Call for Contributions: MEM Newsletter March 2026 In order to represent the whole MEMbership as fully as possible, we invite all MEMbers to contribute their news on a regular basis so as to facilitate and increase communication between colleagues and within fields. For the next newsletter issue, which will be published on 15 March 2026, …
God’s Law, Man’s Rule: Debating Women’s Right to Health from Sacred Texts to the Taliban In 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 …
On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Professor Yilmaz will be speaking on his book Sharia as Informal Law: Lived Experiences of Young Muslims in Western Societies. This book takes a comprehensive approach to investigate how Sharia influences and manifests in the everyday lives of young Muslims, aiming to unravel the meaning and …
Registration is now open for the 101st Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America. The Meeting will take place on March 19–21, 2026 on the campuses of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst College, and will also include events at Mt. Holyoke College and Smith College. Hosted by the Five College Consortium, the …
Cem Turkoz (NELC), “An Edifice of Super-Glosses: The Making of an Ottoman Tradition of Natural Philosophy, 1650–1800.” Carina Dreyer (NELC) will respond. We 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. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop …
From the organizers: Criteria: Early-career scholars who wish to present a paper on any topic in legal, institutional and/or constitutional history, at the annual ASLH conference. Amount: $500 cash + …
ARIT FELLOWSHIPS for 2026 The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) announces 2026 ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey. Awards are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, …
Join us for a two-day Arabic digital humanities workshop to learn TEI (Textual Encoding Initiative) mark-up of Arabic-script texts for critical digital editions. Hugh Cayless (TEI treasurer, senior programmer Duke University …
ALWALEED BIN TALAL RESEARCH METHODS WORKSHOP Manuscripts to Megabytes: Evolving Editorial Practices and Challenges in Arabic Manuscripts from the Premodern to the Digital Age SABINE SCHMIDTKE Institute for Advanced Study, …
The BADR Project (7th-21st c.): A TEI-XML Analysis of Premodern Islamic Texts and Beyond Adrien de Jarmy, University of Strasbourg Zoom: https://bit.ly/JarmyTEI This lecture is free and open to the …
