Fellowship: May-Crane Fellowships, Harvard University 2025 (deadline to be announced)

“Harvard Library’s May-Crane Fellowships offer undergraduate and graduate students at Harvard the opportunity to work on a project at the library. Fellows work closely with a library mentor to complete their project. Fellows are awarded up to $3,500 (undergraduate students) or up to $5,000 (graduate students) to complete a library project under the guidance and mentorship

IISMM Seminar Series: “Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families,” IISMM, France (remote option), February 28, 2025

February 28, 2025 **5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.** Chair: Mohammadreza Neyestani, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille U., France “ Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families ” Salem Salah, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France, “ Founders and real estate propertyput into waqf in Tunis in the modern era ” Madonna Aoun Ghazal, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, “ Family Mixed Waqf in Late

IISMM Seminar Series: “Waqf: a component of civil society strategies,” IISMM, France (remote option), March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025 Chair: Randi Deguilhem, CNRS, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, France “Waqf: A Component of Civil Society Strategies” Ouddène Boughoufala, Ibn Khaldoun University, LEHAAN, Tiaret, Algeria, “Theses on Waqf in Algeria: Current Situation and Statistics” Mustapha Radji, University of Mostaganem, Algeria, “Sufi Waqfs as Civic Society: The Case of Zawiyya Alawiyya in Algeria” Ilyes Haj

Faculty Fellow: Faculty Fellow in Near Eastern Studies, New York University, 2025-2026

“The Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University invites applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track position as a Faculty Fellow in Near Eastern Studies. The initial appointment will be for one year beginning September 1, 2025, renewable annually for a maximum of three years, pending administrative and budgetary approval. Faculty fellows teach three

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Mary Elston (Harvard University),”The Islamic Tradition in Modern Times: al-Azhar Scholars on Turāth and Manhaj,” Mar 24, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. March 24: Mary Elston (Harvard University),”The Islamic Tradition in Modern Times: al-Azhar Scholars on Turāth and Manhaj.” Angela Giordani (Columbia University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and