The Section on Comparative Law invites Nominations for the Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law to recognize scholarly excellence in any subject of comparative law by an untenured scholar at an …
From the organizers: For most of recorded history, empires and imperial regimes have existed in one form or another and have shaped the lives of peoples of the Middle East. And yet the concept of Empire is o;en assumed to be clearly defined, almost eternal, even though empire took different shapes across history, including the …
From the organizers: The British Association for Islamic Studies is delighted to announce that it will be hosting its 2024 Annual Conference at the stunning Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds, on Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 May 2024. We now invite proposals for individual papers, as well as whole panels, from senior and early-career scholars from Professor …
The Crown Center for Middle East Studies invites applications for a one-year faculty leave residential fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. The fellowship is open to all disciplines—particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropology—for the 2024–2025 academic year. Successful applicants must be tenure track or tenured professors (or equivalent) …
Scholars have long recognized that although ShiÊ¿i claims emerged early in Islamic history, Imami ShiÊ¿ism took a couple of centuries to crystallise. Scholarship on ShiÊ¿ism has tended to focus on doctrine, but hitherto there has been little research into the institutions and social networks of early Imami ShiÊ¿ism. The project aims to propose the first …
