lectures and talks

August 2024

Indian Diaspora Washington DC Metro Event: Prof. Malika Zeghal, Harvard University, USA, Presents, “The Making of the Modern Muslim State. Islam & Governance in the Modern Middle East -Saturday, August 17, 2024, 11:00 AM USA (EST)

August 17, 2024 @ 11:00 - 12:00

Subject: Indian Diaspora Washington DC Metro Event: Prof. Malika Zeghal, Harvard University, USA, Presents, “The Making of the Modern Muslim State. Islam & Governance in theModern Middle East -Saturday, August 17, 2024, 11:00 AM USA (EST), 8:30 PM India Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83337021563?pwd=NFg3OXovbTRQY1B3OXR0T0ZOMmJzQT09 ID: 83337021563 ; Passcode: 608608

September 2024

Book Talk: “Islam in North America: An Introduction” by Hussein Rashid and Huma Mohibullah, Harvard University, September 23, 2024

September 23, 2024 @ 11:00 - 12:00

Date: Monday, September 23, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm Location: Divinity Hall, Room 114, Harvard Divinity School Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divnity School Book Talk “Islam in North America: An Introduction” edited by Hussein Rashid, Huma Muhibbullah, Vincent Biondo For more details and registration, see here.

October 2024

Seminar: Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia: Nahdlatul Ulama and the Quest for an Inclusive Public Ethics by Robert Hefner, Harvard University, October 7, 2024

October 7, 2024 @ 12:00 - 13:30

Date: Monday, October 7, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:30pm Location: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 201 The Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies presents: Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia: Nahdlatul Ulama …

ILSS: “Ādamiyyah: I am Therefore I have Rights” with Recep Senturk, Program in Islamic Law

October 8, 2024 @ 12:30 - 13:30

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Recep Senturk (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) will present Ādamiyyah: I am Therefore I have Rights (Usul Academy Press, 2025). This …

Call for Proposals: Hot Topics Program, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, October 14, 2024

October 14, 2024

From the organizers: General Guidelines for All Open Submission Proposals Programs may be proposed by full-time faculty members or administrators at AALS Member or Fee-Paid law schools. International faculty, visiting …

2024 Annual Meeting: American Society of Comparative Law, Texas A&M University School of Law Fort Worth, Texas, October 17-19, 2024

October 17, 2024 - October 19, 2024

From the organizers: “Welcome to the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL)! This event represents the Society’s yearly premiere gathering, and its objective is to …

Workshop: “HLS Beyond Presents: How Current AI Can Help You Do Legal Research,” Harvard Law School, October 17, 2024 @ 12:20 – 1:20 pm

October 17, 2024 @ 12:20 - 13:20

Venue: Langdell Hall; 232/233 Langdell “Bring your laptops and your appetite and join Debbie Ginsberg of HLSL’s Research Services team for a demonstration of the AI tools currently available to law students. She’ll fill you in on the tools used in law practice (not yet accessible to law schools) and how they compare to the …

Talk: “Faith, Work, and the Law with Jonathan Berry,” Harvard Law School, October 29, 2024 @ 12:15 – 1:15 pm

October 29, 2024 @ 12:15 - 13:15

Venue: Austin Hall; 101 Classroom – East “Jonathan Berry (Managing Partner, Boyden Gray PLLC) will discuss the relationship between faith, our work as lawyers, and the character and substance of …

Talk: “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State” by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, October 29, 2024 @ 7 – 10 pm ET

October 29, 2024 @ 19:00 - 22:00

Where: Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 / 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Pacific Time) “Between the 1850s and World War I, the Ottoman Empire welcomed about a million Muslim refugees …

Webinar: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa” with Malika Zeghal, Brandeis University, October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 am

October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 - 12:00

From the organizers: Challenging claims that Middle Eastern states have become secular in modern times, this Crown Seminar features Malika Zeghal, in conversation with Eva Bellin. Zeghal will offer an …