April 2024

Call for Panel Proposals: Conference by Commission on Legal Pluralism and Universitas Indonesia, April 1, 2024

April 1

The transformative power of legal pluralism? Planetary challenges in a diverse and multi-polar world International conference of the Commission on Legal Pluralism, in cooperation with Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia, 13-15 January 2025, Jakarta, Indonesia. Preceded by an International Course on Legal Pluralism, 8-11 January 2025. The conference takes as its point of departure the …

Call for Proposals: Open Source Submissions Program, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, April 8, 2024

April 8

From the organizers: General Guidelines for All Open Submission Proposals Programs may be proposed by full-time faculty members or administrators at AALS Member or Fee-Paid law schools. International faculty, visiting faculty (who do not retain a permanent affiliation at another law school), graduate students, and non-law school faculty are not eligible to submit proposals but …

Call for Proposals: Discussion Groups, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, April 8, 2024

April 8 @ 08:00 - 17:00

Conference: Middle East, Law, & Practice, New York University Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association, NYU School of Law Greenberg Lounge, April 9, 2024

April 9

Visit the link here for registration details and more information about the conference.

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Transition of Ottoman Land Law: Theory and Practice between 16th-18th Centuries” with Fatma Gul Karagoz, Program in Islamic Law, April 9, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

April 9 @ 12:30 - 13:30

Islamic Law Speaker Series:: Fatma Gül Karagöz (2023-2024 PIL-LC Fellow) The Transition of Ottoman Land Law: Theory and Practice between 16th-18th Centuries This event will take place via Zoom. The link for this event is available here.

Fellowship: Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program, April 15, 2024

April 15

From the Harvard University Center for African Studies: Harvard University President Derek Bok established the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program in 1979 to address the needs of South Africans denied access to advanced education by the apartheid system. The creation of this program was a direct response to the strong movement by Harvard students and …

Call for Submissions: Berkeley Law Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, April 15, 2024

April 15

The Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law (JMEIL) is accepting academic articles and student notes for Volume 13. Submissions should be related to social-legal issues pertaining to the Middle East and/or Islamic Law. Please submit a short bio alongside your submission. Deadline: April 15 Submissions are accepted via email: [email protected]

Johnson Program: The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, April 15, 2024

April 15

“The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University is delighted to host the Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors, a program designed to provide support and mentorship to scholars working towards the publication of their first book on the law and legal culture of the early middle ages. In conversation with peers and with the …

Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Partnership for Heritage. Documentation and heritage management for the protection of the Nafousa Mountains, April 17, 2024

April 17 @ 12:00 - 13:00

Session 7 (17 April 2024, 18h CET) Partnership for Heritage. Documentation and heritage management for the protection of the Nafousa Mountains (Libya) (in Arabic), Mahmoud Hadia and Ahmed Masoud (Department of Antiquities, Libya) Link on demand at: [email protected]

Lecture: From Ownership to Partnership: Rethinking the Theory of Marriage in Islamic Law with Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Harvard Law School, April 17, 2024 @ 12:15 – 1:15 PM

April 17 @ 12:15 - 13:15

From the organizers: In this presentation, Havva Guney-Reubenacker will discuss her ongoing work on Islamic legal critiques that challenge the legitimacy of women’s inequality in Islamic law’s traditional theory of marriage. Event Overview Please join us for a presentation by Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, on the theory of marriage in Islamic …