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IISMM Seminar Series: “Waqf: a component of civil society strategies,” IISMM, France (remote option), March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025 Chair: Randi Deguilhem, CNRS, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, France “Waqf: A Component of Civil Society Strategies” Ouddène Boughoufala, Ibn Khaldoun University, LEHAAN, Tiaret, Algeria, “Theses on Waqf in Algeria: Current Situation and Statistics” Mustapha Radji, University of Mostaganem, Algeria, “Sufi Waqfs as Civic Society: The Case of Zawiyya Alawiyya in Algeria” Ilyes Haj …

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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

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. March 24: Mary Elston (Harvard University),”The Islamic Tradition in Modern Times: al-Azhar Scholars on Turāth and Manhaj.” Angela Giordani (Columbia University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and …

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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

On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran The 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 …

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Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia.” with M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University), April 1, 2025 @ 6:00 PM

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. April 1: Professor M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University), TBD. Venue: Barker 110 The 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 …

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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

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 …

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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

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. April 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. Venue: Finnegan Room (Barker 403) The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster …

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IISMM Seminar Series: “The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal,” IISMM, France (remote option), April 18, 2025

April 18, 2025 “  The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal  ” Christopher 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  ”  Reda Rafei , Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, “  Making a living before …

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Lecture: Calligraphy, Meet Street Art, Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ismael Muhammad Nieves, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, April 27, 2025 @ 2:00 – 3:00 PM

From the Boston MFA: “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 …

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IISMM Seminar Series: “From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences,” IISMM, France (remote option), May 16, 2025

May 16, 2025 “  From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences  ” Musa Sroor , Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine: “  Gender Influence on Waqf in Ottoman Jerusalem: Problem of Management and Benefit  ” Mir Abdul Sofique , University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India: “  Indian Waqf Properties: Issues and Properties in Contemporary Times  ” For more details, see here.