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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

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 innovative analysis of the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion based on her new book, The Making of the Modern …

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Call for Proposals: Elements Series on Law and Religion, The Center for the Study of Law and Religion, 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. …

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The Weatherhead Scholars Program: Visiting Scholars & Postdoctoral Fellows, 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 hold tenured or tenure-track positions at another institution, from which they will be on leave during the time that they are at Harvard. The application …

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Scholarship: Rare Book School Scholarships, November 1, 2024

The Rare Book School is awarding a number of scholarships.  “There are several types of scholarships awarded by RBS each fall, all of which are conducted through a single application process. Applications for the next cycle of RBS-awarded scholarships will open in Fall 2024. Scholarships are awarded without reference to admission to any particular course. …

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Fellowship: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography Junior Fellows Program, Rare Book School, November 1, 2024

“Each year, ten Junior Fellows will be selected to join the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) through an open application process. After completing two years in good standing as Junior Fellows, participants will have the option to become Senior Fellows.” For more details on this year’s application logistics and eligibility requirements, …

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Talk: “Matriarchal Islam: Gendering Sharia in the Early Modern Indian Ocean” with Mahmood Kooria, Harvard University, November 4, 2024 @ 6:00 – 7:30pm

Location: S153, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA Sponsors: Southeast Asia Initiative, Harvard Asia Center Mahmood Kooria, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, UK “Millions of Muslims from Mozambique to Indonesia historically followed a social system in which women held significant influence over family, community, and broader cultural traditions. Beginning in the …

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