annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop\, which will be hosted by University of Illinois College of Law and held in-person in Champaign-Urbana\, from May 1-3\, 2025. \nInterested authors should submit papers to Jacqueline Ross at jeross1@illinois.edu. Please put “Comparative Law Workshop” in the subject line of your email when submitting.  \nPapers must be submitted by February 5\, 2025. We will inform authors of our decision by March 5\, 2025.  \nThe annual workshop is an important forum in which comparative law works in progress can be explored among colleagues in a serious and thorough manner that will be truly helpful to the respective authors. “Work in progress” means scholarship that has reached a stage at which it is substantial enough for serious discussion and critique but that has not yet appeared in print and can still be revised after the workshop\, if it has already been accepted for publication.   Appropriate work for the workshop includes law review articles\, book chapters\, and other similar genres. \nWe ask for only one contribution per author and also ask authors to limit their papers to 15\,000 words (including notes).   If the paper (or book chapter) is longer\, please indicate which 15\,000 word portion they would like to have read and discussed. \nOur objective is not only to provide an opportunity for the discussion of scholarly work but also to create the opportunity for comparative lawyers to get together for two days devoted to talking shop\, both in the sessions and outside. We hope that this will create synergy that fosters more dialogue\, cooperation\, and an increased sense of coherence for the discipline. \nThe participants in the workshop will consist of the paper authors\, designated commentators\, and scholars from the host institutions. The group will be kept small enough to sit around a large table and to allow serious discussion. The authors will not present their papers at the workshop. The papers will be distributed well in advance and every participant is expected to have read all of them before the workshop.   While it may be hard to ensure your own paper is below 15\,000 words\, you will appreciate the word limit when it comes to reading all of the other papers for the workshop. \nEach paper will be introduced and discussed first by two commentators before opening the discussion to the other workshop participants\, who are all expected to be prepared with comments on the circulated (and read) papers. The author of each paper will be given an opportunity to respond and ask questions of his or her own.   Each author whose work is featured in the workshop is expected to comment on the work of the other six authors and to participate in the discussion of their work.   \nThere are no plans to publish a collection of the workshop papers. Paper authors may seek publication if\, and wherever\, they wish. The goal of the workshop is to improve the work before publication. \nThe workshop begins with a Thursday evening reception and dinner on May 1\, runs all day Friday May 2 and ends shortly after lunch on Saturday May 3.   We expect all authors to attend the entire workshop to provide continuity in the discussions. \nThe Workshop is supported by the University of Illinois College of Law and the American Society of Comparative Law.   We will cover the costs of hotels and meals in Champaign-Urbana and some portion of authors’ travel costs\, up to $600 per person\, though with some flexibility to reimburse for more if warranted by cost and distance.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-annual-comparative-law-work-in-progress-workshop-may-1-3-2025-call-for-papers-deadline-february-5-2024/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250226T081936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T235136Z
UID:10001738-1745971200-1746057599@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Symposium on Legal Education in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence\, Royal Holloway University of London\, April 30\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers – Symposium on Legal Education in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence \nSchool of Law and Social Science\, Royal Holloway\, University of London \nDate: 30 April 2025 \nLocation: Royal Holloway\, University of London \nAbout the Symposium \nThe Symposium aims to explore the transformative impact of AI-powered tools on legal education. As legal academia and practice increasingly integrate AI-driven models such as ChatGPT\, DeepSeek\, NotebookLM\, Gemini\, Co-Pilot\, and Claude\, it is crucial to critically examine their implications for pedagogy\, legal reasoning\, and professional training. This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together scholars\, researchers\, educators\, legal practitioners\, and students from law\, computer science\, data science\, and related disciplines. The event will serve as a platform for knowledge exchange\, collaborative discussions\, and scholarly networking to advance research on AI’s role in shaping the future of legal education. \nThemes and Topics \nWe invite paper submissions that explore\, but are not limited to\, the following themes: \n• GenAI in Legal Education: How AI enhances legal research\, writing\, and analysis. \n• Pedagogical Impacts: The role of AI in fostering critical thinking and improving academic outcomes. \n• Evaluation and Benchmarking: Developing assessment frameworks for AI-generated legal responses\, including accuracy\, explainability\, and reliability. \n• Regulating AI in Legal Practice: The future role of AI tools in legal research\, case preparation\, and courtroom advocacy. \n• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Integrating insights from law\, technology\, and education to develop responsible AI policies for legal academia. \nSubmission Guidelines \nWe welcome abstracts (250-300 words) for papers that contribute to the discourse on AI-driven legal education. Submissions should outline: \n• Research objectives and methodology \n• Key findings or expected contributions \n• Relevance to the symposium themes \nDeadline for Abstract Submissions: March 15\, 2025 \nNotification of Acceptance: April 15\, 2025 \nContact: Zubair.abbasi@rhul.ac.uk
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-symposium-on-legal-education-in-the-age-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-royal-holloway-university-of-london-april-30-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,digital humanities,Due dates,Opportunities,tech
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250425
DTSTAMP:20260407T215838
CREATED:20250219T000240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T233549Z
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SUMMARY:Symposium: 12th Annual Graduate Symposium\, hosted by the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council (MIISSC)\, Montreal\, April 24\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:This year’s theme\, “Gender\, Knowledge\, and Borders”\, seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and invites bold\, innovative inquiries into how these elements intersect across diverse contexts. We encourage graduate students from various disciplines and regions to participate and contribute to this vibrant exchange of ideas. \nThe new deadline for abstract submissions is February 17\, 2025. \nFor more details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/symposium-12th-annual-graduate-symposium-hosted-by-the-mcgill-institute-of-islamic-studies-student-council-miissc-montreal-april-24-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Journal of Legal Research & Analysis\, volume 3\, issue 1\, April 15\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the journal editors: \nCall for submissions for Volume 3 Issue 1 by Legal Research & Analysis \nAbout the Journal \nLegal Research & Analysis (DOI Prefix: 10.69971; ISSN: 3007-6455 (Online)\, 3007-6447 (Print) publishes research papers\, review papers\, case comments and books reviews related to all aspects of laws including but not limited to legal issues\, legal systems\, and the legal profession. Legal Research & Analysis is a multidimensional legal research journal\, seeking scholarly work on any topic of theoretical\, interdisciplinary\, comparative\, and other conceptually oriented inquiries into law and law reforms. Legal Research & Analysis particularly publishes articles that study law from such perspectives as legal philosophy\, law and economics\, legal history\, criminology\, law and literature\, and feminist analysis. Legal Research & Analysis is a refereed journal\, and all published articles are peer-reviewed. \nWho can Submit? \nAcademicians/practitioners. \nThemes \nAll studies having law as a major component. \nSubmission Guidelines \n\nSubmission Categories: Research papers/reviews/case comments/book reviews\nSubmission Guidelines: The sequence of manuscripts follows: Title; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Method (for original research articles); Main Heading Analysis; Conclusion; and References. The referencing style is the APA Style.\nTitle: The title of the articles is written with Calibri Light Bold (16 pt) and preferably not more than 20 words. Author(s) name\, affiliations\, and corresponding author e-mail.\nAbstract: The abstract should be clear\, concise\, and descriptive. This abstract should provide a brief introduction to the problem\, and objective of the paper\, followed by a statement regarding the method and a summary of results. Font with Calibri Light (11 pt) and preferably not more than 200 words.\nKeywords: Keywords arranged by alphabetically and should have at least two keywords and a maximum of five keywords separated by a semicolon (;).\nIntroduction: The introduction should be clear and provide the issue to be discussed in the manuscript. At the end of the paragraph\, the author/s should end with a comment on the significance concerning the identification of the issue and the objective of the research.\nMethod: The method is written in descriptive. This method is optional\, only for original research articles.\nAnalysis and Discussion: This section is the most important section of your article. Contains the results of the object of study and should be clear and concise.\nConclusion: The conclusion contains a description that should answer the objectives of the research. Do not repeat the Abstract or simply describe the results of the research. Give a clear explanation regarding the possible application and/or suggestions related to the research findings.\nReferences: For submissions\, Legal Research & Analysis (LRA) uses the APA Style in the References at the end of the manuscript. Cite only items that you have read and written in footnotes. Please use Reference Manager Applications like EndNote\, Mendeley\, Zotero\, etc. Use other published articles in the same journal as models. All publications cited in the text should be included in the References section and arranged alphabetically.\n\nGuideline for Online Submission \n\nThe author should fill the form as detailed as possible where the star-marked form must be entered. After all form textbox was filled\, the Author clicked on the “Register” button to proceed with the registration. Therefore\, the Author is brought to the online author submission interface where the Author should click on “New Submission”. In the Start a New Submission section\, click on “’ Click Here’: to go to step one of the five-step submission process”. The following are five steps in the online submission process:\nStep 1 – Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate section of the journal\, i.e. Original Research Articles or Review Articles. Thus\, the author must check on the submission checklists.\nStep 2 – Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript to this journal\, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file to be submitted\, then click the Upload button.\nStep 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step\, detailed author metadata should be entered including the marked corresponding author. After that\, the manuscript title and abstract must be uploaded by copying the text and paste in the textbox including keywords.\nStep 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary files should be uploaded including Covering/Submission Letter\, the proofread evidence\, and the Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement Form. Therefore\, click on the Browse button\, choose the files\, and then click on the Upload button.\nStep 5 – Confirming the Submission: The author should final check the uploaded manuscript documents in this step. To submit the manuscript to the LRA journal\, click the Finish Submission button after the document is true. The corresponding author or the principal contact will receive an acknowledgement by email and will be able to view the submission’s progress through the editorial process by logging in to the journal web address site. After this submission\, Authors who submit the manuscript will get a confirmation email about the submission. Therefore\, Authors are able to track their submission status at any time by logging in to the online submission interface. The submission tracking includes the status of the manuscript review and editorial process.\n\nHow to Submit? \nSubmit through the link given below this post. \nImportant Dates \nApril 15\, 2025\, is the deadline for paper submission for the Volume 3 Issue 1  \nContact Information \nFor any queries\, please contact at ahirzia@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-submissions-journal-of-legal-research-analysis-volume-3-issue-1-april-15-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Call for Abstracts: Middle East Medievalists\, November 22-25 (Deadline: February 5\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:MEM Panel Sponsorship for MESA 2025 (Washington\, DC\, on November 22-25): https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers \nAs part of the efforts of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) to raise the profile of medieval studies at MESA\, the MEM Board of Directors announces our 2025 call for panel sponsorship. MEM is a MESA affiliate and thus may sponsor up to three panels at each annual meeting. \nMEM sponsorship does not guarantee inclusion on the program\, nor does it come with financial support. However\, sponsorship highlights a panel to the MESA program committee\, and\, if it is accepted\, the panel will appear as MEM-sponsored on the final program. We will also publicize MEM-sponsored panels to our membership and in MEM’s annual “Medieval MESA” circular. \nWe encourage all medievalists organizing panels for MESA 2023 to send us abstracts for both individual papers and the panel as a whole\, as well as the names of participants\, by February 5th\, 2025\, so the MEM board may consider them for sponsorship before the MESA deadline (Thurs Feb 13th) \nEmail your materials and/or any questions to Jonathan Brack: Jonathan.brack@northwestern.edu.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-abstracts-middle-east-medievalists-november-22-25-deadline-february-5-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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