April 2025

Workshop: Workshop on Libraries, Manuscripts, Readers and Patrons in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Islamicate World, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Houghton Library, May 5-7, 2025

April 6

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Houghton Library present: Workshop on Libraries, Manuscripts, Readers, and Patrons in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Islamicate World May 5-7, 2025 | 9am-12pm | Houghton Library Himmet Taskomur, Senior Preceptor in Ottoman and Modern Turkish This paleography workshop examines Islamic manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman …

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Latifeh Aavani (Yale University), “The Global Codification Movement and the Development of Legal Reforms in 19th-Century Iran,” April 14, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM

April 14 @ 18:30 - 19:15

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. April 14th: Latifeh Aavani (Yale University), “The Global Codification Movement and the Development of Legal Reforms in 19th-Century Iran.” Abtsam Saleh (Harvard University) will respond. Venue: Finnegan Room (Barker 403) The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster …

IISMM Seminar Series: “The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal,” IISMM, France (remote option), April 18, 2025

April 18

April 18, 2025 “ The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal ” Christopher Markiewicz , University of Ghent / Principal Investigator – ERC (European Research Council) OTTOWAQF , Ghent, Belgium, “ Waqf and the Bayt al-Mal in the Mamluk and Ottoman Sultanates of the Fifteenth Century ” Reda Rafei , Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, “ Making a living before …

Conference: The 2025 Annual Conference of the Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS, Lahore, April 18-20, 2025

April 18 - April 20

The 2025 Annual Conference of the Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS will center on the theme of Islam and society in historical and contemporary South Asia. This conference aims to reimagine the past and present by encouraging submissions that deepen our understanding of Islamic traditions and their diverse expressions in South Asia, as well …

Symposium: 12th Annual Graduate Symposium, hosted by the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council (MIISSC), Montreal, April 24, 2025

April 24

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. The new deadline for abstract submissions is February 17, 2025. For …

Lecture: Calligraphy, Meet Street Art, Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ismael Muhammad Nieves, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, April 27, 2025 @ 2:00 – 3:00 PM

April 27 @ 14:00 - 15:00

From the Boston MFA: “Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ismael Muhammad Nieves might seem like very different artists. Muhammad is rooted in street art and imbeds narratives in his works that echoes graffiti’s love of letters. Ahmed was trained in Arabic-script calligraphy, including some of the earliest Arabic scripts found in Qurʾan manuscripts. But both artists are …

Call for Papers: Symposium on Legal Education in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence, Royal Holloway University of London, April 30, 2025

April 30

Call for Papers – Symposium on Legal Education in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence School of Law and Social Science, Royal Holloway, University of London Date: 30 April 2025 Location: Royal Holloway, University of London About the Symposium The Symposium aims to explore the transformative impact of AI-powered tools on legal education. As legal …

May 2025

Workshop: Parchment, Paper, Inks, and Gold, The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program and Harvard Art Museums, May 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

May 1

A Workshop on Parchment, Paper, Inks, and Gold Thursday, May 1, 2025 | 10am-2pm | Art Study Center, Harvard Art Museums Penley Knipe, Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and Head of Paper Lab, Harvard Art Museums David Roxburgh, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History, Harvard University …

Workshop: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, May 1-3, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: February 5, 2025)

May 1 - May 3

Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop May 1-3, 2025 Announcement and Call for Papers Co-Organized and Co-Hosted by Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law) Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University) Jacques deLisle (University of Pennsylvania Law School), and And co-sponsored by The American Society of Comparative Law Hosting institution this year: University of Illinois …

Call for Papers: 39th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, May 2-3, 2025 (Deadline: January 31, 2025)

May 2 - May 3

From the organizers: We 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. Call for Papers. We are now accepting proposals for papers and pre-arranged panels from graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and independent scholars. We invite historians, …

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