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SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Djelemory Diabate\, “Closing the Sufi Age: Authority\, Finality\, and Political Theology in Umar al-Futi Tal’s Kitab Rimah\,” April 20\, 2026 @ 6:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Djelemory Diabate (CSR)\, “Closing the Sufi Age: Authority\, Finality\, and Political Theology in Umar al-Futi Tal’s Kitab Rimah.” Amadu Kunateh (CSR) will respond. \nWe will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-djelemory-diabate-closing-the-sufi-age-authority-finality-and-political-theology-in-umar-al-futi-tals-kitab-rimah-april-20-2/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075821
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Amadu Kunateh\, “Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive\,” April 6\, 2026 @ 6:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Amadu Kunateh (CSR)\, “Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive.” Nicholas Judt (CSR) will respond. \nWe will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-amadu-kunateh-footnote-to-ghazali-philosophy-without-falsafa-in-west-african-intellectual-archive-april-6-2026-615pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260402
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260404
DTSTAMP:20260621T075821
CREATED:20260103T001945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T234753Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Arabic TEI (Textual Encoding Initiative)\, April 2–3\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-day Arabic digital humanities workshop to learn TEI (Textual Encoding Initiative) mark-up of Arabic-script texts for critical digital editions. Hugh Cayless (TEI treasurer\, senior programmer Duke University Libraries) and Adam Mestyan (Professor of Middle Eastern Studies\, NELC) will teach the sessions. The workshop will feature an evening talk by Sabine Schmidtke (IAS Princeton) about the history of critical editions of Arabic manuscripts. \nThe workshop will take place on April 2-3 (Thu-Fri) 2026 in the Gibb Room in Widener Library. Students will need to bring their own laptops but will receive a free one-year license for the Oxygen XML editing software. \nLunch will be provided. Space is limited and priority will be given to Harvard students. Please only register if you can commit to the full two-day program by filling out the form in the link. \nThis workshop is generously supported by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations\, the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program\, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies\, and the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School. \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-arabic-tei-textual-encoding-initiative-april-2-3-2026/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075821
CREATED:20260205T234918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T091755Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Cem Turkoz\, “An Edifice of Super-Glosses: The Making of an Ottoman Tradition of Natural Philosophy\, 1650–1800\,” March 23\, 2026 @ 6:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Cem Turkoz (NELC)\, “An Edifice of Super-Glosses: The Making of an Ottoman Tradition of Natural Philosophy\, 1650–1800.” Carina Dreyer (NELC) will respond. \nWe will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-cem-turkoz-an-edifice-of-super-glosses-the-making-of-an-ottoman-tradition-of-natural-philosophy-1650-1800-march-23-2026-6/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T203000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075821
CREATED:20260205T234917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T233406Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Giovanni DiRusso\, “The Textual Tradition of the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter: Variance and Adaptation in a Christian Arabic Apocalypse\,” February 23\, 2026 @ 7:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Giovanni DiRusso (CSR)\, “The Textual Tradition of the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter: Variance and Adaptation in a Christian Arabic Apocalypse.” Oana Capatina (CSR) will respond. \nWe will be meeting from 7:15-8:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-giovanni-dirusso-the-textual-tradition-of-the-arabic-apocalypse-of-peter-variance-and-adaptation-in-a-christian-arabic-apocalypse-febr/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075821
CREATED:20260205T234916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T234858Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Chris Rominger\, “Sea Changes: Trans-Mediterranean Lives and Networks at the Turn of the 20th Century\,” February 9\, 2026 @ 6:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Chris Rominger (Social Studies)\, “Sea Changes: Trans-Mediterranean Lives and Networks at the Turn of the 20th Century.” Professor Adam Mestyan (NELC) will respond. \nWe will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-chris-rominger-sea-changes-trans-mediterranean-lives-and-networks-at-the-turn-of-the-20th-century-february-9-2026-615pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075821
CREATED:20250906T200308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T234859Z
UID:10001783-1763403300-1763407800@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Cem Turkoz (Harvard University)\, “Ottoman Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Context: The Evolution of the Canon\,” November 17\, 2025 @6:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Cem Turkoz (PhD Candidate\, NELC) will join us to share a chapter titled “Ottoman Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Context: The Evolution of the Canon” on November 17th. Efe Balıkçıoğlu (Associate\, CMES) will respond. \nWe will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-cem-turkoz-harvard-university-ottoman-natural-philosophy-in-seventeenth-century-context-the-evolution-of-the-canon-november-17-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T133000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075821
CREATED:20250924T020336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T233315Z
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SUMMARY:Islamic Law Speaker Series: Youssef Belal (United Nations)\, “Thinking the World with Islamic Knowledges\,” November 11\, 2025 @12:30pm
DESCRIPTION:TUE 11 NOV 2025 | 12.30-1.30p US EST | Zoom\nIslamic Law Speaker Series :: Youssef Belal (United Nations)\n“Thinking the World with Islamic Knowledges”\n\nYoussef Belal (United Nations) will present “Thinking the World with Islamic Knowledges” from his book titled The Life of Shari’a: A Comparative Anthropology of Law (University of California Press\, 2025). Is there a way to think about contemporary life with knowledge that is neither modern nor Western? Rather than confining Islam to a “religion” and sharīʿa to its “law\,” Belal argues that Islamic shariʿa is a mode of knowledge with its own concepts and scholarly categories through which the world and the self are grasped. The Life of Sharīʿa considers two intertwined lineages: how Islamic scholars have formulated sharīʿa knowledge from the classical period to today and how Westerners have understood the law and its origins. By melding these two traditions\, Belal formulates a new genealogy of modern law from the perspective of sharīʿa. Through a new conceptualization of sharīʿa\, he offers an argument for its continued relevance to the life of contemporary Muslims.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-law-speaker-series-youssef-belal-united-nations-thinking-the-world-with-islamic-knowledges-november-11-2025-1230pm/
CATEGORIES:Harvard Events,lectures and talks,PIL events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250906T200308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T233712Z
UID:10001782-1762193700-1762198200@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Ozkan Karabulut (Harvard University)\, “Scripturalization of the Alevi Mystical Poetry\,” November 3\, 2025 @6:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Ozkan Karabulut (PhD Candidate\, HMES) will join us to share a chapter titled “Scripturalization of the Alevi Mystical Poetry” on November 3rd. \nWe will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-ozkan-karabulut-harvard-university-scripturalization-of-the-alevi-mystical-poetry-november-3-2025-615pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250906T200307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T233612Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Prof. Houssem Chachia (University of Tunis)\, “The Conquest of Tunis (1535): Memory\, Defeat\, and Celebration Across Cultures\,” October 20\, 2025 @6:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Houssem Chachia (Visiting Professor\, NELC) will join us to share a paper titled “The Conquest of Tunis (1535): Memory\, Defeat\, and Celebration Across Cultures” on October 20th. Professor Jessica Marglin (Visiting Professor\, NELC) will respond. \nWe will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-prof-houssem-chachia-university-of-tunis-the-conquest-of-tunis-1535-memory-defeat-and-celebration-across-cultures-october-20-2/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251016
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250909T012136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T223645Z
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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;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T133000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250924T012109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T233704Z
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SUMMARY:Islamic Law Speaker Series: Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School)\, The Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: Artifact to Ontology\, October 14\, 2025 @12:30pm
DESCRIPTION:TUE 14 OCT 2025 | 12.30-1.30p US EST | Zoom\nIslamic Law Speaker Series: Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School)\nThe Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: Artifact to Ontology (Harvard University Press)\n\nDr. Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School) will present “The Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: From Artifact to Ontology\,” a chapter from his forthcoming book\, Islamic Legal Personhood: A Genealogy of Rights and Responsibilities (Harvard University Press\, forthcoming). This talk explores the conceptual history and significance of “baseline personhood” in Islamic law\, focusing on the changed meaning and usage of the term dhimma across the tribal setting of pre-Islamic Arabia\, the legal discourses that developed to accommodate the burgeoning market economy of the early Muslim Empire\, and the subsequent theorizations of an Islamic jurisprudence infused with a covenantal theology. The talk draws attention to the creative dynamics of Islamic legal reasoning\, including the critical role played by shifting epistemic frames between legal logic and the legal imagination. The talk concludes by showing how dhimma emerged in the 11th century as a constitutive element of a metaphysical anthropology\, the ontological ground of an Islamic homo juridicus. Professor Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto) will respond.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-law-speaker-series-rami-koujah-harvard-law-school-the-invention-of-islamic-legal-personhood-artifact-to-ontology-october-14-2025-1230pm/
CATEGORIES:Harvard Events,lectures and talks,PIL events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T173000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250821T015125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T235212Z
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SUMMARY:Talk: “The Taliban Courts in Afghanistan\, Waging War by Law\,” Adam Baczko\, October 9\, 2025 @ 4:30pm
DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: Thursday\, October 9 at 4:30pm \nLocation: The Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)\, The Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Knafel Building \nSpeaker: Adam Baczko (Research Associate Professor\, CNRS\, SciencesPo) \nTalk Title: “The Taliban Courts in Afghanistan\, Waging War by Law” \nDiscussant: Thomas Barfield\, Ph.D. (Professor of Anthropology\, Boston University)
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/talk-the-taliban-courts-in-afghanistan-waging-war-by-law-adam-baczko-october-9-2025-430pm/
CATEGORIES:Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251001
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250924T012108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T232239Z
UID:10001788-1759190400-1759276799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Study Group: “The Struggle for Democracy in the Arab World” with Youssef Chahed and Hisham Kassem (Senior Fellows\, Middle East Initiative)\, September 30\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School is currently accepting applications for a not-for-credit lecture series offered by two of our Senior Fellows this semester: Dr. Youssef Chahed\, former PM of Tunisia\, and Hisham Kassem\, former Egyptian publisher. \nThe Struggle for Democracy in the Arab World \nDr. Youssef Chahed\, former Prime Minister of Tunisia (2016-2020)\, and Mr. Hisham Kassem\, former Egyptian publisher\, will lead this five session study group exploring lessons learned from the development of democratic institutions in the Arab world. Particular attention will be paid to the experiences of Egypt\, Iraq\, and Tunisia. \n  \nThe study group will offer a concrete and unique insider view of the MENA region’s fight for democracy and economic development. Participants will hear from leaders from the MENA region on specific obstacles that they have encountered in their efforts to build democratic frameworks. The seminar will provide in-depth country case studies with an emphasis on the political and institutional factors that support or constrain the growth of democracy and representative governance in the region. \n  \nFormat: Every session will include a lecture component\, and an exchange of views on the topic under consideration\, including with guest speakers with extensive experience working on issues of governance. Participants will be expected to attend all five sessions. They should come prepared to engage in deep discussion and contribute their own experiences in the Middle East. In all study group sessions\, Chatham House rules will apply. Refreshments will be provided. \n  \nSchedule: The study group will consist of 5 sessions on Wednesday afternoons from 4:30 – 6:00pm. \n  \nAPPS OPEN: Seats for this study group are limited. Applications are open to all Harvard University ID holders\, including students\, staff\, faculty\, and fellows. Participants must commit to attending all sessions of the study group. Applications will close on Tuesday\, September 30 at 11:59pm ET. Decision notice will be sent out to all applicants no later than Tuesday\, October 7. Apply here: https://forms.gle/gXDcKcziiHaav3Ty7 \n  \nFor any questions related to the study group\, please reach out to MEI Research Assistant Julia Kempton: jkempton@fas.harvard.edu \n  \n  \nFull event page: https://www.belfercenter.org/event/mei-study-group-struggle-democracy-arab-world
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/study-group-the-struggle-for-democracy-in-the-arab-world-with-youssef-chahed-and-hisham-kassem-senior-fellows-middle-east-initiative-september-30-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250906T200258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T233643Z
UID:10001780-1758564900-1758569400@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Omar Abdel Ghaffar (Harvard University)\, “Canonizing Assent: Legal Canons in Action in late Medieval Jerusalem\,” September 22\, 2025 @6:15pm
DESCRIPTION:Omar Abdel Ghaffar (PhD candidate\, HMES/JD’25) will join us to share a chapter titled “Canonizing Assent: Legal Canons in Action in late Medieval Jerusalem” on September 22nd. Saaleh Baseer (PhD candidate\, HMES) will respond. \nWe will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. \nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate students.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-middle-east-beyond-borders-omar-abdel-ghaffar-harvard-university-canonizing-assent-legal-canons-in-action-in-late-medieval-jerusalem-september-22-2025-615pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250913
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250826T193517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T233501Z
UID:10001779-1757635200-1757721599@pil.law.harvard.edu
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250517
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250313T044902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T141332Z
UID:10001747-1747353600-1747439999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Prize: Doctoral Dissertation Prize\, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program\, May 16\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Doctoral Dissertation Prize\n\nAward Amount: $3\,000\nEligibility: Open to Harvard doctoral students in all disciplines who complete their Ph.D. between June 2024 and May 2025. Faculty advisor nomination is required.\nSubmission Deadline: Friday\, May 16\, 2025\, at 5 PM (via CARAT).\nAward Announcement: Fall 2025.\n\nAll applications must be submitted through CARAT. For more details\, visit islamicstudies.harvard.edu/thesis-prize or contact islamicstudies@harvard.edu with any questions.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/prize-doctoral-dissertation-prize-the-alwaleed-bin-talal-islamic-studies-program-may-16-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities,prizes and nominations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250502
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250313T044901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T233732Z
UID:10001746-1746057600-1746143999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Parchment\, Paper\, Inks\, and Gold\, The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program and Harvard Art Museums\, May 1\, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
DESCRIPTION:A Workshop on Parchment\, Paper\, Inks\, and Gold \nThursday\, May 1\, 2025 | 10am-2pm | Art Study Center\, Harvard Art Museums\nPenley Knipe\, Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and Head of Paper Lab\, Harvard Art Museums\nDavid Roxburgh\, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History\, Harvard University \n\nThe workshop on May 1\, 2025\, will look at the materials and techniques of selected Qur’ans made between the 8th and 15th centuries in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums. We will look at the supports (paper and parchment)\, bindings (when applicable)\, inks\, gold\, and polychrome pigments (opaque watercolors) used to create these manuscripts. We will also discuss their development over time and throughout the regions of the Islamic lands. We have paired one reading to complete before the workshop\, Martin Levey’s “Mediaeval Arabic Bookmaking and its Relation to Early Chemistry and Pharmacology\,” which includes a translation of al-Mu’izz ibn Badis’s treatise “Book of the Staff of the Scribes and Implements of the Discerning” (Kitab ‘umdat al-kuttab wa ‘uddat dhawi al-albab) composed c. 1025 CE. \nThis first part of the workshop will take place in the Art Study Center for two hours\, 10:00am-12:00pm. Lunch will then be served. The final segment of the workshop\, 1:00-2:30pm\, will allow time for some of the participants to present a single leaf or single manuscript of their choosing to share with the cohort. This is not restricted to Qur’ans. Objects can be searched through the browse collections page of the Harvard Art Museums’ website. \nParticipation is by application and is limited to 15 graduate students. \nApplications will be accepted until March 31 and applicants will be notified whether they have been admitted by April 14. \nTo apply\, visit the link here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-parchment-paper-inks-and-gold-the-alwaleed-islamic-studies-program-and-harvard-art-museums-may-1-2025-1000-am-200-pm/
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250328T180504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T235137Z
UID:10001757-1745971200-1746057599@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Managing Editor: Program in Islamic Law\, 2025-2026
DESCRIPTION:Managing Editor\, Program in Islamic Law \nThe Program in Islamic Law (PIL) is seeking a Managing Editor to begin as early as June 2025 for a one-year term. The Managing Editor will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the various publications-related operations at PIL\, including its Islamic Law Blog\, The Journal of Islamic Law (and its associated Forum)\, and the SHARIAsource Portal. This position reports directly to the Editor-in-Chief\, Professor Intisar Rabb\, and to the Executive Director. The Managing Editor works closely with PIL Research Fellows\, the Lab Coordinator\, the Program’s Software Engineer\, and other staff members and external authors or peer reviewers. \nKey responsibilities of the Managing Editor include\, but are not limited to: \n\ncoordinating with the Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director to ensure the smooth operation of all PIL publications-related functions;\nworking with the Journal of Islamic Law editor(s)—which may include a volume editor\, student editor\, tech editor for online formatting\, and copyeditor for typesetting—to assist in publishing its annual volume\, including providing substantive contributions such as reading and copyediting draft submissions;\nmanaging the Islamic Law Blog\, which includes coordinating with the Guest Blog Editor\, with Research Fellows\, and with outside authors to ensure the timely publication of guest blog essays\, editing and copyediting these submissions\, and curating and publishing weekly news and scholarship roundups plus other essays as PIL may deem necessary;\ncoordinating with the Editor-in-Chief and PIL staff to organize the annual Islamic Law Blog Roundtable\, including editing and copyediting submissions for the Roundtable;\nconducting outreach for PIL\, including by liaising with potential authors for the HUP Islamic Law series and for other PIL publications\, including the Blog and the Journal;\npromoting PIL and its activities through presentations and other events\, as needed; and\ncollaborating with the outgoing Managing Editor to ensure a seamless transition and continuity in operations.\n\nStrong candidates will possess a stellar editing record\, familiarity with multiple citations styles (including Chicago and Bluebook)\, experiencing serving on a journal as student or a degree in law (JD preferred) and/or an advanced degree in Islamic\, Middle Eastern\, or related studies. The application deadline is April 30\, 2025. All submissions must be made via Formstack using the submission link here. The application should include: \n\na resume; and\na statement of interest (maximum 500 words)\, highlighting your interest and relevant experience in either or both Islamic law and editing and managerial responsibilities.\n\nSalary will be commensurate with experience. Remote or hybrid work may be possible in some circumstances. This position is a 14-hour temporary\, non-benefits-eligible position. \nFor any questions\, please contact ctecimer@law.harvard.edu. \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-managing-editor-program-in-islamic-law-2025-2026/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Fellowships,Harvard Events,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T191500
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250203T212843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T233641Z
UID:10001722-1744655400-1744658100@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION:Faculty Adviser: \nProf. Malika Zeghal\, mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu \nGraduate Student Coordinator: \nAbtsam Saleh\, asaleh@g.harvard.edu \nPlease RSVP to receive a draft. \n\nApril 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.\nVenue: Finnegan Room (Barker 403)\n\nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate student.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/middle-east-beyond-borders-graduate-student-workshop-latifeh-aavani-harvard-university-the-global-codification-movement-and-the-development-of-legal-reforms-in-19th-century-iran-a/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250412
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250313T044859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T234922Z
UID:10001745-1744329600-1744415999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Prize: Undergraduate Thesis Prize\, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program\, April 11\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Thesis Prizes. These prizes recognize outstanding undergraduate and doctoral research contributions to Islamic Studies\, rewarding students whose work advances scholarly discourse on Islam and Muslim societies\, past and present. Submissions will be evaluated based on research quality\, originality of topic\, clarity of expression\, and strength of argument. \nUndergraduate Thesis Prize\n\nAward Amount: $2\,000\nEligibility: Open to Harvard College students from the Class of 2025\, across all academic disciplines. Students may self-nominate\, but faculty advisor nominations are encouraged. Letters of nomination should be sent to islamicstudies@harvard.edu.\nSubmission Deadline: Friday\, April 11\, 2025\, at 5 PM (via CARAT).\nAward Announcement: By May 16\, 2025.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/prize-undergraduate-thesis-prize-the-alwaleed-bin-talal-islamic-studies-program-april-11-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities,prizes and nominations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T133000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250108T002215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T233358Z
UID:10001711-1744115400-1744119000@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Islamic Law Speaker Series: “A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse” by Sarah Savant\, Program in Islamic Law\, April 8\, 2025 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, April 8\, 2025\, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom\, Professor Sarah Savant (Aga Khan University) will present “A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse.” This talk explores how one could reconstruct how major authors in the Arabic language from the eighth to sixteenth centuries wrote their books– the sources they used\, what they copied out\, and the scholars they knew. For most of these authors\, reusing earlier works was the starting point for creating new ones. They abbreviated long works to make short ones\, commented on short ones to make long ones\, and mined general histories to compose works on specific themes. In these and many other ways\, authors produced an enormously intertextual tradition\, shaping how later individuals and communities would remember their pasts and conceive of their affiliations to groups bound by locality\, profession\, religion\, tribe\, ethnicity and other shared traits. To make the reconstruction of these relations possible on a large scale\, the KITAB (Knowledge\, Information Technology\, & the Arabic Book) project built a digital corpus of thousands of these early Arabic books comprising more than two billion words. The talk addresses topics ranging from religion\, philosophy and language to history\, geography\, medicine and astronomy\, that were written over the first ten centuries of Islam in a region spanning from modern Spain to Central and South Asia. The team then utilized a text reuse detection algorithm to create an original data set that documents word-for-word relationships among all these books. This talk will visualize and investigate the broad patterns of text reuse using the KITAB data set and forensically analyze individual works to observe the tradition both from a satellite perspective and through a microscope\, as it were. Registration is required.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-law-speaker-series-a-cultural-history-of-the-arabic-book-digital-explorations-of-writerly-practices-and-text-reuse-by-sarah-savant-program-in-islamic-law-april-8-2025-123/
CATEGORIES:Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250407
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250401T015225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250406T234915Z
UID:10001759-1743897600-1743983999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION:The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Houghton Library present: \n\nWorkshop on Libraries\, Manuscripts\, Readers\, and Patrons in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Islamicate World\nMay 5-7\, 2025 | 9am-12pm | Houghton Library\nHimmet Taskomur\, Senior Preceptor in Ottoman and Modern Turkish\n\n\nThis paleography workshop examines Islamic manuscripts in Arabic\, Persian\, and Ottoman Turkish from the late medieval and early modern periods. We will work on selected manuscripts from the Houghton Library at Harvard during the workshop and digital copies from various Islamic manuscripts. We will read short excerpts from the manuscripts in various scripts\, naskh\, taʾlīq\, and nastalīq. The students will emerge learning basic paleographical skills relevant to the manuscripts. Additionally\, during the workshops\, the students will have the opportunity to examine the material aspects of the manuscripts\, such as bookmaking\, bindings and tadhhībs\, and other metatextual markings on the manuscripts (medallions of royal scriptoria\, ownership records\, copy dates\, seals\, and notes of the librarians that allows the researcher to situate the books in the larger intellectual contexts. We will look at diverse types of manuscripts in the forms of majmūʾah\, risālah\, and fawāʾid collections. \nA few selected readings in English will be provided to be read before the workshop. \nThe workshop is open to graduate students preparing for the research at the manuscript libraries. \nParticipation is by application and is limited to 15 graduate students. \nApplications will be accepted until April 6\, and applicants will be notified whether they have been admitted by April 14. \nFor application details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/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/
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250203T212842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T235214Z
UID:10001721-1743530400-1743535800@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia.” with M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University)\, April 1\, 2025 @ 6:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Faculty Adviser: \nProf. Malika Zeghal\, mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu \nGraduate Student Coordinator: \nAbtsam Saleh\, asaleh@g.harvard.edu \nPlease RSVP to receive a draft. \n\nApril 1: Professor M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University)\, TBD.\nVenue: Barker 110\nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate student.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/middle-east-beyond-borders-graduate-student-workshop-law-and-sufism-in-modern-south-asia-with-m-qasim-zaman-princeton-university-april-1-2025-500-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250313T194839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T225137Z
UID:10001749-1742923800-1742929200@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION:On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran \nThe 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 of Religion and Punishment in Iran.” \nThe talk will be held on Tuesday\, March 25\, 2025\, at 5:30-7pm.  The venue is Boylston 103.  Please RSVP here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/talk-on-theocratic-criminal-law-the-rule-of-religion-and-punishment-in-iran-with-bahman-khodadadi-harvard-university-march-25-2025-530-700-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250204T182031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T235251Z
UID:10001723-1742840100-1742844600@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION:Faculty Adviser: \nProf. Malika Zeghal\, mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu \nGraduate Student Coordinator: \nAbtsam Saleh\, asaleh@g.harvard.edu \nPlease RSVP to receive a draft. \n\nMarch 24: Mary Elston (Harvard University)\,”The Islamic Tradition in Modern Times: al-Azhar Scholars on Turāth and Manhaj.” Angela Giordani (Columbia University) will respond.\n\nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate student.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/middle-east-beyond-borders-workshop-mary-elston-harvard-universitythe-islamic-tradition-in-modern-times-al-azhar-scholars-on-turath-and-manhaj-mar-24-2025-615-730-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T133000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20241211T000548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T234911Z
UID:10001708-1741696200-1741699800@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam” by Mohsen Kadivar\, Program in Islamic Law\, March 11\, 2025 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, March 11\, 2025\, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom\, Professor Mohsen Kadivar (Duke University) will present “The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam.” Registration is required.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-law-speaker-series-the-genealogy-of-the-death-penalty-for-apostasy-and-blasphemy-in-islam-by-mohsen-kadivar-program-in-islamic-law-march-11-2025-1230-130-pm/
CATEGORIES:Harvard Events,lectures and talks
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250301
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250219T000238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T231925Z
UID:10001728-1740700800-1740787199@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Fellowship: May-Crane Fellowships\, Harvard University 2025 (deadline to be announced)
DESCRIPTION:“Harvard Library’s May-Crane Fellowships offer undergraduate and graduate students at Harvard the opportunity to work on a project at the library. Fellows work closely with a library mentor to complete their project. \nFellows are awarded up to $3\,500 (undergraduate students) or up to $5\,000 (graduate students) to complete a library project under the guidance and mentorship of a librarian or archivist.” \nFor application and submission details\, please see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/fellowship-may-crane-fellowships-harvard-university-2025-deadline-to-be-announced/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Fellowships,Grants,Harvard Events,Opportunities
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T193000
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250203T212842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T080930Z
UID:10001720-1740420900-1740425400@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College)\, “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire\,” February 24\, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM
DESCRIPTION:Faculty Adviser: \nProf. Malika Zeghal\, mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu \nGraduate Student Coordinator: \nAbtsam Saleh\, asaleh@g.harvard.edu \nPlease RSVP to receive a draft. \n\nFebruary 24: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College)\, “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire.” Aimee Gennell (Boston University) will respond.\n\nThe 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 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. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate student.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/middle-east-beyond-borders-graduate-student-workshop-youssef-ben-ismail-amherst-college-autonomous-subjects-genealogies-of-equality-and-difference-in-the-late-ottoman-empire-febr/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250222
DTSTAMP:20260621T075822
CREATED:20250219T000237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T080930Z
UID:10001726-1740096000-1740182399@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Fellowship: Pforzheimer Fellowships\, Harvard University\, February 21\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:“Harvard Library’s Pforzheimer Fellowships provide an opportunity for Harvard graduate students to learn about library careers\, advance their own research skills\, and get to know the library from the inside. Students choose from a list of library projects and submit an application. ​​Fellowships are awarded every winter/spring and run during the summer. \nFellows are awarded up to $6\,000 to complete a library project under the guidance and mentorship of a librarian or archivist.” \nThe deadline for applications is February 21\, 2025.  For more details\, please visit here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/fellowship-pforzheimer-fellowships-harvard-university-february-21-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Fellowships,Grants,Harvard Events,Opportunities
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