Harvard Events

February 2024

Talk: “Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire” with Faisal Husain, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series presents “Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire” with Faisal Husain, Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State “Rivers of the Sultan” offers a history of the Ottoman Empire’s management of the Tigris …

March 2024

SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes, Program in Islamic Law, March 2, 2024 @ 12:00 – 4:00 pm

March 2, 2024 @ 12:00 - 16:00

On March 2 from 12-4pm US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall and via Zoom, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event . Join us for a chance to help write the next chapter in the history of the Arabic script where we bring our …

Roundtable on Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States, March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024 @ 12:30 - 14:00

The webinar information for “Roundtable on Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States“, has been updated. The Roundtable will take place on March 4, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Please submit any questions to: [email protected] Register here.

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal Debate” with Youcef L. Soufi, Program in Islamic Law, March 5, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

March 5, 2024 @ 12:30 - 13:30

The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal Debate This event will take place via Zoom. The link is available here.

Talk: “Palestinian Women in Gaza: War, Health, and Feminist Solidarity,” Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, March 6, 2024

March 6, 2024 @ 11:00 - 12:30

Palestinian Women in Gaza: War, Health, and Feminist Solidarity Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 11:00am to 12:30pm Location: Online webinar. For more information, see here.

Book talk: “The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran,” Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, March 6, 2024

March 6, 2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

Book talk “The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran” Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 5:00pm to 6:30pm Location: CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 See here for more information.

April 2024

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Transition of Ottoman Land Law: Theory and Practice between 16th-18th Centuries” with Fatma Gul Karagoz, Program in Islamic Law, April 9, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

April 9, 2024 @ 12:30 - 13:30

Islamic Law Speaker Series:: Fatma Gül Karagöz (2023-2024 PIL-LC Fellow) The Transition of Ottoman Land Law: Theory and Practice between 16th-18th Centuries This event will take place via Zoom. The link for this event is available here.

Fellowship: Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program, April 15, 2024

April 15, 2024

From the Harvard University Center for African Studies: Harvard University President Derek Bok established the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program in 1979 to address the needs of South Africans denied access to advanced education by the apartheid system. The creation of this program was a direct response to the strong movement by Harvard students and …

Lecture: From Ownership to Partnership: Rethinking the Theory of Marriage in Islamic Law with Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Harvard Law School, April 17, 2024 @ 12:15 – 1:15 PM

April 17, 2024 @ 12:15 - 13:15

From the organizers: In this presentation, Havva Guney-Reubenacker will discuss her ongoing work on Islamic legal critiques that challenge the legitimacy of women’s inequality in Islamic law’s traditional theory of marriage. Event Overview Please join us for a presentation by Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, on the theory of marriage in Islamic …

May 2024

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c. 750–850” with Philip Wood, Program in Islamic Law, May 14, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

May 14, 2024 @ 12:30 - 13:30

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Philip Wood (Aga Khan University) will give a book talk on The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c. 750–850 (Princeton University Press, 2021) as part of our Islamic Law Speaker Series. This book examines how Christian leaders adopted and adapted the political practices …