BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Program in Islamic Law - ECPv6.6.4.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Program in Islamic Law X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Program in Islamic Law REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250425 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250219T000240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T233549Z UID:10001733-1745452800-1745539199@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Symposium: 12th Annual Graduate Symposium\, hosted by the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council (MIISSC)\, Montreal\, April 24\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:This year’s theme\, “Gender\, Knowledge\, and Borders”\, seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and invites bold\, innovative inquiries into how these elements intersect across diverse contexts. We encourage graduate students from various disciplines and regions to participate and contribute to this vibrant exchange of ideas. \nThe new deadline for abstract submissions is February 17\, 2025. \nFor more details\, see here. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/symposium-12th-annual-graduate-symposium-hosted-by-the-mcgill-institute-of-islamic-studies-student-council-miissc-montreal-april-24-2025/ CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250424T223451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T233549Z UID:10001764-1745452800-1745452800@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Middle East Beyond Borders: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University) “Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur’anic Recording” with Laura Thompson (Harvard University) responding @ 6:15-7:30 PM DESCRIPTION:The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the “Middle East” as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries\, mobility\, and transformation. Our goal is to offer a platform for collaboration and discussion to all Middle East scholars at Harvard across a wide range of academic fields and disciplines. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate student. \nLocation: Barker 403 URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/middle-east-beyond-borders-ian-vandermeulen-brandeis-university-microphonic-audition-vocal-inscription-and-technologized-listening-in-quranic-recording-with-laura-thompson/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250421 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250120T000704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T233559Z UID:10001715-1744934400-1745193599@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Conference: The 2025 Annual Conference of the Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS\, Lahore\, April 18-20\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Annual Conference of the Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS will center on the theme of Islam and society in historical and contemporary South Asia. This conference aims to reimagine the past and present by encouraging submissions that deepen our understanding of Islamic traditions and their diverse expressions in South Asia\, as well as their relationships with other religious traditions and followers. Contributions may adopt historical\, ethnographic\, or interdisciplinary approaches within the humanities and social sciences\, with a particular focus on the construction of religious traditions as objects of study. \nThe study of Islamic traditions has become a vibrant area of scholarly engagement. In recent years\, researchers from diverse disciplines have questioned orientalist assumptions about the vitality and creativity of religious traditions\, interrogating the relevance of “religion” as a category of analysis. Studies of post-classical Islam have uncovered the subtle and significant ways in which Islamic traditions have evolved to address intellectual\, societal\, and existential concerns. This research also explores the dynamic interplay between different religious traditions in South Asia\, across multiple languages and cultural contexts. Furthermore\, scholars have examined how premodern traditions interacted with colonial modernity and continue to adapt in postcolonial contexts. However\, the nature and implications of these processes remain ripe for further inquiry. \nAdditionally\, there has been growing scholarly interest in the diversity of Muslim life in contemporary South Asia. This research often transcends the binary of Sufism versus reformism to explore creative reinterpretations of Muslim religiosity. It also investigates everyday practices\, focusing not only on texts and rituals but also on how Muslims navigate issues such as gender\, class\, inclusion\, exclusion\, coexistence\, and contestation. These studies consider the interactions between Muslims and followers of other religions within South Asia’s diverse cultural and historical contexts. \nTo foster interdisciplinary dialogue\, the conference invites papers addressing themes such as: \n\nHistorical studies of Islamicate traditions\nInterreligious encounters and interactions in Islamicate South Asia\nColonial modernity’s impact on religion\nSocial sciences and humanities research on Muslim and non-Muslim communities\, culture\, and arts\nTheorizations of religious traditions\, and critical studies on the legacies of orientalism\, colonialism\, and eurocentrism in humanities and social sciences\n\nThe conference will be held in person at LUMS in Lahore from April 18 to April 20\, 2025\, and will include a tour of Lahore. LUMS will cover meals for participants and offer limited accommodation support for those traveling from outside Lahore. \nAbstract submissions of up to 300 words\, along with a brief biography and contact details\, are due by December 31\, 2024. Notifications will be sent out in January. Interested researchers should email their submissions to hssconf@lums.edu.pk. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/conference-the-2025-annual-conference-of-the-humanities-and-social-sciences-at-lums-lahore-april-18-20-2025/ CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250419 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250219T000240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T233559Z UID:10001732-1744934400-1745020799@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:IISMM Seminar Series: “The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal\,” IISMM\, France (remote option)\, April 18\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:April 18\, 2025\n \n“  The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal  ” \nChristopher Markiewicz \, University of Ghent / Principal Investigator – ERC (European Research Council) OTTOWAQF \, Ghent\, Belgium\, “  Waqf and the Bayt al-Mal in the Mamluk and Ottoman Sultanates of the Fifteenth Century  ”  \nReda Rafei \, Texas Tech University\, Lubbock\, Texas\, USA\, “  Making a living before the age of  bulugh : waqf in eighteenth century Ottoman Tripoli and the employment of minor males  »  \nFor more details\, see here. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/iismm-seminar-series-the-economics-of-waqf-from-the-imperial-to-the-personal-iismm-france-remote-option-april-18-2025/ CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250416 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250219T000239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T233531Z UID:10001731-1744675200-1744761599@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Journal of Legal Research & Analysis\, volume 3\, issue 1\, April 15\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:From the journal editors: \nCall for submissions for Volume 3 Issue 1 by Legal Research & Analysis \nAbout the Journal \nLegal Research & Analysis (DOI Prefix: 10.69971; ISSN: 3007-6455 (Online)\, 3007-6447 (Print) publishes research papers\, review papers\, case comments and books reviews related to all aspects of laws including but not limited to legal issues\, legal systems\, and the legal profession. Legal Research & Analysis is a multidimensional legal research journal\, seeking scholarly work on any topic of theoretical\, interdisciplinary\, comparative\, and other conceptually oriented inquiries into law and law reforms. Legal Research & Analysis particularly publishes articles that study law from such perspectives as legal philosophy\, law and economics\, legal history\, criminology\, law and literature\, and feminist analysis. Legal Research & Analysis is a refereed journal\, and all published articles are peer-reviewed. \nWho can Submit? \nAcademicians/practitioners. \nThemes \nAll studies having law as a major component. \nSubmission Guidelines \n\nSubmission Categories: Research papers/reviews/case comments/book reviews\nSubmission Guidelines: The sequence of manuscripts follows: Title; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Method (for original research articles); Main Heading Analysis; Conclusion; and References. The referencing style is the APA Style.\nTitle: The title of the articles is written with Calibri Light Bold (16 pt) and preferably not more than 20 words. Author(s) name\, affiliations\, and corresponding author e-mail.\nAbstract: The abstract should be clear\, concise\, and descriptive. This abstract should provide a brief introduction to the problem\, and objective of the paper\, followed by a statement regarding the method and a summary of results. Font with Calibri Light (11 pt) and preferably not more than 200 words.\nKeywords: Keywords arranged by alphabetically and should have at least two keywords and a maximum of five keywords separated by a semicolon (;).\nIntroduction: The introduction should be clear and provide the issue to be discussed in the manuscript. At the end of the paragraph\, the author/s should end with a comment on the significance concerning the identification of the issue and the objective of the research.\nMethod: The method is written in descriptive. This method is optional\, only for original research articles.\nAnalysis and Discussion: This section is the most important section of your article. Contains the results of the object of study and should be clear and concise.\nConclusion: The conclusion contains a description that should answer the objectives of the research. Do not repeat the Abstract or simply describe the results of the research. Give a clear explanation regarding the possible application and/or suggestions related to the research findings.\nReferences: For submissions\, Legal Research & Analysis (LRA) uses the APA Style in the References at the end of the manuscript. Cite only items that you have read and written in footnotes. Please use Reference Manager Applications like EndNote\, Mendeley\, Zotero\, etc. Use other published articles in the same journal as models. All publications cited in the text should be included in the References section and arranged alphabetically.\n\nGuideline for Online Submission \n\nThe author should fill the form as detailed as possible where the star-marked form must be entered. After all form textbox was filled\, the Author clicked on the “Register” button to proceed with the registration. Therefore\, the Author is brought to the online author submission interface where the Author should click on “New Submission”. In the Start a New Submission section\, click on “’ Click Here’: to go to step one of the five-step submission process”. The following are five steps in the online submission process:\nStep 1 – Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate section of the journal\, i.e. Original Research Articles or Review Articles. Thus\, the author must check on the submission checklists.\nStep 2 – Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript to this journal\, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file to be submitted\, then click the Upload button.\nStep 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step\, detailed author metadata should be entered including the marked corresponding author. After that\, the manuscript title and abstract must be uploaded by copying the text and paste in the textbox including keywords.\nStep 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary files should be uploaded including Covering/Submission Letter\, the proofread evidence\, and the Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement Form. Therefore\, click on the Browse button\, choose the files\, and then click on the Upload button.\nStep 5 – Confirming the Submission: The author should final check the uploaded manuscript documents in this step. To submit the manuscript to the LRA journal\, click the Finish Submission button after the document is true. The corresponding author or the principal contact will receive an acknowledgement by email and will be able to view the submission’s progress through the editorial process by logging in to the journal web address site. After this submission\, Authors who submit the manuscript will get a confirmation email about the submission. Therefore\, Authors are able to track their submission status at any time by logging in to the online submission interface. The submission tracking includes the status of the manuscript review and editorial process.\n\nHow to Submit? \nSubmit through the link given below this post. \nImportant Dates \nApril 15\, 2025\, is the deadline for paper submission for the Volume 3 Issue 1 \nContact Information \nFor any queries\, please contact at ahirzia@gmail.com \n  URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-submissions-journal-of-legal-research-analysis-volume-3-issue-1-april-15-2025/ CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,Due dates,Opportunities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250416 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250115T002028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T233531Z UID:10001713-1744675200-1744761599@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Position opening: Adjunct for Two Middle East History Courses at Bard College\, Spring 2025 DESCRIPTION:Bard College is seeking an ABD or recent PhD to teach two core courses in Middle Eastern History during the Spring 2025 semester. The college has a robust Middle Eastern Studies Program with many students taking Arabic who are keen to take foundational courses in Middle Eastern History. \nBard is a competitive liberal arts college in the Hudson Valley a short (1.5 hour) train ride north of New York city and a three-hour drive from Boston. The college will pay a competitive salary for these courses and will also provide travel expenses to and from Bard during the course of the term. \nIf you are interested\, please contact the director of Bard’s Historical Studies Program\, Robert Culp (culp@bard.edu). He is happy to answer any questions about the position. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/position-opening-adjunct-for-two-middle-east-history-courses-at-bard-college-spring-2025/ CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Opportunities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T191500 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250203T212843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T233641Z UID:10001722-1744655400-1744658100@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Latifeh Aavani (Yale University)\, “The Global Codification Movement and the Development of Legal Reforms in 19th-Century Iran\,” April 14\, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM DESCRIPTION:Faculty Adviser: \nProf. Malika Zeghal\, mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu \nGraduate Student Coordinator: \nAbtsam Saleh\, asaleh@g.harvard.edu \nPlease RSVP to receive a draft. \n\nApril 14th: Latifeh Aavani (Yale University)\, “The Global Codification Movement and the Development of Legal Reforms in 19th-Century Iran.” Abtsam Saleh (Harvard University) will respond.\nVenue: Finnegan Room (Barker 403)\n\nThe Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the “Middle East” as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries\, mobility\, and transformation. Our goal is to offer a platform for collaboration and discussion to all Middle East scholars at Harvard across a wide range of academic fields and disciplines. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate student. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/middle-east-beyond-borders-graduate-student-workshop-latifeh-aavani-harvard-university-the-global-codification-movement-and-the-development-of-legal-reforms-in-19th-century-iran-a/ CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250412 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250313T044859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T234922Z UID:10001745-1744329600-1744415999@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Prize: Undergraduate Thesis Prize\, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program\, April 11\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Thesis Prizes. These prizes recognize outstanding undergraduate and doctoral research contributions to Islamic Studies\, rewarding students whose work advances scholarly discourse on Islam and Muslim societies\, past and present. Submissions will be evaluated based on research quality\, originality of topic\, clarity of expression\, and strength of argument. \nUndergraduate Thesis Prize\n\nAward Amount: $2\,000\nEligibility: Open to Harvard College students from the Class of 2025\, across all academic disciplines. Students may self-nominate\, but faculty advisor nominations are encouraged. Letters of nomination should be sent to islamicstudies@harvard.edu.\nSubmission Deadline: Friday\, April 11\, 2025\, at 5 PM (via CARAT).\nAward Announcement: By May 16\, 2025. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/prize-undergraduate-thesis-prize-the-alwaleed-bin-talal-islamic-studies-program-april-11-2025/ CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities,prizes and nominations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T133000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250108T002215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T233358Z UID:10001711-1744115400-1744119000@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Islamic Law Speaker Series: “A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse” by Sarah Savant\, Program in Islamic Law\, April 8\, 2025 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, April 8\, 2025\, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom\, Professor Sarah Savant (Aga Khan University) will present “A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse.” This talk explores how one could reconstruct how major authors in the Arabic language from the eighth to sixteenth centuries wrote their books– the sources they used\, what they copied out\, and the scholars they knew. For most of these authors\, reusing earlier works was the starting point for creating new ones. They abbreviated long works to make short ones\, commented on short ones to make long ones\, and mined general histories to compose works on specific themes. In these and many other ways\, authors produced an enormously intertextual tradition\, shaping how later individuals and communities would remember their pasts and conceive of their affiliations to groups bound by locality\, profession\, religion\, tribe\, ethnicity and other shared traits. To make the reconstruction of these relations possible on a large scale\, the KITAB (Knowledge\, Information Technology\, & the Arabic Book) project built a digital corpus of thousands of these early Arabic books comprising more than two billion words. The talk addresses topics ranging from religion\, philosophy and language to history\, geography\, medicine and astronomy\, that were written over the first ten centuries of Islam in a region spanning from modern Spain to Central and South Asia. The team then utilized a text reuse detection algorithm to create an original data set that documents word-for-word relationships among all these books. This talk will visualize and investigate the broad patterns of text reuse using the KITAB data set and forensically analyze individual works to observe the tradition both from a satellite perspective and through a microscope\, as it were. Registration is required. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-law-speaker-series-a-cultural-history-of-the-arabic-book-digital-explorations-of-writerly-practices-and-text-reuse-by-sarah-savant-program-in-islamic-law-april-8-2025-123/ CATEGORIES:Harvard Events,lectures and talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250407 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250401T015225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250406T234915Z UID:10001759-1743897600-1743983999@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Workshop: Workshop on Libraries\, Manuscripts\, Readers and Patrons in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Islamicate World\, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Houghton Library\, May 5-7\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Houghton Library present: \n\nWorkshop on Libraries\, Manuscripts\, Readers\, and Patrons in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Islamicate World\nMay 5-7\, 2025 | 9am-12pm | Houghton Library\nHimmet Taskomur\, Senior Preceptor in Ottoman and Modern Turkish\n\n\nThis paleography workshop examines Islamic manuscripts in Arabic\, Persian\, and Ottoman Turkish from the late medieval and early modern periods. We will work on selected manuscripts from the Houghton Library at Harvard during the workshop and digital copies from various Islamic manuscripts. We will read short excerpts from the manuscripts in various scripts\, naskh\, taʾlīq\, and nastalīq. The students will emerge learning basic paleographical skills relevant to the manuscripts. Additionally\, during the workshops\, the students will have the opportunity to examine the material aspects of the manuscripts\, such as bookmaking\, bindings and tadhhībs\, and other metatextual markings on the manuscripts (medallions of royal scriptoria\, ownership records\, copy dates\, seals\, and notes of the librarians that allows the researcher to situate the books in the larger intellectual contexts. We will look at diverse types of manuscripts in the forms of majmūʾah\, risālah\, and fawāʾid collections. \nA few selected readings in English will be provided to be read before the workshop. \nThe workshop is open to graduate students preparing for the research at the manuscript libraries. \nParticipation is by application and is limited to 15 graduate students. \nApplications will be accepted until April 6\, and applicants will be notified whether they have been admitted by April 14. \nFor application details\, see here. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-workshop-on-libraries-manuscripts-readers-and-patrons-in-the-late-medieval-and-early-modern-islamicate-world-the-alwaleed-bin-talal-islamic-studies-program-and-houghton-library-may-5-7/ CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250203T212842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T235214Z UID:10001721-1743530400-1743535800@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia.” with M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University)\, April 1\, 2025 @ 6:00 PM DESCRIPTION:Faculty Adviser: \nProf. Malika Zeghal\, mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu \nGraduate Student Coordinator: \nAbtsam Saleh\, asaleh@g.harvard.edu \nPlease RSVP to receive a draft. \n\nApril 1: Professor M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University)\, TBD.\nVenue: Barker 110\nThe Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the “Middle East” as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries\, mobility\, and transformation. Our goal is to offer a platform for collaboration and discussion to all Middle East scholars at Harvard across a wide range of academic fields and disciplines. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate student. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/middle-east-beyond-borders-graduate-student-workshop-law-and-sufism-in-modern-south-asia-with-m-qasim-zaman-princeton-university-april-1-2025-500-pm/ CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250331 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250401 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250319T030407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T234927Z UID:10001751-1743379200-1743465599@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Postdoctoral Research Assistant: “(De)Colonizing Sharia?” Max-Weber-Kolleg\, University of Erfurt DESCRIPTION:Postdoc Research Assistant (f/m/x) \nPay category E 13 TV-L (75 %) \nThis is a postdoctoral research position at 0.75 FTE at the grade of E13 according to the German academic pay scale\, with full state insurance and pension benefits. Please note that the position requires being present at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies in Germany\, though the researcher will make periodic trips abroad for fieldwork. \nArea of Responsibility \n• independent academic research and publication (as part of a postdoctoral project) in the field of: Research on Islamic law in the colonial period\, region: Middle East and North Africa \n• academic services within the framework of the project \n• active participation in the interdisciplinary research programme \nWhat we expect \n• specially qualified\, completed academic degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Arabic/Islamic Studies or a comparable subject and PhD or equivalent in Arabic/Islamic Studies or a comparable subject \n• Research focus in modern Islamic law or in the areas of law/politics/(post)colonialism \n• Desirable: Knowledge of pre-modern law/colonial law \n• very good knowledge of Arabic\, English\, if possible Persian/Turkish/Ottoman and\, if possible\, German \nWhat we offer \nThe University of Erfurt promotes the compatibility of career and family/private life and supports flexible working hours. For academic staff\, it offers a wide range of further training opportunities as well as coaching and mentoring as part of academic staff development (www.uni-erfurt.de/go/akademische-pke). In addition\, there are a number of health and prevention offers as part of the company health management programme. \nApplications are due on March 31st. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/postdoctoral-research-assistant-decolonizing-sharia-max-weber-kolleg-university-of-erfurt/ CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Fellowships,Opportunities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T133000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250328T005342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T235240Z UID:10001756-1743163200-1743168600@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Colloquium: Punishing Hurtful Words in the Western Mediterranean: Blasphemy and “National” Religions with Laura Anne Thompson\, Boston University\, March 28\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:Laura Anne Thompson\, Raphael Morrison Dorman Postdoctoral Fellow\, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University \nDate: March 28\, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM \nLocation: Pardee School of Global Studies\, 154 Bay State Road\, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) \nFor more details\, please see here. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/colloquium-punishing-hurtful-words-in-the-western-mediterranean-blasphemy-and-national-religions-with-laura-anne-thompson-boston-university-march-28-2025/ CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250327 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250219T000239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T235132Z UID:10001730-1742947200-1743033599@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Postdoctoral Fellowship: Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe (EUME)\, Berlin\, March 26\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nEUME Call for Applications \nUp to 3 Postdoctoral Fellowships for the academic year 2025/2026 \nDear Colleagues\, \nWe are pleased to invite applications for up to 3 Postdoctoral Fellowships for the academic year 2025/2026 for the research program EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST-THE MIDDLE EAST IN EUROPE (EUME) in Berlin. The deadline for applications is 26 March\, 2025. \nPlease find the Call for Applications via the following link: \nhttps://www.eume-berlin.de/news-presse/aktuelles/news-detail/call-for-applications-eume-fellowships-2025-2026 \nThe fellowships are addressed to scholars who are interested in the methodological perspective of dealing with regions or cultures not as closed entities or polarities\, but by looking at processes of transfer\, exchange and interaction in the sense of entangled or shared histories and cultures. \nAs the number of fellowships we are able to offer is limited\, we invite interested scholars also to apply with their own funding or contact us with the inquiry for support in finding third party funding. If this may be an option\, please contact us via eume@trafo-berlin.de anytime. \nEUROPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST-THE MIDDLE EAST IN EUROPE (EUME) has been initiated in 2006 as a joint research program of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities\, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. It builds upon the previous work of the Working Group Modernity and Islam (1996-2006). Since 2011\, EUME is continued as a program at the Forum Transregionale Studien. For more information on EUME\, please visit our website and our EUME Facebook page.\nLink: https://www.eume-berlin.de/news-presse/aktuelles/news-detail/call-for-applications-eume-fellowships-2025-2026\nContact:  eume_application@trafo-berlin.de. \n•         To apply\, please submit your current C.V. and a short abstract (300 words max.) of your work to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZNG81dka9TCqki3wnlE512A0N5vE10au6Y1qqICqT2Okjsg/viewform?pli=1. \n•         The deadline for abstract submissions is January 3\, 2025. \n•         Selected participants will be notified via email by January 20\, 2025\, and asked to submit a chapter\, prospectus\, or article draft for review by January 31\, 2025. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/writing-workshop-the-american-institute-for-maghrib-studies-graduate-student-writing-workshop-february-27-28-2025-application-deadline-january-3-2025/ CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250203T212842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T080930Z UID:10001720-1740420900-1740425400@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College)\, “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire\,” February 24\, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM DESCRIPTION:Faculty Adviser: \nProf. Malika Zeghal\, mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu \nGraduate Student Coordinator: \nAbtsam Saleh\, asaleh@g.harvard.edu \nPlease RSVP to receive a draft. \n\nFebruary 24: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College)\, “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire.” Aimee Gennell (Boston University) will respond.\n\nThe Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the “Middle East” as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries\, mobility\, and transformation. Our goal is to offer a platform for collaboration and discussion to all Middle East scholars at Harvard across a wide range of academic fields and disciplines. To date\, our community has welcomed scholars from NELC\, History\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Anthropology\, the Study of Religion\, Law\, Art and Architecture\, and more. During meetings\, we typically workshop a polished dissertation chapter or prospectuses from graduate student. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/middle-east-beyond-borders-graduate-student-workshop-youssef-ben-ismail-amherst-college-autonomous-subjects-genealogies-of-equality-and-difference-in-the-late-ottoman-empire-febr/ CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T161500 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250219T000238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T080930Z UID:10001727-1740150000-1740154500@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Workshop: CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop – “What’s in a Muslim Name?: Evidence from the USPTO” with Tabrez Ebrahim\, February 21\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:Time: Fri\, Feb 21\, 2025 @ 12 PM – 1:15 PM PST (GMT-8) (3 PM – 4:15 PM ET). \n\n\nVenue: Law Building (LAW)\, LAW 3500\, 401 East Peltason Drive\, Irvine \, CA 92697\, United States.\n\n  \nTabrez Ebrahim\, Associate Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark Law School\, will present: “What’s in a Muslim Name?: Evidence from the USPTO .” Supported by the UC Irvine Law Center for Law\, Equality\, and Race. \nHosted by the UC Irvine Center in Law\, Society and Culture\, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together scholars both within and beyond the UCI community working at the intersections of law\, social sciences\, humanities\, and the arts to discuss works-in-progress. The Workshop also features a series of book talks in which authors discuss their recently published work. \nTo request reasonable accommodations for a disability\, please contact centers@law.uci.edu. \nFor more details\, visit here. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-clsc-socio-legal-studies-workshop-whats-in-a-muslim-name-evidence-from-the-uspto-with-tabrez-ebrahim-february-21-2025/ CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250222 DTSTAMP:20260404T095545 CREATED:20250219T000237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T080930Z UID:10001726-1740096000-1740182399@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Fellowship: Pforzheimer Fellowships\, Harvard University\, February 21\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:“Harvard Library’s Pforzheimer Fellowships provide an opportunity for Harvard graduate students to learn about library careers\, advance their own research skills\, and get to know the library from the inside. Students choose from a list of library projects and submit an application. ​​Fellowships are awarded every winter/spring and run during the summer. \nFellows are awarded up to $6\,000 to complete a library project under the guidance and mentorship of a librarian or archivist.” \nThe deadline for applications is February 21\, 2025.  For more details\, please visit here. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/fellowship-pforzheimer-fellowships-harvard-university-february-21-2025/ CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Fellowships,Grants,Harvard Events,Opportunities END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR