February 2025

Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University), “Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur’anic Recording, February 3, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM

February 3, 2025 @ 18:15 - 19:30

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. February 3: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University), “Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur’anic Recording.” Laura Thompson (Harvard University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the …

Call for Abstracts: Middle East Medievalists, November 22-25 (Deadline: February 5, 2025)

February 5, 2025

MEM Panel Sponsorship for MESA 2025 (Washington, DC, on November 22-25): https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers As part of the efforts of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) to raise the profile of medieval studies at MESA, the MEM Board of Directors announces our 2025 call for panel sponsorship. MEM is a MESA affiliate and thus may sponsor up to three panels at each annual meeting. MEM sponsorship does not guarantee inclusion …

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024),” Malika Zeghal, Program in Islamic Law, February 11, 2025 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

February 11, 2025 @ 12:30 - 13:30

On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Malika Zeghal (Harvard University) will present The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024). This book reframes the role of Islam in modern Middle East governance. Challenging other accounts that claim that Middle …

Lecture: “Law, Ethics, and the History of the Islamic Marriage Contract” with Marion Holmes Katz, University of California Irvine, February 13, 2025 @ 8-9 PM ET

February 13, 2025 @ 20:00 - 21:00

“Law, Ethics, and the History of the Islamic Marriage Contract” Welcoming guest lecturer Marion Holmes Katz, Professor at New York University. Marion Holmes Katz is a Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. Her work focuses on the history of Islamic legal thought, primarily in the 11th-15th centuries CE, with an emphasis …

The Weatherhead Scholars Program: Practitioner Fellows, February 14, 2025

February 14, 2025

From the Weatherhead Center: Practitioner Fellows Mid-career or senior diplomats, journalists, civil servants, businesspeople, and other professionals may apply as individuals or be nominated by their sponsoring institution. Interested individuals are welcome to contact the director of the Weatherhead Scholars Program to discuss candidacy and application process. The application for individual practitioner fellows for 2025–2026 is available …

Fellowship: Pforzheimer Fellowships, Harvard University, February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025

“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. Fellows are awarded up …

Workshop: CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop – “What’s in a Muslim Name?: Evidence from the USPTO” with Tabrez Ebrahim, February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025 @ 15:00 - 16:15

Time: Fri, Feb 21, 2025 @ 12 PM – 1:15 PM PST (GMT-8) (3 PM – 4:15 PM ET). Venue: Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States. Tabrez Ebrahim, Associate Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark Law School, will present: “What’s in a Muslim Name?: Evidence …

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

February 24, 2025 @ 18:15 - 19:30

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. February 24: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College), “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire.” Aimee Gennell (Boston University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars …

Writing Workshop: The American Institute for Maghrib Studies Graduate Student Writing Workshop, February 27-28, 2025 (Application deadline: January 3, 2025)

February 27, 2025 - February 28, 2025

From the organizers: 2025 AIMS Graduate Student Writing Workshop February 27-28 at the University of Arizona The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) invites doctoral and master’s candidates to its 23rd Dissertation Workshop scheduled for February 27- 28, 2025, hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the School of Middle Eastern and North African …

Zoom Panel: Christian, Jewish, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History, February 27, 2025 @ 3:30 PM

February 27, 2025 @ 15:30 - 17:00

From Professor R. Charles Weller: Zoom Panel: Christian, Jewish, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History (Thurs, Feb 27, 3:30 Eastern US) Dear Colleagues, For those interested (FTI), we will be holding a Zoom Panel Session on “Christian, Jewish, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History” on Thurs, Feb 27 (12:30 Pacific …