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SUMMARY:Workshop: “From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies\,” Hamburg University\, July 1-4\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nDear friends and colleagues\, \nI would like to invite you to the workshop “From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies” that we are organizing at Hamburg University: \nWorkshop Title: From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies: A Hands-On Workshop \nDates: July 1-4\, 2025\nLocation: University of Hamburg\, Afrika-Asien Institut \nWe are excited to announce the upcoming hands-on workshop\, “From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies”\, taking place from July 1st to 4th\, 2025\, at the University of Hamburg’s Afrika-Asien Institut. This workshop is part of the Emmy Noether Project “Evolution of Islamic Societies (600-1600): Algorithmic Analysis into Social History\,” [EIS1600]\, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. \nThis workshop is designed to equip participants with the necessary skills to apply both classical machine learning techniques and the latest AI technologies in the study of Arabic and Islamic texts. Participants will gain practical experience and theoretical knowledge\, enabling them to harness these cutting-edge technologies in their research. A working knowledge of Python is required. We will use Arabic texts from the OpenITI Corpus as our data. \nThis event is ideal for researchers in the fields of Arabic and Islamic studies who are eager to integrate the latest technologies into their work and to make bold contributions to the evolving landscape of humanistic research in our fast-paced digital age. \nApplication Deadline: April 30\nNotification of Acceptance: First week of May\nWe are pleased to offer partial financial support for some participants. For more details or to address any inquiries\, please contact Alicia Gonzalez atalicia.gonzalez@uni-hamburg.de. \nOrganizers: EIS1600 Team—Alicia Gonzalez Martinez\, Hamid Reza Hakimi\, and Maxim Romanov\, University of Hamburg\nInstructors: Tariq Yousef\, University of Southern Denmark; Maroussia Bednarkiewicz\, IE University\nConfirmed Participants: Sarah Savant\, Peter Verkinderen\, Masoumeh Seydi\, AKU-London \nJoin us for this innovative workshop and be part of the future of Arabic and Islamic studies research!
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-from-classical-ml-to-ai-in-arabic-and-islamic-studies-hamburg-university-july-1-4-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,digital humanities,Due dates,lectures and talks
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250708
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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SUMMARY:Summer Language Intensive Program: Istanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies\, July 7 – August 8\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Summer Language Intensive Program 2025\nIstanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies\n(Kuyucu Murad Pasha Madrasa\, Vezneciler/Fatih) \nJoin the Summer Language Intensive Program at Istanbul University and enhance your academic research skills in Modern Turkish and Ottoman Turkish. This program is ideal for MA and PhD students in the fields of history\, literature\, and Islamic studies. \nProgram Dates:\nJuly 7th – August 8th\, 2025 (5 weeks) \nClass Schedule:\nWeekdays\, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM\n(4 hours daily\, 20 hours per week\, 100 total hours) \nLevels Offered:\nBeginner\, Intermediate\, and Advanced \nProgram Fee:\n1\,500 USD \n\nIncluded in the Program:\n\n100 hours of intensive language training\nAccess to the Islamic Studies Institute Special Collections Library\nSeminars by field experts\nGuided tours to key historical sites: Historical Peninsula\, Süleymaniye Manuscript Library\, and Presidential Archives\nRefreshments (hot & cold drinks and snacks)\nIstanbul University certificate upon completion\n\n\nNote: \n\nMaximum of 10 students per class\nVisa\, flight\, accommodation\, and health insurance are not included\n\n\nApply now to immerse yourself in the rich cultural and historical context of Istanbul while mastering key research languages! \nFor more information and registration\, please contact the program director:\nM. Fatih Çalışır\, PhD\n📧 mfcalisir@istanbul.edu.tr\n🔗 https://islamtetkikleri.istanbul.edu.tr/en/
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/summer-language-intensive-program-istanbul-university-institute-for-islamic-studies-july-7-august-8-2025/
CATEGORIES:courses,Due dates,lectures and talks,Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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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;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T133000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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SUMMARY:Talk: Maral Sahebjame—“Dismantling the Family Unit”: Clerics and Cohabitation in Contemporary Iran\,  September 29\, 2025 @12:00pm
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \n“Dismantling the Family Unit”: Clerics and Cohabitation in Contemporary Iran \n202 Jones Hall\, Princeton University\nSep 29\, 2025\, 12:00 pm – 1:20 pm \nIntimate partner relationships are an affective site of neoliberalism\, constantly transforming to fit the exigencies of the moment. Individuals uniquely adapt marriage expectations and practices within and beyond normative practices\, to make life liveable. The Islamic Republic of Iran is witnessing a historical moment where the emergence of ‘white marriage\,’ the vernacular for cohabitation\, has everyday actors and the state engaged in a push and pull until the practice is normalized. When brought into public discussions and debates\, white marriages are criticized by clerics as a social ill destined to “dismantle the family unit.” At the same time\, legal actors change laws to accommodate this emergent practice. This talk will use ethnographic data to situate Iran’s current marriage and non-marriage practices within the region and argue that the Shi`i Islamico-civil legal code creates a space for everyday actors to perform unregistered white marriages and gradually redefines the family unit. \nMaral Sahebjame is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies where she is working on her manuscript that explores the ways in which gender practices drive social\, legal\, and political change in contemporary Iran.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/talk-maral-sahebjame-dismantling-the-family-unit-clerics-and-cohabitation-in-contemporary-iran-september-29-2025-1200pm/
CATEGORIES:lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T173000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T133000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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:20251020T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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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;VALUE=DATE:20251105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251108
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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SUMMARY:Conference: 5th ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms\, Mechanisms\, and Optimization\, University of Pittsburgh\, November 5-7\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nHello everyone\, \nWe are pleased to announce that the 5th ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms\, Mechanisms\, and Optimization (EAAMO’25) will take place November 5–7\, 2025\, at the University of Pittsburgh\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, USA. \nEAAMO’25 highlights research at the intersection of algorithms\, optimization\, mechanism design\, social sciences\, and humanistic studies that advances equity and access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities. \nWe especially encourage submissions that bridge research and practice\, and that examine the intersectional design and impact of algorithmic and optimization-based systems in real-world contexts. \nImportant Dates: \n\nAbstract Submission Deadline: April 17\, 2025 (AoE)\nPaper Submission Deadline: April 24\, 2025 (AoE)\nNotification of Acceptance: July 18\, 2025\n\nWe welcome contributions from diverse disciplines and sectors. Please help us spread the word\, and we look forward to your submissions and participation. \n  \nBest regards\, \nEAAMO Organizers
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/conference-5th-acm-conference-on-equity-and-access-in-algorithms-mechanisms-and-optimization-university-of-pittsburgh-november-5-7-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T183000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
CREATED:20251029T171945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T233600Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture: “Law Between Self and Society: Collective Duties in Islamic Law—Past\, Present\, and Future” with Prof. Adnan A. Zulfiqar (Boston College)\, UC Irvine\, November 5\, 2025 @5:30pm
DESCRIPTION:From the organizer: \n“Law Between Self and Society: Collective Duties in Islamic Law—Past\, Present\, and Future”\nMohannad and Rana Malas Lecture in Islamic Legal Studies Presented by Professor Adnan A. Zulfiqar \nWed\, Nov 5\, 2025\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST \nUC Irvine Law Library’s California Room\n501 East Peltason Drive\, Irvine \, CA 92697\, United States \nAdnan A. Zulfiqar\, J.D./Ph.D.\, is Associate Professor of Law & Marianne D. Short and Ray Skowyra Faculty Fellow at Boston College Law School. He also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of Theology and the program in Islamic Civilization and Societies at Boston College’s Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences. His interdisciplinary research centers on Islamic law & legal history\, criminal law & procedure and human rights\, with a specific interest in the role of duties and discretion in the law. His current book project centers on the development of collective duties in Islamic law in the 11th and 12th centuries. His scholarship has appeared in various academic journals including the American Journal of Legal History\, Yale Journal of International Law\, the Journal of Comparative Law (U.K.) and Harvard’s Journal of Islamic Law. Adnan previously was on the faculty at Rutgers Law School and has held fellowships at the Stanford Humanities Center\, the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation\, the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA-Damascus) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has also worked as an international legal consultant with the UNDP and IDLO\, helping draft and implement criminal codes in the Maldives and Somalia. He earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania\, along with an M.A. and Ph.D. in near eastern languages & civilizations. He also earned an M.L.S. in international affairs from Georgetown University and a B.A. in religion and anthropology from Emory University. He has spent over a decade living and studying in the Middle East\, South Asia and sub-saharan Africa. \nAdvanced registration is required to attend this event.\nDinner reception to follow program.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/lecture-law-between-self-and-society-collective-duties-in-islamic-law-past-present-and-future-with-prof-adnan-a-zulfiqar-boston-college-uc-irvine-november-5-2025-530/
CATEGORIES:lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T133000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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:20251117T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
CREATED:20250906T200308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T234859Z
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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;VALUE=DATE:20260106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260110
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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SUMMARY:Conference: Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting\, New Orleans\, LA\, January 6–9\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers:  \nWe’re excited to return to New Orleans! Join us for the 2026 AALS Annual Meeting\, taking place in person from Tuesday\, January 6 to Friday\, January 9\, 2026\, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside and Loews New Orleans Hotel. \nWe look forward to the energy and connection that come from gathering our community of law school faculty—through networking\, relationship-building\, and celebration in the vibrant city of New Orleans\, Louisiana. \nSee the program here. \nAbout \nThe Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting\, held in early January each year\, is the largest gathering of law faculty in the world. More than 2\,500 law teachers\, librarians\, and law school administrators from member schools\, fee-paid schools\, and law schools of other nations attend the gathering. A keynote address and Presidential Programs are among the highlights. Most of the meeting is devoted to programs organized and presented by AALS sections. To encourage and recognize excellent legal scholarship by new law teachers\, AALS issues a call for scholarly papers by full-time faculty who have taught for five years or less. Legal scholars select for special recognition those authors whose papers have made the most substantial contribution to legal literature. Many other legal education organizations hold meetings or programs in conjunction with the AALS Annual Meeting\, and law schools hold receptions for graduates and friends. It is also an opportunity for legal educators to connect with colleagues from other law schools and countries around matters of common interest.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/conference-association-of-american-law-schools-aals-annual-meeting-new-orleans-la-january-6-9-2026/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T212704
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T231926Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt by Omar Youssef Cheta (Syracuse University)\, January 21\, 2026 @ 7:00pm
DESCRIPTION:From the American Society for Legal History: \nPlease join us for the next Making Connections: New Works in Legal History series event on Wednesday\, January 21\, 6-7pm Central Time. Omar Youssef Cheta will discuss his book\, How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt (Stanford University Press\, 2025) with interlocutor Nurfadzilah Yahaya. \nAbout the Book:\nEgypt was the site of an aggressive modern state-building project during the nineteenth century. Later in that century\, it became a domain of the British Empire. How Commerce Became Legal is an original exploration of the decades that separated these two historical realities (1840’s – 1870’s). Based on hitherto unexplored archives\, it excavates Egypt’s evolving legal regime in the mid-nineteenth century\, linking its Ottoman roots of its future under British rule. The book also reconstructs the trajectories of merchants and their legal aides as they navigated\, reinterpreted and used the laws that governed the market during an era of free trade and extraterritorial privileges. The 1800’s were a period of legal fluidity in the Ottoman Empire. A practically autonomous province by mid-century\, Egypt was also the scene of profound legal experimentation. How Commerce Became Legal offers a methodical study of how new laws redefined the commercial sphere and shaped a new mode of market governance that would persist for long after the historical forces that created it had been forgotten. The book demonstrates the fusion of Ottoman\, French and Islamic legal concepts\, which formed the infrastructure of laws that governed commerce. It meticulously reconstructs the day-to-day practices\, business strategies and legal expertise of individuals who engaged with commercial law. \nOn the Program: \nOmar Youssef Cheta is Assistant Professor of History at Syracuse University. Nurfadzilah Yahaya is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. The meeting’s host\, Barbara Welke\, is the Distinguished McKnight University Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota\, and Past-President of the ASLH. \nAs a reminder: we will meet on Zoom\, where the audience is invited to ask questions. Those who wish to attend need not have read the book in advance. Those interested in attending must RSVP; the Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants 24 hours before the event. \nIf you have questions\, please feel free to reach out to Siobhan Barco (sbarco@law.harvard.edu) or Barbara Welke (welke004@umn.edu).
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/book-talk-how-commerce-became-legal-merchants-and-market-governance-in-nineteenth-century-egypt-by-omar-youssef-cheta-syracuse-university-january-21-2026-700pm/
CATEGORIES:lectures and talks
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SUMMARY:Presentation: Lutforahman Saeed—God’s Law\, Man’s Rule: Debating Women’s Right to Health from Sacred Texts to the Taliban\, March 2\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:God’s Law\, Man’s Rule: Debating Women’s Right to Health from Sacred Texts to the Taliban \nIn this virtual talk\, Lutforahman Saeed (Visiting Scholar and Islamic Law Lecturer\, Birgham Young University Law School\, Provo) will discuss women’s right to healthcare in Islamic law\, outlining its foundations in the Qur’an\, the Prophet’s Sunnah\, and the core objectives of Sharia\, and examining how these principles compare with the Taliban’s restrictive policies on women’s access to medical education and healthcare services. \nMonday\, March 2\, 2026\n11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST\nREGISTER HERE \nIn Islam\, the focus on access to healthcare services is reflected in three out of five universal objectives of Islamic Sharia: the preservation of life (hifiz al-nafs)\, the preservation of intellect (hifiz al-ʿaql)\, and the preservation of progeny (hifz al-nasl). Furthermore\, the Quran’s direct orders and the Prophet’s Sunnah provide the foundation for every human being to enjoy healthcare services in an Islamic society. Despite growing attention to the women’s right to healthcare in Muslim-majority states\, the Taliban authorities\, under the name of Islamic Sharia\, have closed all public and private medical education institutions for women. Moreover\, they have issued several directives preventing male healthcare service providers from serving women patients. This study represents the first substantive scholarly inquiry into the contemporary discourse on women’s right to healthcare within the framework of Islamic jurisprudence\, juxtaposed with the Taliban’s distinctive and exclusivist interpretations of Islamic law. It examines women’s access to healthcare services both in Islam and under the Taliban’s de facto governance\, seeking to address the central research question: What is the status of women’s right to healthcare in the primary sources of Islamic law\, the Quran and the Prophet’s Sunnah\, and to what extent do Taliban policies on women’s healthcare correspond with or diverge from the views of mainstream classical and contemporary Muslim jurists\, particularly the Hanafi school’s doctrines? The study employs a qualitative\, multi-source methodology that integrates textual\, doctrinal\, and empirical analyses. \nLutforahman Saeed is a distinguished scholar in Islamic law and human rights. He formerly served as a faculty member at the Faculty of Islamic Studies (Sharia) at Kabul University (KU)\, where he taught for over 27 years. Dr. Saeed earned his B.A. in Islamic Studies from Kabul University in 1991\, followed by an LL.M. from the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle in 2010. He completed his Ph.D. with summa cum laude honors in Islamic Law and Human Rights from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)\, Germany\, in December 2019. His doctoral dissertation received the STAEDTLER Foundation’s Award for Outstanding Dissertation in 2020. Dr. Saeed’s research mainly focuses on Islamic law\, Islamic studies\, and the intersection of custom and human rights\, with an emphasis on Afghanistan. His scholarly work includes several articles in national academic journals as well as his 2022 monograph\, Islam\, Custom\, and Human Rights in Afghanistan. He was also editor-in-chief of the Journal of Afghan Legal Studies from 2017 to 2022. His research currently focuses on women’s right to freedom of movement within Islamic law and under Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. His work advocates for a nuanced understanding of Islamic legal traditions and their contemporary implications\, especially in contexts marked by authoritarianism and ideological control. Through scholarly analysis and engagement with current legal discourse\, he aims to amplify critical perspectives on women’s rights in Afghanistan today. In addition to his academic endeavors\, Dr. Saeed has held several significant public and institutional roles. He served as a member and vice president of the Independent Commission for Overseeing the Implementation of the Constitution (ICOIC) for four years. Currently\, he is a visiting scholar at the International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) at J. Reuben Clark Law School of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo\, Utah\, where he teaches Islamic Law. \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/presentation-lutforahman-saeed-gods-law-mans-rule-debating-womens-right-to-health-from-sacred-texts-to-the-taliban-march-2-2026/
CATEGORIES:lectures and talks
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Manuscripts  to Megabytes: Evolving Editorial Practices and  Challenges in Arabic Manuscripts from the Premodern to the Digital Age with Sabine Schmidtke\, Institute for Advanced Study\, Princeton\, April 2\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:ALWALEED BIN TALAL\nRESEARCH METHODS WORKSHOP \nManuscripts to Megabytes: Evolving Editorial Practices and Challenges in Arabic Manuscripts from the Premodern to the Digital Age \nSABINE SCHMIDTKE\nInstitute for Advanced Study\, Princeton\nThursday\, April 2\, 2026 | 5:00pm\nCGIS Knafel 262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\nThis lecture is free and open to the public \nCO-SPONSORS: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations\, Center for Middle Eastern Studies\, Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School \nSee Flyer Here. \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-manuscripts-to-megabytes-evolving-editorial-practices-and-challenges-in-arabic-manuscripts-from-the-premodern-to-the-digital-age-with-sabine-schmidtke-institute-for-advanced-study-princ/
CATEGORIES:events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks,PIL events
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: Knowledge in the Islamic Court\, Program in Islamic Law\, Harvard Law School\, April 16\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:What counts as proof in an Islamic court? How does a judge rule between competing claims to truth? How does technological advancement impact notions of evidence? How can our understanding of Islamic law writ large change if we center its rules of adjudication? And what constitutes an “Islamic” court or judge in the first place? The participants of this roundtable seek to address these questions through five respective case studies and propose that attention to evidence\, proof\, and procedure will help us better understand both the adjudicative process and juristic intent of Islamic legal rules. Focusing primarily on the modern and contemporary world\, the five contributions center varying conceptions of proof amidst rapid social and technological changes in Islamic judicial contexts. \nConveners: Nurul Hoda Mohd. Razif (University of Bergen) and Ari Schriber (University of Erfurt) \nContributors: Aya Bejermi (University of Bordeaux)\, Léon Buskens (Leiden University)\, Dominik Krell (University of Oxford)\, Irene Schneider (Göttingen University)\, Mashal Saif (Clemson University) \nJoin us on zoom\, April 16\, 2026 @ 12:00pm EST. Registration required.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/roundtable-knowledge-in-the-islamic-court-program-in-islamic-law-harvard-law-school-april-16-2026/
CATEGORIES:lectures and talks,PIL events
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