May 2020

Call for Applications: PhD Research Fellowship, Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Norway

May 17, 2020

Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Norway

PhD position The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion invites applications for a PhD research fellowship in the field of Islamic studies, relating to the topic of canonization of Islamic legal texts in the pre-modern and colonial Swahili coastal region. The position is part of the research project “Canonization and Codification of Islamic …

Call for Proposals: Khātima Conference (4-6 Jun 2021 | Beirut, Lebanon)

May 31, 2020

American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Khātima Conference 4.-6. June 2021 How to End Things in Arabic Literature Every text or, to be more precise, every reading of a text, has a beginning and an end. While one could call into question this linear perception in times of textual linkage and seemingly never-ending writing and reading processes, the end is a …

Call for Contributions: “Marginal Matters: Explorations into Commenting and Glossing Techniques in Arabic Manuscript Cultures,” (31 May | University of Leipzig)

May 31, 2020

Call for contributions: “Marginal Matters: Explorations into Commenting and Glossing Techniques in Arabic Manuscript Cultures” The Bibliotheca Arabica Project (2018-2035) based at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, Germany, is dedicated to charting the production, transmission, and reception of Arabic literatures in the period from 1150 to 1850 CE. The principal investigator …

June 2020

Call for Submissions: “Jane Burbank Article Prize,” American Society for Legal History

June 1, 2020

JANE BURBANK GLOBAL LEGAL HISTORY ARTICLE PRIZE CRITERIA Best article in global legal history published in the previous year. AMOUNT $250 DEADLINE June 1, 2020 The Jane Burbank Article Prize in global legal history will be awarded annually to the best article in regional, global, imperial, comparative, or transnational legal history. Submissions may address any …

Call for Submissions: “Cromwell Article Prize,” American Society for Legal History

June 1, 2020

CROMWELL ARTICLE PRIZE CRITERIA Best article in American legal history published by an early career scholar. AMOUNT $5,000 DEADLINE June 1, 2020 The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Article Prize is awarded annually to the best article in American legal history published by an early career scholar. Articles published in the field of American legal history, …

Call for Submissions: “Cromwell Book Prize,” American Society for Legal History

June 1, 2020

CROMWELL BOOK PRIZE CRITERIA Excellence in scholarship in the field of American legal history by an early career scholar. AMOUNT $5,000 DEADLINE June 1, 2020 The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Book Prize is awarded annually to the best book in the field of American legal history by an early career scholar. The prize is designed to …

Call for Submissions: “Cromwell Dissertation Prize,” American Society for Legal History

June 1, 2020

CROMWELL DISSERTATION PRIZE CRITERIA Best dissertation in American legal history completed in the past year. AMOUNT $5,000 DEADLINE June 1, 2020 The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Dissertation Prize is awarded annually to the best dissertation in any area of American legal history, including constitutional and comparative studies, although topics dealing with the colonial and early …

Call for Submissions: “Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize,” American Society for Legal History

June 1, 2020

MARY L. DUDZIAK DIGITAL LEGAL HISTORY PRIZE CRITERIA Excellence in digital legal history. AMOUNT $250 DEADLINE June 1, 2020 The Dudziak Prize, named in honor of Mary L. Dudziak, a leading scholar of twentieth century U.S. legal history and international relations as well as a digital history pioneer, is awarded annually to an outstanding digital …

Call for Submissions: “John Phillip Reid Book Award,” American Society for Legal History

June 1, 2020

JOHN PHILLIP REID BOOK AWARD CRITERIA Best monograph by a mid-career or senior scholar, published in English in Anglo-American legal history. AMOUNT TBD DEADLINE June 1, 2020 The John Phillip Reid Book Award is awarded annually for the best monograph by a mid-career or senior scholar, published in English in any of the fields defined …

Call for Submissions: “Sutherland Prize,” American Society for Legal History

June 1, 2020

SUTHERLAND PRIZE CRITERIA Best article on British legal history published in the previous year. AMOUNT TBD DEADLINE June 1, 2020 The Sutherland Prize, named in honor of the late Donald W. Sutherland, a distinguished historian of the law of medieval England and a mentor of many students, is awarded annually, on the recommendation of the …