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

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 Papers: “Catastrophes and Memory (500-1500 CE),” 4th Edinburgh Conference in Late Antique, Islamic, and Byzantine Studies (19-20 Nov 2020 | Edinburgh)

CFP: Catastrophes and Memory (500-1500 CE), 4th Edinburgh Conference in Late Antique, Islamic, and Byzantine Studies 19-20 November 2020   Disasters (natural, manmade or “supernatural”) shape historical memory and our understanding of the past. This conference focuses on the problematic relations between catastrophes and memory in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine societies. Memory plays a

HLS PIL Book Talk: Prof. Nurfadzilah Yahaya, “Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia”

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Join us for the Program in Islamic Law's Academic Year 2020-2021 Book Talk Series launch!   On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, Prof. Nurfadzilah Yahaya (National University of Singapore, Dept of History) will speak on her new book, Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia. She will be joined by discussant Dr. Iza Hussain (University