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 @ 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 …

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

February 5

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 …

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 @ 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 …

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 @ 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 …

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

February 14

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 …

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

February 21

“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. …

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

February 21 @ 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 , …

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 @ 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 …

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

February 27 - February 28

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 …

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

February 27 @ 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), …