On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Professor Yilmaz will be speaking on his book Sharia as Informal Law: Lived Experiences of Young Muslims in Western Societies. This …
Registration is now open for the 101st Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America. The Meeting will take place on March 19–21, 2026 on the campuses of the University …
Cem Turkoz (NELC), “An Edifice of Super-Glosses: The Making of an Ottoman Tradition of Natural Philosophy, 1650–1800.” Carina Dreyer (NELC) will respond. We will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the …
From the organizers: Criteria: Early-career scholars who wish to present a paper on any topic in legal, institutional and/or constitutional history, at the annual ASLH conference. Amount: $500 cash + $750 reimbursement Deadline: April 1, 2026 Named after the late Kathryn T. Preyer, a distinguished historian of the law of early America known for her …
ARIT FELLOWSHIPS for 2026 The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) announces 2026 ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey. Awards are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Tenures range from one to three months. Scholars and advanced graduate students engaged in research on …
Join us for a two-day Arabic digital humanities workshop to learn TEI (Textual Encoding Initiative) mark-up of Arabic-script texts for critical digital editions. Hugh Cayless (TEI treasurer, senior programmer Duke University Libraries) and Adam Mestyan (Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, NELC) will teach the sessions. The workshop will feature an evening talk by Sabine Schmidtke (IAS …
Amadu Kunateh (CSR), “Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive.” Nicholas Judt (CSR) will respond. We will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster …
On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Professor Sherman Jackson will be speaking on his book, The Islamic Secular. The basic point of the secular in the modern …
What counts as proof in an Islamic court? How does a judge rule between competing claims to truth? How does technological advancement impact notions of evidence? How can our understanding …
Djelemory Diabate (CSR), “Closing the Sufi Age: Authority, Finality, and Political Theology in Umar al-Futi Tal’s Kitab Rimah.” Amadu Kunateh (CSR) will respond. We will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) …
