February 2025

Writing Workshop: The American Institute for Maghrib Studies Graduate Student Writing Workshop, February 27-28, 2025 (Application deadline: January 3, 2025)

February 27 - February 28

From the organizers: 2025 AIMS Graduate Student Writing Workshop February 27-28 at the University of Arizona The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) invites doctoral and master’s candidates to its 23rd Dissertation Workshop scheduled for February 27- 28, 2025, hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the School of Middle Eastern and North African …

Zoom Panel: Christian, Jewish, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History, February 27, 2025 @ 3:30 PM

February 27 @ 15:30 - 17:00

From Professor R. Charles Weller: Zoom Panel: Christian, Jewish, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History (Thurs, Feb 27, 3:30 Eastern US) Dear Colleagues, For those interested (FTI), we will be holding a Zoom Panel Session on “Christian, Jewish, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History” on Thurs, Feb 27 (12:30 Pacific …

IISMM Seminar Series: “Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families,” IISMM, France (remote option), February 28, 2025

February 28

February 28, 2025 **5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.** Chair: Mohammadreza Neyestani, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille U., France “ Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families ” Salem Salah, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France, “ Founders and real estate propertyput into waqf in Tunis in the modern era ” Madonna Aoun Ghazal, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, “ Family Mixed Waqf in Late …

March 2025

Seminar: “Pre-Islamic Epigraphy and the Context of the Quran” with Ahmad Al-Jallad, Princeton University, March 17, 2025 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm

March 17 @ 12:00 - 13:20

The past several years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of documented Paleo-Arabic inscriptions from the Higaz, ranging from the region of Tabük to Ta’if. Many of these texts contain substantial content that shed light on the religious background of their authors. The aim of this talk is to bring this material in …

Online Talk: “The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan” with Shamsad Pasarlay, Florida State University, March 20, 2025 @ 5:00 PM

March 20 @ 17:00 - 18:00

The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan Dr. Shamshad Pasarlay Dr. Shamshad Pasarlay is an assistant instructional professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. He teaches in the program in Law, Letters and Society. Shamshad Pasarlay has a Ph.D. in comparative constitutional law and politics from the University of …

IISMM Seminar Series: “Waqf: a component of civil society strategies,” IISMM, France (remote option), March 21, 2025

March 21

March 21, 2025 Chair: Randi Deguilhem, CNRS, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, France “Waqf: A Component of Civil Society Strategies” Ouddène Boughoufala, Ibn Khaldoun University, LEHAAN, Tiaret, Algeria, “Theses on Waqf in Algeria: Current Situation and Statistics” Mustapha Radji, University of Mostaganem, Algeria, “Sufi Waqfs as Civic Society: The Case of Zawiyya Alawiyya in Algeria” Ilyes Haj …

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Mary Elston (Harvard University),”The Islamic Tradition in Modern Times: al-Azhar Scholars on Turāth and Manhaj,” Mar 24, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM

March 24 @ 18:15 - 19:30

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. March 24: Mary Elston (Harvard University),”The Islamic Tradition in Modern Times: al-Azhar Scholars on Turāth and Manhaj.” Angela Giordani (Columbia University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and …

Talk: “On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran” with Bahman Khodadadi, Harvard University, March 25, 2025 @ 5:30 – 7:00 pm

March 25 @ 17:30 - 19:00

On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School are pleased to co-sponsor a talk by Bahman Khodadadi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, entitled “On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule …

Colloquium: Punishing Hurtful Words in the Western Mediterranean: Blasphemy and “National” Religions with Laura Anne Thompson, Boston University, March 28, 2025

March 28 @ 12:00 - 13:30

Laura Anne Thompson, Raphael Morrison Dorman Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University Date: March 28, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) For more details, please see here.

April 2025

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia.” with M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University), April 1, 2025 @ 6:00 PM

April 1 @ 18:00 - 19:30

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. April 1: Professor M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University), TBD. Venue: Barker 110 The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes …

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