The Section on Comparative Law invites Nominations for the Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law to recognize scholarly excellence in any subject of comparative law by an untenured scholar at an AALS Member School. The Prize will be given to the author(s) of a scholarly article judged to have made an important contribution in the field …
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:30pm; Location: TBD Nicholas Boylston, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Persian and Persianate Studies Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center RSVP here.
From the organizers: For most of recorded history, empires and imperial regimes have existed in one form or another and have shaped the lives of peoples of the Middle East. And yet the concept of Empire is o;en assumed to be clearly defined, almost eternal, even though empire took different shapes across history, including the …
From the organizers: We are very pleased to announce the publication today of ‘Interviewing and Interrogation: A Review of Research and Practice Since World War II‘ (585 pp., co-edited by Drs. Gavin E. Oxburgh, Trond Myklebust, Mark Fallon and Maria Hartwig; more here). We know that torture regrettably occurs during interrogations around the world. This book explains how non-coercive techniques yield qualitatively …
From the organizers: The British Association for Islamic Studies is delighted to announce that it will be hosting its 2024 Annual Conference at the stunning Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds, on Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 May 2024. We now invite proposals for individual papers, as well as whole panels, from senior and early-career scholars from Professor …
Session 4 (20 December 2023, 18h CET) Shedding light on some Islamic sites and buildings in Cyrenaica, Zuha Sad al-Sadiq (Omar al-Mukhtar University, El-Beyda, Libya) Link on demand at: [email protected]
The Crown Center for Middle East Studies invites applications for a one-year faculty leave residential fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. The fellowship is open to all disciplines—particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropology—for the 2024–2025 academic year. Successful applicants must be tenure track or tenured professors (or equivalent) …
Islamic Law and Constitutionalism (Thursday, January 4th, 2024 – 8am to 9:40am) Presenters: Marzieh Tofighi Darian (Princeton University), “Abusive Islamic Judicial Review” Safa Ben Saad (Université de Sherbrooke), “Islamic constitutionalism: a stillborn model” Bahman Khodadadi (Yale Law School), “Judge vs. Legislator in Islamic Constitutionalism: A Case Study of Iran” Said Kaymakci (Catholic University): “Searching for a …
Author-Meets-Reader – Sherman Jackson and “The Islamic Secular” (Saturday, January 6th, 2024 – 10am to 11:40am) Speaker/Author: Sherman Jackson (Professor and King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture, University of Southern California), author of The Islamic Secular. Respondent: Haider Ala Hamoudi (Dean and Professor, University of Cincinnati Law). Moderator: Adnan Zulfiqar (Associate Professor, Rutgers Law School)
Proposals are due January 8, 2024 12 PM ET (Noon) We are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for Programming Grants in the field of law and society. This program, authorized this year by the LSA Board of Trustees, anticipates awarding one or more grants for field-enhancing activities. Proposals are due January 8, 2024 …
