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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171006T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171006T180000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151002
CREATED:20171002T152234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171002T152234Z
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SUMMARY:Islamic Law and its Implementation in Asia and The Middle-East
DESCRIPTION:The conference will focus on the topic of Islamic law and the implementation of Islamic law in Asia and the Middle East. \nConference Themes\n\nIslamic Law and Freedom of Religion or Belief\nConstitutionalism And Human Rights in Arab & Muslim World\nWomen’s Rights and Modern Muslim Practices\nIslamic Law: International Terrorism\, Radicalisation and Religious Extremism\nFinance and Succession in Islamic Law\n\nSpeakers\n\nSir Michael Wood\, KCMG\, Member of the UN International Law Commission.\nDr Muhammed Shabir Korotana \,Brunel University\nDr Ahmed Shaheed\, Essex University\, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief.\nProfessor Surya Subedi OBE\, Leeds University\, former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia.\nProfessor Shaheen Saradar Ali\, Warwick University\, former Vice-Chair UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions.\nProfessor Mashood A Baderin\, SOAS\, former UN Independent Expert on Situation of human rights in Sudan.\nProfessor Robert Gleave\, Exeter University Professor of Arabic Studies.\nDr. iur. Damos Dumoli Agusman\, Secretary of Directorate General Legal Affairs\, Indonesia.\nProfessor Umut Turksen\, Coventry University
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-law-and-its-implementation-in-asia-and-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:British Institute of International and Comparative Law\, Charles Clore House\, 17 Russell Square\, London\, WC1B 5JP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T170000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151002
CREATED:20170926T181705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170926T181705Z
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SUMMARY:Business History Seminar: Legal Change and Business Enterprise in the Middle East\, 1850-Present
DESCRIPTION:Seven Agir\, Middle East Technical University\, Turkey\, will present and discuss his work as part of Harvard Business School’s Business History Seminar at the Chao Center.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/business-history-seminar-legal-change-and-business-enterprise-in-the-middle-east-1850-present/
LOCATION:Chao Center\, Elaine Conference Room 300\, Harvard Business School
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T170000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151002
CREATED:20170921T205906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T205906Z
UID:10000852-1508511600-1508518800@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW WORKSHOP :: Colonialism and Constitutional Islamization
DESCRIPTION:Dawood Ahmed\, Comparative Constitutions Project\, University of Chicago Law School\nFor Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to adavis@law.harvard.edu for room location and paper.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/comparative-international-law-workshop-colonialism-and-constitutional-islamization/
LOCATION:Harvard Law School
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,SHARIAsource events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171024T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171024T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151002
CREATED:20170921T210008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T210008Z
UID:10000854-1508821200-1508871600@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW WORKSHOP :: Consistency and Compatibility in Hybrid Lawmaking Structures: The Curious Case of Iran
DESCRIPTION:Maliheh Zare\, SJD Candidate\, NYU Law School\nFor Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to adavis@law.harvard.edu for room location and paper.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/comparative-international-law-workshop-consistency-and-compatibility-in-hybrid-lawmaking-structures-the-curious-case-of-iran/
LOCATION:Harvard Law School
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,SHARIAsource events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171028T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171028T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151002
CREATED:20171030T152732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171030T152732Z
UID:10000912-1509199200-1509206400@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Panel at the American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting: From Bureaucracy to Jihad: Islamic Law in the Colonial Era
DESCRIPTION:Chair & Commentator: Intisar Rabb\, Harvard University \nMichael O’Sullivan\, UCLA\nThe “Muslim Bank” in a Late Imperial Age\, 1908–1925 \nAri Schriber\, Harvard University (schriber@g.harvard.edu)\nThe Transformation of the Qadi in Protectorate Morocco \nAdnan Zulfiqar\, Rutgers Law School (adnan.zulfiqar@rutgers.edu)\nViolent Necessity: Enacting Jihad in the Colonial Period
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/panel-at-the-american-society-for-legal-history-annual-meeting-from-bureaucracy-to-jihad-islamic-law-in-the-colonial-era/
LOCATION:Red Rock Casino Resort Spa\, Las Vegas\, Nevada
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151002
CREATED:20170921T210323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T210323Z
UID:10000855-1510074000-1510081200@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW WORKSHOP :: Designing Constitutions from Divided Societies: Lessons from Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:Clark Lombardi\, Professor of Law; University of Washington School of Law\nFor Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to adavis@law.harvard.edu for room location and paper.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/comparative-international-law-workshop-designing-constitutions-from-divided-societies-lessons-from-afghanistan/
LOCATION:Harvard Law School
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,SHARIAsource events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151002
CREATED:20170921T210421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T210421Z
UID:10000856-1510678800-1510686000@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW WORKSHOP :: Against Militant Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Seval Yildirim\, Visiting Researcher\, ILSP: SHARIAsource\, Harvard Law School\nFor Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to adavis@law.harvard.edu for room location and paper.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/comparative-international-law-workshop-against-militant-democracy/
LOCATION:Harvard Law School
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,SHARIAsource events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T093000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20170926T175429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170926T175429Z
UID:10000863-1510822800-1510911000@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:MELA Presentation: SHARIAsource: The Online Portal for Academic Content and Context on Islamic Law
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nAslihan Bulut \nLibrary Editor\nILSP: SHARIAsource\nLibrarian and Program Coordinator for Foreign\, Comparative\, and International Law\nHarvard Law School \nSharon Tai\nILSP: SHARIAsource\,\nHarvard Law School \nAslihan Bulut and Sharon Tai will discuss the information management of SHARIAsource.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/mela-presentation-shariasource-the-online-portal-for-academic-content-and-context-on-islamic-law/
LOCATION:Washington DC
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171122
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20170926T174351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170926T174351Z
UID:10000862-1510963200-1511308799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:MESA Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/mesa-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Marriott Wardman Park Hotel\, 2660 Woodley Rd NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171121T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171121T100000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20170926T174207Z
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UID:10000861-1511251200-1511258400@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:2017 MESA: Judicial activism in the field of Egyptian shari‘a-derived family law
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Monika Lindbekk  \nThis paper analyzes aspects of judicial activism in the field of Egyptian personal status law for Muslims. In a country where reform of the current personal status codes is politically fraught\, family court judges perform an important semi-legislative task in interpreting and applying the law. Taking this as a point of departure\, the paper argues that courts are an important site for exercising Islamic authority and positioning citizens as religious subjects. Among other things\, family courts in Egypt contribute to an ongoing discourse on what constitutes the ideal family. In doing so\, family court judges help consolidate increasingly hegemonic notions of the nuclear family and conjugal marriage clothed in the Quranic language of mercy and amity (rahma wa mawadda). Thus\, contemporary family courts continuously re-inscribe shari‘a in state law and construct its meaning in a way which differs from classical Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh). This tendency has been reinforced by the introduction of computer technology with the stated aim of rationalizing legal practice by making it more uniform. The aforementioned developments in the family courts of Egypt resemble those that have occurred over the past few years in family courts of Tunisia and sharia courts of Malaysia where the same ‘rationalized Islam’ (in the sense of unified and standard) has been found to be at work. The introduction of computerization\, which involves the same paragraphs being reproduced over and over through the medium of templates\, provides a powerful impetus for the streamlining of judicial practice. However\, in the years following the 2011 uprising\, individual judges also used the courts as a platform to articulate alternative discourses. In the post-revolutionary environment\, they clearly crossed the border between adjudication and legislation by participating in public debate and becoming members of a legislative committee tasked with comprehensive family law reform.This paper analyzes the implications of judicial activism against a background where old and new actors and institutions competed over the right to interpret shari‘a in an authoritative way.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/2017-mesa-judicial-activism-in-the-field-of-egyptian-sharia-derived-family-law/
LOCATION:Marriott Wardman Park Hotel\, 2660 Woodley Rd NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171124T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171124T170000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20171030T153423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171030T153423Z
UID:10000914-1511510400-1511542800@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Governance and Violence in Islamic Law Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This one-day workshop is held under the auspices of the USPPIP project (Understanding Sharia: Past Perfect\, Imperfect Present) and will be hosted by the University of Exeter.  The workshop will cover the specific focus of two elements of the project – violence (studied by Exeter USPPIP research team) and governance (studied by the Bergen USPPIP research team).  The workshop will be convened by the USPPIP team members Drs Omar Anchassi and Eirik Hovden and Professors Robert Gleave and Knut Vikor.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/governance-and-violence-in-islamic-law-workshop/
LOCATION:University of Exeter\, Exeter\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171216
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20171113T212412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171113T212412Z
UID:10000924-1513296000-1513382399@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:UC Berkeley Near Eastern Studies Graduate Conference April 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Near Eastern Studies graduate students at UC Berkeley would like to invite the graduate students of your department to participate in the 2018 UC Berkeley Near Eastern Studies Graduate Student Conference. Please find our full Call for Papers on our website (jagnesjournal.wordpress.com)\, we would greatly appreciate if you could distribute this to your department’s students and any other relevant audiences. \nThe title of this year’s symposium is\, Hard Times: Critical Approaches to Crisis and its Aftermath. From our perspective as students and scholars of the Near East\, hard times have become an uncritical staple of contemporary discourse regarding the Middle East. In the news\, in the streets and even in our classrooms\, the Middle East is often framed as an outworldly difficult place\, defined by its hardships and catastrophes. In our conference\, we wish not to deny this notion (at least\, not offhandedly)\, but to complicate it by considering it from a diverse array of critical perspectives. \nTo that end\, the Near Eastern Studies Department and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California\, Berkeley\, invite papers situated within\, working against and expanding on the question of hard times in related fields of the Near East. Individual paper topics may include (but are not limited to) the following: Opposition and counter-narratives\, The future(s) of Near Eastern Studies\, Borders and border politics\, Resistance in the Ancient World\, Crisis and Archaeological Cultural Heritage\, Persistence of instability as a trope in Near Eastern and Middle Eastern Studies\, Precarity and its poetics\, Beyond the geopolitical narrative of crisis (environmental\, social\, existential crises)\, and Representation of crisis in aesthetics (literature\, plastic art\, etc.). \nThe conference will take place on April 27-28th\, 2018 at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) on the UC Berkeley campus\, consisting of two days of thematically-organized panel sessions. Faculty will serve as the respondents for each of the panels. On Friday evening\, Professor Miriam Cooke will give the keynote lecture addressing the conference theme. \nApplicants should submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by December 15th\, 2017. Please fill out the abstract submission form on our website. Paper presentations should be approximately 20 minutes in length\, which will be followed by a short\, discussant-led question and answer session. \nPlease do not hesitate to contact us with any additional questions. For more information about registration\, travel & accommodation\, please visit our website. Questions about the conference should be directed to jagnes@berkeley.edu.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/uc-berkeley-near-eastern-studies-graduate-conference-april-2018/
LOCATION:UC Berkeley
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171219
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20171113T120539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171113T120539Z
UID:10000923-1513555200-1513641599@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Law and Society Association 2018 Junior Scholar Workshop
DESCRIPTION:JUNIOR SCHOLARS WORKSHOP \nThe Law and Society Association is pleased to announce our Junior Scholar Workshop will begin mid-day on Tuesday\, June 5\, and continue through the day on Wednesday\, June 6\, 2018. The workshop immediately precedes the 2018 joint Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association in Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada. \n  \nWe invite applications from junior scholars in any field whose scholarly interests involve socio-legal studies. Specifically\, we welcome applications from graduate students (including advanced law students)\, post-doctoral fellows\, and assistant professors (or other pre-tenure faculty). \n  \nPlease complete the submission form by December 18 to be a part of the 2018 Junior Scholar Workshop. The LSA workshops have a competitive application process\, and those applicants selected as members of the cohort will be informed prior to February 1\, 2018. \n  \nAPPLY HERE \n  \nPlease contact Ashley Rubin\, chair of the Junior Scholar Workshop Committee\, with questions at ashley.rubin@utoronto.ca.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/law-and-society-association-announcements-2018-junior-scholar-workshop-and-trustee-elections/
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180114
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20171114T182304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171114T182304Z
UID:10000960-1514764800-1515887999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:USPPIP Summer School for Early Career Researchers: "Uses of the Past in Islamic Law”
DESCRIPTION:Advanced notice: the First “Uses of the Past in Islamic Law” Summer School for Early Career Researchers\, July 2018.  In early January\, USPPIP will open for applications from advanced PhD students and recently graduated PhD students/Post-doctoral researchers.  The travel and accommodation expenses of all participants will be covered by USPPIP. Details in the next USPPIP bulletin.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/usppip-summer-school-for-early-career-researchers-uses-of-the-past-in-islamic-law/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180112
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20171030T154034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171030T154034Z
UID:10000916-1515456000-1515715199@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Islamic Law and Sexuality Conference 9th – 11th January 2018\, University of Exeter
DESCRIPTION:This two day workshop aims to investigate questions of Islamic law and sexuality\, broadly conceived\, including but not limited to such subjects as il/legitimate sex\, communal perceptions of sexuality\, marriage\, sexual violence\, gender\, concubinage and sexual consent.  We are interested in shifting patterns of argumentation and in the formation of legal categories; how did pre-modern jurists conceptualise the legitimate expression of sexuality\, for example?  How have these boundaries shifted in the modern period?  How have modern jurists and others drawn on the legacy of the past in thinking through these questions?  And what are some of the fundamental dynamics underlying these processes of change?  Our papers address the construction of these categories and their reformulation in the modern period.  For the purposes of this workshop we are concerned with the fiqhī heritage itself as well as its representation and deployment in modern legal argument.  What did pre-modern jurists think about these subjects and how has thinking changed or otherwise; if so\, what explains these dis/continuities? \nKeynote lecture to be delivered by Kecia Ali.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-law-and-sexuality-conference-9th-11th-january-2018-university-of-exeter/
LOCATION:University of Exeter\, Exeter\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180116
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180122T184702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T184702Z
UID:10000805-1515974400-1516060799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:The RCSL-SDJ Lisbon Meeting 2018: "Law and Citizenship Beyond The States”
DESCRIPTION:The conference will discuss\, among other topics of sociology of law and justice\, the contribution of law to the power of citizens\, at a time of increasing competition between state law\, once the main source of people’s rights\, and multiple global and local normativities. Proposals due January 15. \n​The meeting is co-sponsored by the Sociology of Law and Justice Section of the Portuguese Sociological Association. It is organized by DINÂMIA’CET-IUL\, a research unit of ISCTE-IUL \, which gives the Local Organizing Committee its institutional framework and administrative support\, in partnership with the following partner research units: CES (Coimbra)\, CICS.NOVA (Braga\, Lisbon)\, CIES (ISCTE-IUL\, Lisbon)\, and CRIA (Lisbon\, Braga)\, as well as with the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (Oñati). On top of these academic partnerships\, we pretend also to involve personalities and entities from outside the world of science\, for this meeting to be itself\, as far as possible\, an experience of citizenry beyond the states. \n​It is the second initiative of RCSL during the year 2018\, since the RCSL will also participate in the ISA World Congress in Toronto\, 15-21 July 2018. Other recent RCSL meetings took place in Vienna\, July 2016\, within the framework of the 3rd ISA-Forum\, and México City\, June 2017\, where RCSL was a sponsor of the International Meeting on Law and Society. \n​It is the third meeting of the recently created Sociology of Law and Justice Section of the Portuguese Sociological Association\, which held their first meeting in January 2016 in Coimbra\, and a second meeting in February 2017\, in Braga. \n​The meeting will be bilingual English / Portuguese. Plenary sessions will be held in English. Sessions in other languages may be be authorized by the Organizing Committee.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/the-rcsl-sdj-lisbon-meeting-2018-law-and-citizenship-beyond-the-states-2/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180201
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180122T191701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T191701Z
UID:10000806-1517356800-1517443199@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:CFP: Religious Marriages in the Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:This multidisciplinary conference seeks to bring together researchers who have engaged in research on religious marriages in the Mediterranean. Papers may focus on\, but are not limited to\, one or\nmore of the following themes: \n1. Exploring the legal and social interaction between religious and civil marriages in the Mediterranean\, whether contemporary or historical perspective (colonial and postcolonial). \n2. Investigating the non-apparent connections between different religions within and without marriage legislation (Sunni\, Shia\, Catholic\, Orthodox\, Coptic\, Jewish\, Hindu…)\, including papers on\nmixed marriages. \n3. How human/civil rights discourses blend and/or conflict with other forms of theological\, moral and/or customary discourses on religious marriages. \n4. Diverse ways of concluding and/or celebrating religious marriages in the Mediterranean. \n5. Problematization and politicization of religious marriages in the Mediterranean. \nOrganizers:\nIbtisam Sadegh (University of Amsterdam) \nDavid Zammit (University of Malta) \nSusan Hirsch (George Mason University) \nPapers (7\,000-8\,000 words)\, will be considered for publication in a special issue of the international\, peer-reviewed Journal of Mediterranean Studies (ISSN: 1016-3476)\, published by the Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta and available electronically through Project Muse. \nUpon request\, limited travel and accommodation funds (two nights) may be available for short-listed candidates who cannot apply for funding from their own universities. Please submit your request for funding with your paper proposal. \nDeadline for abstract submission: 31 January 2018\nAbstracts of 200-300 words are to be submitted via e-mail: i.sadegh@uva.nl with ‘abstract’ and your last name in the subject heading. \nMore information: Religious Marriage Conference Blurb
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/cfp-religious-marriages-in-the-mediterranean/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180202
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180122T181051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T181051Z
UID:10000803-1517443200-1517529599@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Digital Editions\, Digital Corpora and New Possibilities for the Humanities in the Academy and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:The Perseus Digital Library Project at Tufts University is proud to host a 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities \nDigital Editions\, Digital Corpora and New Possibilities for the Humanities in the Academy and Beyond (July 16 – 27\, 2018) will allow participants to spend two weeks exploring a range of advanced new methods for annotating textual sources and to learn how to use these technologies to create state-of-the-art digital editions and multi-layer corpora.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/digital-editions-digital-corpora-and-new-possibilities-for-the-humanities-in-the-academy-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Tufts University
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180301
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180122T193036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T193036Z
UID:10000807-1519754400-1519840799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:CFP: Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES)
DESCRIPTION:WOCMES Seville 2018 will be held in the capital of Andalusia on 16-22 July 2018\, serving as a meeting point to present\, debate and share a wide range of information on the latest studies concerning the Middle East\, encompassing diverse perspectives\, from conflict analysis and resolution to migrations\, water\, the environment\, culture\, news media and studies on Al-Andalus. \nThe World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) is the biggest encounter of world experts on disciplines related to this vast region whether contemporary or ancient. The Congress takes place every four years in a different capital. The fifth edition will be organised by the Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation in collaboration with the University of Seville whose headquarters will serve as the main venue for the event. \nIn the wake of the four previous congresses – Mainz 2002 (Germany)\, Amman 2006 (Jordan)\, Barcelona 2010 (Spain) and Ankara 2014 (Turkey)\, WOCMES Seville 2018 will focus on the relationship between the three cultures and\, given that it is the Foundation’s raison d’être\, the Andalusí legacy and the roots of the city that will host this major international gathering. \nThe Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation calls for submissions for the fifth edition of the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) which will be held in Seville\, Spain\, from July 16th to the 22nd\, 2018. \nAll submissions of proposals must be made through the Wocmes Seville 2018 website at http://wocmes2018seville.org/ \nThe system will close at midnight (CET) on February 28th\, 2018. \nThemes: Al-Andalus; Ancient Middle East; Christian Studies; Conflict Analysis and Resolution; Contemporary Middle East; Cultural Studies; Economics; Gender Studies; International Relations and International Law; Islamic Studies; Jewish Studies; Linguistic and Literature; Media Studies; Medieval Studies; Mediterranean Studies; Migration Studies; Nationality / Identities and Ethnicity; Normative Phenomena and Law; North Africa; Politics; Sepharad and Sephardic Diaspora; Scientific Culture; Translation studies; Urban and Regional Studies; Water\, Agriculture and the Environment. \nMajor disciplines: Anthropology; Arabic and Islamic Studies; Archaeology; Architecture; Art; Communication / Information; Demography; Economics; Economic and Social Development; Education; Egyptology; Environmental Studies; Ethnology; Gender Studies; Geography; Hebrew and Jewish Studies; History; International Relations; Languages and Literature; Law; Library Studies; Linguistics; Museum Sciences; Musicology; Philology; Philosophy; Political Sciences; Sociology; Theology; Urban Planning.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/cfp-fifth-world-congress-for-middle-eastern-studies-wocmes/
LOCATION:Seville\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180301
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180122T175515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T175515Z
UID:10000961-1519776000-1519862399@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Uses of the Past in Islamic Legal Thought and Practice: Summer School 8th -14th July 2018\, University of Exeter\, UK
DESCRIPTION:Call for Applications \nThe Understanding Shari`a Project is organising an all-expenses paid summer school for the 7-14th July on the project theme of ‘uses of the past’ in Islamic Law\, to be hosted by the University of Exeter.  The deadline for applications is February 28th.  Anyone in the final 18 months of their PhD\, or within 18 months of the completion of their degree\, is most welcome to apply.  Participant expenses will be covered from the project budget (including food\, board and flights as necessary). For more information please click here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/uses-of-the-past-in-islamic-legal-thought-and-practice-summer-school-8th-14th-july-2018-university-of-exeter-uk/
LOCATION:University of Exeter
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180301T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180302T170000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180227T155238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180227T155238Z
UID:10000967-1519891200-1520010000@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Conference: Islam and Toleration
DESCRIPTION:The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University is pleased to announce our annual conference on Islam and Toleration. This conference aims to explore the concept and realities of toleration in the Islamic tradition with a focus on contemporary work\, from Asia and Africa to Europe and the United States. This conference is co-sponsored by Harvard Law School’s Islamic Legal Studies Program: SHARIAsource. \nIslam and toleration Poster \nKeynote Address \nThursday\, March 1st 5:30pm\, Tsai Auditorium \n  \n“Reflections on Tolerance and its Difficulty” \n  \nThomas M. Scanlon\, Alford Professor of Natural Religion\, Moral Philosophy\, and Civil Polity\, Emeritus\, Harvard University \n  \n  \nPanel Discussions \nFriday\, March 2nd from 10:00am to 5:00pm\, Belfer Case Study Room \n  \n10:00 am – Panel 1 – Muslim minorities in Non-Muslim societies \nPanelists: Khalil Abdur-Rashid\, Sugata Bose\, Jocelyn Cesari\, Yee Htun \nChair: William A. Graham \n  \n1:00 pm – Panel 2 – Minorities in Muslim-majority societies \nPanelists: Orit Bashkin\, Kristin Fabbe\, Ousmane Kane\, Jeremy Menchik \nChair: Shady Nasser \n  \n3:00 pm – Panel 3 – Intra-Islamic Toleration \nPanelists: Akeel Bilgrami\, Nebil Husayn\, Mohsen Kadivar\, Roy P. Mottahedeh \nChair: Tarek Masoud \n  \n  \nAll sessions will take place at CGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA 02138.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/conference-islam-and-toleration/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T173000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180227T134354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180227T134354Z
UID:10000965-1520515800-1520530200@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Early Shiʿi Law in Context
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/early-shi%ca%bfi-law-in-context/
LOCATION:Institute for Advanced Study\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180322
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180130T194533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180130T194533Z
UID:10000808-1521504000-1521676799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Religious Marriages in the Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Venue and date: Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta \nThis multidisciplinary conference seeks to bring together researchers who have engaged in research on religious marriages in the Mediterranean. Papers may focus on\, but are not limited to\, one or\nmore of the following themes: \n1. Exploring the legal and social interaction between religious and civil marriages in the Mediterranean\, whether contemporary or historical perspective (colonial and postcolonial). \n2. Investigating the non-apparent connections between different religions within and without marriage legislation (Sunni\, Shia\, Catholic\, Orthodox\, Coptic\, Jewish\, Hindu…)\, including papers on\nmixed marriages. \n3. How human/civil rights discourses blend and/or conflict with other forms of theological\, moral and/or customary discourses on religious marriages. \n4. Diverse ways of concluding and/or celebrating religious marriages in the Mediterranean. \n5. Problematization and politicization of religious marriages in the Mediterranean. \nOrganizers:\nIbtisam Sadegh (University of Amsterdam) \nDavid Zammit (University of Malta) \nSusan Hirsch (George Mason University) \nPapers (7\,000-8\,000 words)\, will be considered for publication in a special issue of the international\, peer-reviewed Journal of Mediterranean Studies (ISSN: 1016-3476)\, published by the Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta and available electronically through Project Muse. \nUpon request\, limited travel and accommodation funds (two nights) may be available for short-listed candidates who cannot apply for funding from their own universities. Please submit your request for funding with your paper proposal. \nOrganizers: \nIbtisam Sadegh (University of Amsterdam) \nDavid Zammit (University of Malta) \nSusan F. Hirsch (George Mason University) \nPapers (7\,000-8\,000 words)\, will be considered for publication in a special issue of the international\, peer-reviewed Journal of Mediterranean Studies (ISSN: 1016-3476)\, published \nby the Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta and available electronically through Project Muse. \nUpon request\, limited travel and accommodation funds (two nights) may be available for short-listed candidates who cannot apply for funding from their own universities. Please submit your request for funding with your paper proposal. \nKey note speaker: \nAnnelies Moors\, Professor of Anthropology\, University of Amsterdam \nDeadline for abstract submission: 31 January 2018 \nAbstracts of 200-300 words are to be submitted via e-mail: i.sadegh@uva.nl with ‘abstract’ \nand your last name in the subject heading. \nTimeline: \n31 January 2018: Deadline for abstract submission \n10 February 2018: Notification of acceptance \n1 March 2018: Deadline for complete draft of paper between 5000 – 8000 words \nor a PowerPoint presentation. \n20-21 March 2018: Conference hosted by the Mediterranean Institute \n1 April 2018: Select participants will be invited to submit papers for consideration for publication in 2018 in the Journal of Mediterranean Studies \nThis two-day conference is organized by the University of Malta through the Department of Civil Law and the Mediterranean Institute research group on Belief\, Identity and Exchange in conjunction with the ERC-funded research project on ‘Problematizing “Muslim Marriages”: Ambiguities and Contestations’ hosted by the University of Amsterdam. See http://religionresearch.org/musmar2014/
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/religious-marriages-in-the-mediterranean/
LOCATION:Mediterranean Institute\, University of Malta
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180325
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180227T130348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180227T130348Z
UID:10000810-1521763200-1521935999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:35th Annual Conference of the American Society for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS): Islam in the Post-Obama Era
DESCRIPTION:This conference is being co-sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. \nOf Note:\n \n\n\n\n11:15AM – 12:15PM\nSession 2: Shariah and the Public Sphere in the United States \nChair: Peter Skerry\, Boston College \nThe Shariah Scare Industry and the Clash of Temporalities\nSteven Fink\, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire \nOn Stoning Punishments and Human Rights\nSyed Atif Rizwan\, University of California\, Los Angeles
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/35th-annual-conference-of-the-american-society-for-the-study-of-islamic-societies-acsis-islam-in-the-post-obama-era/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180404
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180405
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180122T180208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T180208Z
UID:10000962-1522800000-1522886399@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights: 18th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on “International and Transnational Crimes"
DESCRIPTION:ISISC is glad to announce that the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights – the new public name adopted by the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC) – is organizing its 18th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on “International and Transnational Crimes”\, dedicated to the memory of prof. M. Cherif Bassiouni (1937-2017). The course will take place from May 27 to June 4\, 2018 in Siracusa (Italy). \nThe Siracusa Institute will select 60 participants who should have a university degree\, ideally in law or with some studies in law\, and be 35 years of age or under. Provision may be made for auditors who do not fulfil these conditions. Furthermore\, the Institute will offer 10 scholarships to applicants from Developing and Less Developed Countries. Applications should be submitted by April 4\, 2018. \nAll relevant information and the application form are available on at www.siracusainstitute.org. You are kindly requested to fill out the application form directly on the webpage. Once you have submitted your application online\, you will receive a confirmation. \nPlease do not hesitate to contact the Siracusa Institute for any questions or concerns you may have at icl-course@siracusainstitute.org.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/siracusa-international-institute-for-criminal-justice-and-human-rights-18th-specialization-course-in-international-criminal-law-for-young-penalists-on-international-and-transnational-crimes/
LOCATION:Siracusa\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180412
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180307T172816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180307T172816Z
UID:10000817-1523232000-1523491199@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:British Association for Islamic Studies Conference 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Law\, Learning and Authority in Imami Shiite Islam (LAWALISI) project will host a panel at the British Association for Islamic Studies (www.BRAIS.ac.uk)\, to be held at the University of Exeter\, 9th-11th April 2018 – a programme is available here.  The project team\, along with many working in Shii Studies\, will attend and present at the conference.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/british-association-for-islamic-studies-conference-2018/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180411T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180411T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180405T165620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180405T165620Z
UID:10000820-1523471400-1523476800@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Timbuktu and Beyond: The Past\, Present\, and Future of West African Manuscript--Round Table
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at New York University’s Tamiment Library (10th floor\, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library\, 70 Washington Sq. South) on Wednesday\, April 11\, 6:30-8:00PM (doors open at 6pm) for a round table on issues relating to early West African manuscripts. \nA fundamental source for the history of West Africa lies in rich archival collections\, most famously the manuscript libraries of Timbuktu. Documents from the Mali and Songhai Empires and the centuries before European colonial rule offer a vital window into the region’s complex ties to the wider Muslim world\, and to cultures and polities in Africa\, Europe\, and the Middle East. \nOusmane Kane (Harvard) and Michael Gomez (NYU) will discuss their recent work reassessing the religious and political history of West Africa\, research which relied heavily on the documentary evidence to be found in such collections. Alexandra Huddleston is a photojournalist who spent part of her childhood in Mali\, returning there in 2007 to document the traditional custodianship of manuscript collections in Timbuktu\, before they were dramatically spirited out of the city for protection from advancing insurgents in 2013. \nThe participants will discuss their experiences with West African documents\, as well as the challenges of consulting and protecting these renowned archives of human history. Geared toward a general audience\, the event welcomes those interested in African\, Islamic\, and medieval history\, as well as librarians and archivists concerned about the preservation of threatened cultural heritage collections. Copies of the speakers’ publications will be available for purchase. \nEvent is open to the public. RSVP not required but would be appreciated; register here: \nhttps://events.nyu.edu/#!view/event/event_id/202442 \n(Co-sponsored by New York University’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library\, the departments of Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies\, History\, and Africana Studies\, and the Medieval & Renaissance Center\, with support from Long Island University’s Palmer School of Library and Information Science.)
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/timbuktu-and-beyond-the-past-present-and-future-of-west-african-manuscript-round-table/
LOCATION:New York University’s Tamiment Library\, 70 Washington Sq. South
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180421
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20171114T181811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171114T181811Z
UID:10000931-1524096000-1524268799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:3rd USPPIP Team Meeting and Workshop: Maslaha\, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari'a and Society
DESCRIPTION:A challenge for the Islamic Shari’a is that it should span from a religious ideal to a social and political reality. Islamic thinkers have long discussed whether this should primarily take the form of a fixed set of rules to be applied “because God has said so”\, or whether these rules reflect a divine intention (Ar. maqasid) which humans can grasp\, the intention of welfare for mankind (maslaha). If the latter\, should Muslims seek the rules and methods that best furthers these intentions in contemporary society? This has been a central issue for reform and modifications of Islamic practices for centuries\, as well as today. \nLinked to this discussion is the issue of authority. The Shari’a gives the state (the “ruler”) the authority to implement rules and make decisions beyond the literal rules of the Shari’a when they follow its intentions\, this is called siyasa shar’iya\, “Shari’a politics”. How the limits for the state’s freedom of action within Shari’a thinking goes\, depends on the relationship between the ruler and the religious authorities at any time. \nHow are these topics discussed today? This workshop will focus on the use of concepts such as maslaha and siyasa in Islamic discussion of reform and orthopraxy. To what degree do Islamic NGOs appeal to maslala in their activities? To what degree do Muslim thinkers today use the terms of siyasa  and maslaha in their discussions of state activities and laws in Muslim\, mixed and non-Muslim states? A central concept for many state-oriented NGOs is “good governance”. This term\, which may be used for accountability of the ruler\, or more widely for works promoting democratic practices\, is in many ways akin to “promotion of public welfare”\, i.e. maslaha. \nThe object of this workshop is to see the relationship between these modern ideas of reform and the classical fiqh debates on the same topics. Do modern Islamic thinkers refer to the classical debates at all; and if so\, are the fiqh concepts simply used as rhetoric\, putting a classical name to a modernist concept\, or are contemporary debates informed about the classical fiqh argument? How is the fiqh debates of the past used in the present? \nKeynotes speakers will be: \nFelicitas Opwis\, Georgtown University \nMohammad Fadel\, University of Toronto \nThe workshop will also include participants from civil society organizations.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/3rd-usppip-team-meeting-and-workshop-maslaha-siyasa-and-good-governance-sharia-and-society/
LOCATION:University of Bergen\, Norway
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180421
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20171030T161124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171030T161124Z
UID:10000919-1524096000-1524268799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Maslaha\, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and Society Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On the 19th – 20th April 2018\, the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies\, University of Bergen will host the workshop Maslaha\, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and Society. We are pleased to announce the Call for Paper proposals for this two-day event organised as part of the Humanities in the European Research Area ( HERA) “Uses of the Past” joint research programme. \nA challenge for the Islamic Shari’a is that it should span from a religious ideal to a social and political reality. Islamic thinkers have long discussed whether this should primarily take the form of a fixed set of rules to be applied “because God has said so”\, or whether these rules reflect a divine intention (Ar. maqasid) which humans can grasp\, the intention of welfare for mankind (maslaha). If the latter\, should Muslims seek the rules and methods that best furthers these intentions in contemporary society? This has been a central issue for reform and modifications of Islamic practices for centuries\, as well as today. \nLinked to this discussion is the issue of authority. The Shari’a gives the state (the “ruler”) the authority to implement rules and make decisions beyond the literal rules of the Shari’a when they follow its intentions\, this is called siyasa shar’iya\, “Shari’a politics”. How the limits for the state’s freedom of action within Shari’a thinking goes\, depends on the relationship between the ruler and the religious authorities at any time. \nHow are these topics discussed today? This workshop will focus on the use of concepts such as maslaha and siyasa in Islamic discussion of reform and orthopraxy. To what degree do Islamic NGOs appeal to maslala in their activities? To what degree do Muslim thinkers today use the terms of siyasa  and maslaha in their discussions of state activities and laws in Muslim\, mixed and non-Muslim states? A central concept for many state-oriented NGOs is “good governance”. This term\, which may be used for accountability of the ruler\, or more widely for works promoting democratic practices\, is in many ways akin to “promotion of public welfare”\, i.e. maslaha. \nThe object of this workshop is to see the relationship between these modern ideas of reform and the classical fiqh debates on the same topics. Do modern Islamic thinkers refer to the classical debates at all; and if so\, are the fiqh concepts simply used as rhetoric\, putting a classical name to a modernist concept\, or are contemporary debates informed about the classical fiqh argument? How is the fiqh debates of the past used in the present? \nKeynotes speakers will be: \nFelicitas Opwis\, Georgtown University \nMohammad Fadel\, University of Toronto
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/maslaha-siyasa-and-good-governance-sharia-and-society-workshop/
LOCATION:University of Bergen\, Norway
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180518T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180519T113000
DTSTAMP:20260610T151003
CREATED:20180518T190411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T190411Z
UID:10000982-1526634000-1526729400@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Berbers and Moors: Authority Beyond State and Tribe in the Early Medieval Maghreb
DESCRIPTION:Berbers and Moors: Authority Beyond State and Tribe in the Early Medieval Maghreb \n18th-19th May 2018\, UCL\, London \nA workshop hosted by the University of Leicester and UCL and sponsored by the Society for Libyan Studies \nOrganisers: Corisande Fenwick (UCL) and Andy Merrills (University of Leicester) \n\nFriday\, Room 612 (6th floor)\, UCL Institute of Archaeology\, 31-34 Gordon Square\, London WC1H 0PY \n  \n2:00pm Welcome and Introduction \nCorisande Fenwick (UCL) and Andy Merrills (University of Leicester) \n2:30pm Mapping the pre-desert of Algeria: a satellite remote sensing to settlement  patterns in the mid-first millennium AD \nMartin Sterry (University of Durham)     \n\n3.30-4pm Tea \n\n4-6pm: The Men who Would be King: The Importance of Titulature in Fifth- and Sixth-Century North Africa \nAndy Merrills (University of Leicester) \nThe struggle for Africa: Local power brokers \nRoland Steinacher (Universität Tübingen) \n\n6pm Drink Reception in Staff Common Room followed by dinner at a local restaurant for speakers \n\nSaturday\, IAS Common Ground\, UCL Main Building\, Gower Street\, London \n  \n10-12pm: Identifying the Imamate: State Building and Society in the Age of the Rustamids \nCyrille Aillet (Université Lumière Lyon 2) \nBerbers and Borderlands: Rulership\, Authority and City-building in Islamic Morocco \nCorisande Fenwick (UCL) \n\n12.00- 1:30 Lunch \n  \n1:30-3.30pm \nLes Banû Yahrâsan\, figures politiques et sacrées de l’ibadisme à Djerba \nVirginie Prevost (Université Libre de Bruxelles) \nFact\, Fiction and Polemic in the Study of the Almoravid and Almohad empires \nAmira Bennison (University of Cambridge) \n\n3:30 – 4 Coffee Break \n\n4-4:50   The role of climatic modulations in the economic\, social and political reorganization of Maghreb al-Asqa at the time of the emergence of the Islamic emirates (8th-9th centuries). \nChloe Capel (UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée) \n4:50-.    Authority Beyond the State: A Response. \nAndrew Marsham (University of Cambridge) \n\n5:20-6pm. Final Discussion \n6pm Drink Reception followed by dinner at a local restaurant for speakers
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/berbers-and-moors-authority-beyond-state-and-tribe-in-the-early-medieval-maghreb/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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