October 2024

Call for Papers: 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association – Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability, October 20, 2024

October 20, 2024

“The Memory Studies Association invites proposals for its ninth annual conference, to be held from 14 to 18 July 2025 at Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences in the historic city of Prague. This on-site conference aims to carry over from earlier conferences a transdisciplinary conversation on memory and its social, cultural and public relevance. It welcomes scholars, practitioners, …

Book sale: Harvard Middle East Cultural Association, Harvard University, October 23, 2024 @ 12:00 – 5:00 pm

October 23, 2024 @ 12:00 - 17:00

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 12:00pm to 5:00pm Location: CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Stop by CMES Rm 102 to support HMECA (Harvard Middle East Cultural Association), score some cheap …

Conference: Islamic Finance Conference (IFC), Harvard University, October 25-26, 2024

October 25, 2024 - October 26, 2024

From the organizers: We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Islamic Finance Conference (IFC) tickets are now LIVE! This conference will take place on October 25-26th at Harvard University. Please note that …

Talk: “Faith, Work, and the Law with Jonathan Berry,” Harvard Law School, October 29, 2024 @ 12:15 – 1:15 pm

October 29, 2024 @ 12:15 - 13:15

Venue: Austin Hall; 101 Classroom – East “Jonathan Berry (Managing Partner, Boyden Gray PLLC) will discuss the relationship between faith, our work as lawyers, and the character and substance of …

Talk: “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State” by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, October 29, 2024 @ 7 – 10 pm ET

October 29, 2024 @ 19:00 - 22:00

Where: Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 / 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Pacific Time) “Between the 1850s and World War I, the Ottoman Empire welcomed about a million Muslim refugees …

Webinar: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa” with Malika Zeghal, Brandeis University, October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 am

October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 - 12:00

From the organizers: Challenging claims that Middle Eastern states have become secular in modern times, this Crown Seminar features Malika Zeghal, in conversation with Eva Bellin. Zeghal will offer an …

Discussion: Comparison and Scalar Reading: Niqula al-Haddad’s Translation of Ignatious Donnelly’s Caesar’s Column, a Tale of the 20th Century, Europe in the Middle East, October 30, 2024

October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 - 12:30

EUME Berliner Seminar Wed 30 Oct 2024 | 17:00–18:30 (11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET) Comparison and Scalar Reading: Niqula al-Haddad’s Translation of Ignatious Donnelly’s Caesar’s Column, a Tale of the 20th Century Samah Selim (Rutgers University / EUME), Chair: Georges Khalil (EUME / Forum Transregionale Studien) Forum Transregionale Studien, Wallotstr. 14, 14193 Berlin

Panel: Islamophobia & the Law, University of Cincinnati, October 30, 2024 @ 12:00 – 1:00 pm

October 30, 2024 @ 12:00 - 13:00

From the organizers: Dean Haider Ala Hamoudi, along with a panel of attorneys, will discuss the challenge of Islamophobia and how it manifests within the legal profession. This event, “Islamophobia & …

Call for Proposals: Elements Series on Law and Religion, The Center for the Study of Law and Religion, October 31, 2024

October 31, 2024

From the organizers: The Center for the Study of Law and Religion is accepting book proposals for a new “Elements Series on Law and Religion” currently under discussion with Cambridge University Press. We are particularly interested in receiving proposals related to Islamic Law. Cambridge has already embarked on several such Elements Series on different themes, described here. …

November 2024

The Weatherhead Scholars Program: Visiting Scholars & Postdoctoral Fellows, November 1, 2024

November 1, 2024

From the Weatherhead Center: Visiting Scholars The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs accepts six to ten visiting faculty members each academic year through the Weatherhead Scholars Program. Visiting faculty must …