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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:20251014T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T133000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250924T012109Z
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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:20260613T174436
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T133000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250928T152813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T233413Z
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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:20250922T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250906T200258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T233643Z
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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;VALUE=DATE:20250707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250708
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250408T000715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T233441Z
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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;VALUE=DATE:20250701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250705
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250405T002143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T003621Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250626
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250612T013447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T234756Z
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SUMMARY:Symposium: Digital Methodologies for the Study of Religion Symposium\, Coventry University\, June 25\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nDear friends and colleagues\, \nWe hope you can join us for this important upcoming symposium organised by the Digital British Islam research team. Please register as soon as possible as places are very limited. The details are as follows: \nDigital Methodologies for the Study of Religion Symposium \nWednesday 25th June \nCoventry University \n9.30am-4.15pm \nThis knowledge exchange symposium is part of the ESRC-funded Digital British Islam research project. Hosted by Coventry University\, it will bring together scholars to critically engage with the uses\, challenges\, and future directions of digital methodologies for the study of religion. The draft programme for the symposium is available on here:https://digitalbritishislam.com/draft-symposium-programme/ \nRegistration is free and includes access to all conference sessions\, lunch\, refreshments\, and networking opportunities. Please note\, we are not able to cover travel expenses on this occasion. \nPlease register on this link as soon as possible: https://digitalbritishislam.com/symposium-registration/ \nPlaces are very limited and registration will closed once full or on Wednesday 18th June.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/symposium-digital-methodologies-for-the-study-of-religion-symposium-coventry-university-june-25-2025/
CATEGORIES:digital humanities,events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250621
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250322T000513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T234755Z
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SUMMARY:IISMM Seminar Series: “Waqfs\, women and circles of power\,” IISMM\, France (remote option)\, June 20\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:June 20\, 2025    \nChair: Randi Deguilhem \, CNRS\, TELEMMe-MMSH\, Aix-Marseille U.\, France\n“  Waqfs\, women and circles of power  ” \nAna Maria Carballeira Debasa \, Escuela de Estudios Árabes (EEA)\, CSIC\, Granada\, Spain: “  Habous in the circles of power in al-Andalus  ” \nNozhat Ahmadi \, University of Isfahan\, Iran\, “  Waqfs of the Women of the Safavid Court  ” \nMohammadreza Neyestani \, TELEMMe-MMSH\, Aix-Marseille University\, Aix-en-Provence\, France\, “  Structure of the waqf under the Safavids in Iran  ” \nFore more details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/iismm-seminar-series-waqfs-women-and-circles-of-power-iismm-france-remote-option-june-20-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250523
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250520T141333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T235017Z
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SUMMARY:Islamic Finance Conference at the World Bank HQ\, World Bank HQ\, May 21-22\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Event: IFESDC 2025\n\nDate: May 21–22\, 2025\n\nVenue: World Bank HQ\, Washington\, D.C.\n\nTheme: Eradicating Poverty and Enhancing Prosperity for Sustainable Development\n\nKeynote: Prof. Dr. Nasaruddin Umar\, Minister of Religious Affairs of Indonesia\n\nTopic: “The Role of Faith in Development”\n\nRegistration link (free + meals included):\nhttps://imaamcenter.org/ifesdc_2025\n\n⸻\n\nSession 3: Islamic Finance\, Zakat\, and Economic Empowerment\n\nPaper title: Integrating Green Sukuk into the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework: Opportunities and Challenges\n\nPresenter: Assoc Prof Dr Wan Mohd Zulhafiz bin Wan Zahari\n\nAffiliation: Senior Research Fellow\, Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School; Associate Professor\, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Law\, International Islamic University Malaysia & Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow American University Washington College of Law.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-finance-conference-at-the-world-bank-hq-world-bank-hq-may-21-22-2025/
CATEGORIES:lectures and talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250517
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250219T000241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T141331Z
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SUMMARY:IISMM Seminar Series: “From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences\,” IISMM\, France (remote option)\, May 16\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:May 16\, 2025 \n“  From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences  ” \nMusa Sroor \, Birzeit University\, Birzeit\, Palestine: “  Gender Influence on Waqf in Ottoman Jerusalem: Problem of Management and Benefit  ” \nMir Abdul Sofique \, University of Burdwan\, Burdwan\, West Bengal\, India: “  Indian Waqf Properties: Issues and Properties in Contemporary Times  ” \nFor more details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/iismm-seminar-series-from-jerusalem-to-india-endowments-and-gender-influences-iismm-france-remote-option-may-16-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T150000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250325T155126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T234910Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Calligraphy\, Meet Street Art\, Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ismael Muhammad Nieves\, Boston Museum of Fine Arts\, April 27\, 2025 @ 2:00 – 3:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:From the Boston MFA: \n“Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ismael Muhammad Nieves might seem like very different artists. Muhammad is rooted in street art and imbeds narratives in his works that echoes graffiti’s love of letters. Ahmed was trained in Arabic-script calligraphy\, including some of the earliest Arabic scripts found in Qurʾan manuscripts. But both artists are also Muslim and they think about what it means to be a Muslim artist\, especially in public spaces—both in museums and galleries\, but also in the streets. \nJoin us for a conversation between Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ish Muhammad about art\, Islam\, and public spaces. \nUbaydallah Ahmad\, artist \nIsmael Muhammad Nieves\, artist” \nFor more details\, please visit the MFA’s website here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/lecture-calligraphy-meet-street-art-ubaydallah-ahmad-and-ismael-muhammad-nieves-boston-museum-of-fine-arts-april-27-2025-200-300-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250419
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250219T000240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T233559Z
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SUMMARY:IISMM Seminar Series: “The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal\,” IISMM\, France (remote option)\, April 18\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:April 18\, 2025\n \n“  The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal  ” \nChristopher Markiewicz \, University of Ghent / Principal Investigator – ERC (European Research Council) OTTOWAQF \, Ghent\, Belgium\, “  Waqf and the Bayt al-Mal in the Mamluk and Ottoman Sultanates of the Fifteenth Century  ”  \nReda Rafei \, Texas Tech University\, Lubbock\, Texas\, USA\, “  Making a living before the age of  bulugh : waqf in eighteenth century Ottoman Tripoli and the employment of minor males  »  \nFor more details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/iismm-seminar-series-the-economics-of-waqf-from-the-imperial-to-the-personal-iismm-france-remote-option-april-18-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T191500
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250203T212843Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T133000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250203T212842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T235214Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T133000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250328T005342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T235240Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium: Punishing Hurtful Words in the Western Mediterranean: Blasphemy and “National” Religions with Laura Anne Thompson\, Boston University\, March 28\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Laura Anne Thompson\, Raphael Morrison Dorman Postdoctoral Fellow\, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University \nDate: March 28\, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM \nLocation: Pardee School of Global Studies\, 154 Bay State Road\, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) \nFor more details\, please see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/colloquium-punishing-hurtful-words-in-the-western-mediterranean-blasphemy-and-national-religions-with-laura-anne-thompson-boston-university-march-28-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250322
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250313T194839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T233446Z
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SUMMARY:IISMM Seminar Series: “Waqf: a component of civil society strategies\,” IISMM\, France (remote option)\, March 21\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:March 21\, 2025 \nChair: Randi Deguilhem\, CNRS\, TELEMMe-MMSH\, Aix-Marseille University\, France \n“Waqf: A Component of Civil Society Strategies” \nOuddène Boughoufala\, Ibn Khaldoun University\, LEHAAN\, Tiaret\, Algeria\, “Theses on Waqf in Algeria: Current Situation and Statistics” \nMustapha Radji\, University of Mostaganem\, Algeria\, “Sufi Waqfs as Civic Society: The Case of Zawiyya Alawiyya in Algeria” \nIlyes Haj Aissa\, Ecole Normale de Laghouat\, Algeria\, “Mozabite Waqf Institutions Abroad: Social\, Religious\, and Cultural Roles”
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/iismm-seminar-series-waqf-a-component-of-civil-society-strategies-iismm-france-remote-option-march-21-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T180000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250309T030417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T232237Z
UID:10001743-1742490000-1742493600@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Online Talk: “The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan” with Shamsad Pasarlay\, Florida State University\, March 20\, 2025 @ 5:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan \nDr. Shamshad Pasarlay Dr. Shamshad Pasarlay is an assistant instructional professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. He teaches in the program in Law\, Letters and Society. Shamshad Pasarlay has a Ph.D. in comparative constitutional law and politics from the University of Washington in Seattle. His research focuses on the politics of constitution-making and constitutional design in deeply divided societies. Shamshad Pasarlay is currently working on a book manuscript\, titled Incomplete Constitutions and Coordination in Deeply Divided Societies. His book is under contract with Cambridge University Press and will be published in the Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy Series. \nFor more info\, visit https://mec.fsu.edu/.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/online-talk-the-constitutional-imagination-of-the-taliban-in-afghanistan-with-shamsad-pasarlay-florida-state-university-march-20-2025-500-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T132000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250314T172209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T235102Z
UID:10001750-1742212800-1742217600@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Seminar: “Pre-Islamic Epigraphy and the Context of the Quran” with Ahmad Al-Jallad\, Princeton University\, March 17\, 2025 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm
DESCRIPTION:The past several years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of documented Paleo-Arabic inscriptions from the Higaz\, ranging from the region of Tabük to Ta’if. Many of these texts contain substantial content that shed light on the religious background of their authors. The aim of this talk is to bring this material in conversation with the Quran and early literary sources to bring us towards an evidence-based reconstruction of the religious landscape of the Higaz on the eve of Islam. \nAhmad Al-Jallad is a philologist\, epigraphist\, and historian of language. \nHis work focuses on the languages\, writing systems\, history\, and cultures of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East. \nTime: Monday\, March 17\, 2025\, at 12:00 – 1:20 pm \nVenue: 202 Jones Hall \nFree and open to the public.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/seminar-pre-islamic-epigraphy-and-the-context-of-the-quran-with-ahmad-al-jallad-princeton-university-march-17-2025-1200-120-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T133000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250301
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250219T000238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T231926Z
UID:10001729-1740700800-1740787199@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:IISMM Seminar Series: “Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families\,” IISMM\, France (remote option)\, February 28\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:February 28\, 2025 **5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.** \nChair: Mohammadreza Neyestani\, TELEMMe-MMSH\, Aix-Marseille U.\, France\n“ Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families ” \nSalem Salah\, TELEMMe-MMSH\, Aix-Marseille University\, Aix-en-Provence\, France\, “ Founders and real estate propertyput into waqf in Tunis in the modern era ” \nMadonna Aoun Ghazal\, University of California\, Los Angeles\, USA\, “ Family Mixed Waqf in Late Ottoman Beirut ” \nFor more details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/iismm-seminar-series-properties-of-the-founders-of-waqfs-waqfs-of-families-iismm-france-remote-option-february-28-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T170000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250226T081933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T233742Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Panel: Christian\, Jewish\, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History\, February 27\, 2025 @ 3:30 PM
DESCRIPTION:From Professor R. Charles Weller: \nZoom Panel: Christian\, Jewish\, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History (Thurs\, Feb 27\, 3:30 Eastern US) \nDear Colleagues\, \nFor those interested (FTI)\, we will be holding a Zoom Panel Session on “Christian\, Jewish\, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History” on Thurs\, Feb 27 (12:30 Pacific / 3:30 Eastern). I have attached PDF and PPT files of the flyer. Please pass along the info to potentially interested colleagues\, graduate students\, upper-level undergrads or others. \nThis panel addresses Jewish\, Christian\, Islamic and Secular-Democratic Legal-Ethical Traditions in the Forging of Religious-National Identities\, Politics\, Human Rights & Interreligious Relations in the American as well as broader Western\, Jewish\, Islamic and International Worlds. \nPanelists include: Deina Abdelkader (University of Massachusetts)\, David Novak (University of Toronto)\, Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University)\, R. Charles Weller (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and Washington State University). MC’d by Dr. Heather Salter & Dr. David Kalivas. Sponsored by: The World History Association (WHA) & the New England World History Workshop (NEWHW) \nThe registration link is included in the attached flyers: https://wsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/NL4vJeFORAOjAhl3A050fg \nBest wishes\, \nCharles Weller \n— R. Charles Weller\, Ph.D. \nAssociate Professor of History (Career)\, Washington State University \nSenior Research Fellow\, Dept of Religion & Culture\, Kazakh National University
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/zoom-panel-christian-jewish-islamic-secular-law-in-american-international-history-february-27-2025-330-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250203T212842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T080930Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T161500
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250219T000238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T080930Z
UID:10001727-1740150000-1740154500@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop – “What’s in a Muslim Name?: Evidence from the USPTO” with Tabrez Ebrahim\, February 21\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Time: Fri\, Feb 21\, 2025 @ 12 PM – 1:15 PM PST (GMT-8) (3 PM – 4:15 PM ET). \n\n\nVenue: Law Building (LAW)\, LAW 3500\, 401 East Peltason Drive\, Irvine \, CA 92697\, United States.\n\n  \nTabrez Ebrahim\, Associate Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark Law School\, will present: “What’s in a Muslim Name?: Evidence from the USPTO .” Supported by the UC Irvine Law Center for Law\, Equality\, and Race. \nHosted by the UC Irvine Center in Law\, Society and Culture\, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together scholars both within and beyond the UCI community working at the intersections of law\, social sciences\, humanities\, and the arts to discuss works-in-progress. The Workshop also features a series of book talks in which authors discuss their recently published work. \nTo request reasonable accommodations for a disability\, please contact centers@law.uci.edu. \nFor more details\, visit here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-clsc-socio-legal-studies-workshop-whats-in-a-muslim-name-evidence-from-the-uspto-with-tabrez-ebrahim-february-21-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250116T150422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T175142Z
UID:10001714-1739476800-1739480400@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Lecture: “Law\, Ethics\, and the History of the Islamic Marriage Contract” with Marion Holmes Katz\, University of California Irvine\, February 13\, 2025 @ 8-9 PM ET
DESCRIPTION:“Law\, Ethics\, and the History of the Islamic Marriage Contract” \nWelcoming guest lecturer Marion Holmes Katz\, Professor at New York University. \nMarion Holmes Katz is a Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. Her work focuses on the history of Islamic legal thought\, primarily in the 11th-15th centuries CE\, with an emphasis on issues of gender and ritual. She is particularly interested in the conceptual structures of legal works and how Islamic legal thought relates to other normative discourses that were authoritative for premodern Muslims. She is also interested in the ongoing life of these texts (and of Islamic law) in modernity. Professor Katz is the author of five books\, including Women in the Mosque: A History of Legal Thought and Social Practice; Prayer in Islamic Thought and Practice; and The Birth of the Prophet Muhammad: Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam\, as well as many academic articles. Her most recent book\, Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics Before Modernity (2022)\, uses the disputed status of wives’ domestic labor as a window into deeper debates about the structure of the Muslim marriage contract and the nature of the rights and obligations that were exchanged between the spouses. Professor Katz holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and a BA from Yale University. \nAdvanced registration is required to attend this event. \nFor registration and further details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/lecture-law-ethics-and-the-history-of-the-islamic-marriage-contract-with-marion-holmes-katz-university-of-california-irvine-february-13-2025-8-9-pm-et/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T133000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20241113T000409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T223233Z
UID:10001704-1739277000-1739280600@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press\, 2024)\,” Malika Zeghal\, Program in Islamic Law\, February 11\, 2025 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, February 11\, 2025\, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom\, Professor Malika Zeghal (Harvard University) will present The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press\, 2024). This book reframes the role of Islam in modern Middle East governance. Challenging other accounts that claim that Middle Eastern states turned secular in modern times\, Professor Zeghal shows instead the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion. Drawing on intellectual\, political\, and economic history\, she traces this custodianship from early forms of constitutional governance in the nineteenth century through post–Arab Spring experiments in democracy. She argues that the intense debates around the implementation and meaning of state support for Islam led to a political cleavage between conservatives and their opponents that long predated the polarization of the twentieth century that accompanied the emergence of mass politics and Islamist movements. Examining constitutional projects\, public spending\, school enrollments\, and curricula\, Professor Zeghal shows that although modern Muslim-majority polities have imported Western techniques of governance\, the state has continued to protect and support the religion\, community\, and institutions of Islam. She finds that even as Middle Eastern states have expanded their nonreligious undertakings\, they have dramatically increased their per capita supply of public religious provisions\, especially Islamic education—further feeding the political schism between Islamists and their adversaries. Registration is required.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-law-speaker-series-the-making-of-the-modern-muslim-state-islam-and-governance-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-princeton-university-press-2024-malika-zeghal-program-in/
CATEGORIES:Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T174436
CREATED:20250203T212841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T233654Z
UID:10001719-1738606500-1738611000@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University)\, “Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur’anic Recording\, February 3\, 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 3: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University)\, “Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur’anic Recording.”  Laura Thompson (Harvard 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-ian-vandermeulen-brandeis-university-microphonic-audition-vocal-inscription-and-technologized-listening-in-quranic-recording-fe/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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