MESA 2026 Call for Papers Deadline to submit is February 17, 2026 (11:59 AM EST) The 60th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association will be held in person in Boston, MA, on November 21-24, 2026. MESA members are invited to propose papers and sessions for the 60th Annual Meeting of the Middle East …
Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization Yale Law School Kamel Center Senior Postgraduate Fellowship The Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization is a scholarly center at the Yale Law School that focuses on the intellectual and social history of Islam, Islamic legal and …
Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, May 7-9, 2026 Co-Organized and Co-Hosted by: Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University) Jacques deLisle (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School) Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law) and Co-Sponsored by the American Society of Comparative Law We invite all interested comparative law scholars to submit a paper for the …
Giovanni DiRusso (CSR), “The Textual Tradition of the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter: Variance and Adaptation in a Christian Arabic Apocalypse.” Oana Capatina (CSR) will respond. We will be meeting from …
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Call for Proposals for a Graduate Student Colloquium: The Visual Culture of Algeria Through Exchange, Circulation, and Global Networks We invite papers addressing a …
Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026-27 The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) awards a number of fellowships-in-residence normally lasting 10 months and beginning on 1 September 2026 or shortly thereafter, specifically designed …
The ASCL Book Prize recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement in the field of comparative law. The prize celebrates rigorous, original, and impactful research of law across jurisdictions. The prize is awarded …
Call for Contributions: MEM Newsletter March 2026 In order to represent the whole MEMbership as fully as possible, we invite all MEMbers to contribute their news on a regular basis …
God’s Law, Man’s Rule: Debating Women’s Right to Health from Sacred Texts to the Taliban In this virtual talk, Lutforahman Saeed (Visiting Scholar and Islamic Law Lecturer, Birgham Young University …
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 …
