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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T173000
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SUMMARY:Talk: “On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran” with Bahman Khodadadi\, Harvard University\, March 25\, 2025 @ 5:30 – 7:00 pm
DESCRIPTION:On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran \nThe Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School are pleased to co-sponsor a talk by Bahman Khodadadi\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Program in Islamic Law\, Harvard Law School\, entitled “On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran.” \nThe talk will be held on Tuesday\, March 25\, 2025\, at 5:30-7pm.  The venue is Boylston 103.  Please RSVP here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/talk-on-theocratic-criminal-law-the-rule-of-religion-and-punishment-in-iran-with-bahman-khodadadi-harvard-university-march-25-2025-530-700-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,Harvard Events,lectures and talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250327
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250219T000239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T235132Z
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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<mailto: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<mailto:eume_application@trafo-berlin.de
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/postdoctoral-fellowship-europe-in-the-middle-east-the-middle-east-in-europe-eume-berlin-march-26-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Fellowships,Grants,Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T133000
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250401
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T193000
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250407
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T133000
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250412
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T191500
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250416
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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<mailto: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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250416
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250419
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250421
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T000000
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250425
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T150000
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250325T155126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T234910Z
UID:10001754-1745762400-1745766000@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Lecture: Calligraphy\, Meet Street Art\, Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ismael Muhammad Nieves\, Boston Museum of Fine Arts\, April 27\, 2025 @ 2:00 – 3:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:From the Boston MFA: \n“Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ismael Muhammad Nieves might seem like very different artists. Muhammad is rooted in street art and imbeds narratives in his works that echoes graffiti’s love of letters. Ahmed was trained in Arabic-script calligraphy\, including some of the earliest Arabic scripts found in Qurʾan manuscripts. But both artists are also Muslim and they think about what it means to be a Muslim artist\, especially in public spaces—both in museums and galleries\, but also in the streets. \nJoin us for a conversation between Ubaydallah Ahmad and Ish Muhammad about art\, Islam\, and public spaces. \nUbaydallah Ahmad\, artist \nIsmael Muhammad Nieves\, artist” \nFor more details\, please visit the MFA’s website here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/lecture-calligraphy-meet-street-art-ubaydallah-ahmad-and-ismael-muhammad-nieves-boston-museum-of-fine-arts-april-27-2025-200-300-pm/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250226T081936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T235136Z
UID:10001738-1745971200-1746057599@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Symposium on Legal Education in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence\, Royal Holloway University of London\, April 30\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers – Symposium on Legal Education in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence \nSchool of Law and Social Science\, Royal Holloway\, University of London \nDate: 30 April 2025 \nLocation: Royal Holloway\, University of London \nAbout the Symposium \nThe Symposium aims to explore the transformative impact of AI-powered tools on legal education. As legal academia and practice increasingly integrate AI-driven models such as ChatGPT\, DeepSeek\, NotebookLM\, Gemini\, Co-Pilot\, and Claude\, it is crucial to critically examine their implications for pedagogy\, legal reasoning\, and professional training. This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together scholars\, researchers\, educators\, legal practitioners\, and students from law\, computer science\, data science\, and related disciplines. The event will serve as a platform for knowledge exchange\, collaborative discussions\, and scholarly networking to advance research on AI’s role in shaping the future of legal education. \nThemes and Topics \nWe invite paper submissions that explore\, but are not limited to\, the following themes: \n• GenAI in Legal Education: How AI enhances legal research\, writing\, and analysis. \n• Pedagogical Impacts: The role of AI in fostering critical thinking and improving academic outcomes. \n• Evaluation and Benchmarking: Developing assessment frameworks for AI-generated legal responses\, including accuracy\, explainability\, and reliability. \n• Regulating AI in Legal Practice: The future role of AI tools in legal research\, case preparation\, and courtroom advocacy. \n• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Integrating insights from law\, technology\, and education to develop responsible AI policies for legal academia. \nSubmission Guidelines \nWe welcome abstracts (250-300 words) for papers that contribute to the discourse on AI-driven legal education. Submissions should outline: \n• Research objectives and methodology \n• Key findings or expected contributions \n• Relevance to the symposium themes \nDeadline for Abstract Submissions: March 15\, 2025 \nNotification of Acceptance: April 15\, 2025 \nContact: Zubair.abbasi@rhul.ac.uk
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-symposium-on-legal-education-in-the-age-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-royal-holloway-university-of-london-april-30-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,digital humanities,Due dates,Opportunities,tech
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250328T180504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T235137Z
UID:10001757-1745971200-1746057599@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Managing Editor: Program in Islamic Law\, 2025-2026
DESCRIPTION:Managing Editor\, Program in Islamic Law \nThe Program in Islamic Law (PIL) is seeking a Managing Editor to begin as early as June 2025 for a one-year term. The Managing Editor will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the various publications-related operations at PIL\, including its Islamic Law Blog\, The Journal of Islamic Law (and its associated Forum)\, and the SHARIAsource Portal. This position reports directly to the Editor-in-Chief\, Professor Intisar Rabb\, and to the Executive Director. The Managing Editor works closely with PIL Research Fellows\, the Lab Coordinator\, the Program’s Software Engineer\, and other staff members and external authors or peer reviewers. \nKey responsibilities of the Managing Editor include\, but are not limited to: \n\ncoordinating with the Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director to ensure the smooth operation of all PIL publications-related functions;\nworking with the Journal of Islamic Law editor(s)—which may include a volume editor\, student editor\, tech editor for online formatting\, and copyeditor for typesetting—to assist in publishing its annual volume\, including providing substantive contributions such as reading and copyediting draft submissions;\nmanaging the Islamic Law Blog\, which includes coordinating with the Guest Blog Editor\, with Research Fellows\, and with outside authors to ensure the timely publication of guest blog essays\, editing and copyediting these submissions\, and curating and publishing weekly news and scholarship roundups plus other essays as PIL may deem necessary;\ncoordinating with the Editor-in-Chief and PIL staff to organize the annual Islamic Law Blog Roundtable\, including editing and copyediting submissions for the Roundtable;\nconducting outreach for PIL\, including by liaising with potential authors for the HUP Islamic Law series and for other PIL publications\, including the Blog and the Journal;\npromoting PIL and its activities through presentations and other events\, as needed; and\ncollaborating with the outgoing Managing Editor to ensure a seamless transition and continuity in operations.\n\nStrong candidates will possess a stellar editing record\, familiarity with multiple citations styles (including Chicago and Bluebook)\, experiencing serving on a journal as student or a degree in law (JD preferred) and/or an advanced degree in Islamic\, Middle Eastern\, or related studies. The application deadline is April 30\, 2025. All submissions must be made via Formstack using the submission link here. The application should include: \n\na resume; and\na statement of interest (maximum 500 words)\, highlighting your interest and relevant experience in either or both Islamic law and editing and managerial responsibilities.\n\nSalary will be commensurate with experience. Remote or hybrid work may be possible in some circumstances. This position is a 14-hour temporary\, non-benefits-eligible position. \nFor any questions\, please contact ctecimer@law.harvard.edu. \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-managing-editor-program-in-islamic-law-2025-2026/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Fellowships,Harvard Events,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250502
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250309T030419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T233732Z
UID:10001744-1746057600-1746143999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Grant: MESA Global Academy 2025 – 2026 Application\, May 1\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From MESA: \nThe MESA Global Academy offers scholars of the Middle East from the MENA region who are currently displaced the chance to join the strongest network of Middle East Studies scholars in North America\, with professional development opportunities and a research grant. \nEligibility criteria for the fellowships are: 1) holding a PhD or equivalent in a field in the social sciences or humanities (graduate students will not be considered); 2) the primary institutional affiliation was in the MENA region prior to displacement; and 3) a publication record indicating scholarly productivity (in English\, French\, a native MENA language\, or principal research language of the field). \nThe deadline for applications is May 1\, 2025. \nFor more information and to apply\, click here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/grant-mesa-global-academy-2025-2026-application-may-1-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Grants,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250502
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250313T044901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T233732Z
UID:10001746-1746057600-1746143999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Parchment\, Paper\, Inks\, and Gold\, The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program and Harvard Art Museums\, May 1\, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
DESCRIPTION:A Workshop on Parchment\, Paper\, Inks\, and Gold \nThursday\, May 1\, 2025 | 10am-2pm | Art Study Center\, Harvard Art Museums\nPenley Knipe\, Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and Head of Paper Lab\, Harvard Art Museums\nDavid Roxburgh\, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History\, Harvard University \n\nThe workshop on May 1\, 2025\, will look at the materials and techniques of selected Qur’ans made between the 8th and 15th centuries in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums. We will look at the supports (paper and parchment)\, bindings (when applicable)\, inks\, gold\, and polychrome pigments (opaque watercolors) used to create these manuscripts. We will also discuss their development over time and throughout the regions of the Islamic lands. We have paired one reading to complete before the workshop\, Martin Levey’s “Mediaeval Arabic Bookmaking and its Relation to Early Chemistry and Pharmacology\,” which includes a translation of al-Mu’izz ibn Badis’s treatise “Book of the Staff of the Scribes and Implements of the Discerning” (Kitab ‘umdat al-kuttab wa ‘uddat dhawi al-albab) composed c. 1025 CE. \nThis first part of the workshop will take place in the Art Study Center for two hours\, 10:00am-12:00pm. Lunch will then be served. The final segment of the workshop\, 1:00-2:30pm\, will allow time for some of the participants to present a single leaf or single manuscript of their choosing to share with the cohort. This is not restricted to Qur’ans. Objects can be searched through the browse collections page of the Harvard Art Museums’ website. \nParticipation is by application and is limited to 15 graduate students. \nApplications will be accepted until March 31 and applicants will be notified whether they have been admitted by April 14. \nTo apply\, visit the link here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-parchment-paper-inks-and-gold-the-alwaleed-islamic-studies-program-and-harvard-art-museums-may-1-2025-1000-am-200-pm/
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250502
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250413T161841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T233732Z
UID:10001762-1746057600-1746143999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Prize: Middle East Medievalists (MEM) Book Prize\, May 1\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nDear MEM members\, \nThe Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to request submissions for its biennial prize for best book on the medieval Middle East (ca. 500-1500 CE). The prize will be awarded at the 2025 annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association. \nBelow is a list of criteria for the upcoming competition: \n\nBooks published between April 1\, 2023 and March 31\, 2025 are eligible for this year’s prize.\nBooks must be non-fiction scholarly monographs based on original research.  Works not eligible include edited collections and compilations\, proceedings of symposia\, new editions of previously published books\, bibliographies\, dictionaries\, textbooks\, and surveys.  We welcome submissions from scholars working with primary source texts in Arabic\, Persian\, or any other Middle Eastern language\, as well as interdisciplinary studies and studies based on research with documents\, manuscripts\, and material culture.\nAuthors must be current members in good standing of Middle East Medievalists to be considered. To join MEM or renew your membership\, please visit our MEMbership page.\n\nDeadline:  May 1\, 2025 \nTO NOMINATE A BOOK \n\nAuthors or publishers should submit a short letter of nomination (preferably in an e-mail) noting the title\, publisher\, date of publication\, and series (if appropriate) to the Chair of the Selection Committee\, Abigail Balbale (abigail.balbale@nyu.edu) and the Secretary of MEM Jonathan Brack (jonathan.brack@northwestern.edu) by May 1\, 2025. *We recommend including a PDF of the book (if available) when submitting the letter of nomination.*\nSend hard copies of the book to each of the *four* members of the Selection committee\, postmarked by May 15 2025. Addresses are in the attached document.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/prize-middle-east-medievalists-mem-book-prize-may-1-2025/
CATEGORIES:Due dates,Opportunities,prizes and nominations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250504
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250202T000723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T233732Z
UID:10001717-1746057600-1746316799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop\, May 1-3\, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: February 5\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop \nMay 1-3\, 2025 \nAnnouncement and Call for Papers \n Co-Organized and Co-Hosted by \nJacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law) \nKim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University) \nJacques deLisle (University of Pennsylvania Law School)\, and \nAnd co-sponsored by The American Society of Comparative Law \n  \nHosting institution this year:  University of Illinois College of Law  \nWe invite all interested comparative law scholars to consider submitting a paper to the next annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop\, which will be hosted by University of Illinois College of Law and held in-person in Champaign-Urbana\, from May 1-3\, 2025. \nInterested authors should submit papers to Jacqueline Ross at jeross1@illinois.edu. Please put “Comparative Law Workshop” in the subject line of your email when submitting.  \nPapers must be submitted by February 5\, 2025. We will inform authors of our decision by March 5\, 2025.  \nThe annual workshop is an important forum in which comparative law works in progress can be explored among colleagues in a serious and thorough manner that will be truly helpful to the respective authors. “Work in progress” means scholarship that has reached a stage at which it is substantial enough for serious discussion and critique but that has not yet appeared in print and can still be revised after the workshop\, if it has already been accepted for publication.   Appropriate work for the workshop includes law review articles\, book chapters\, and other similar genres. \nWe ask for only one contribution per author and also ask authors to limit their papers to 15\,000 words (including notes).   If the paper (or book chapter) is longer\, please indicate which 15\,000 word portion they would like to have read and discussed. \nOur objective is not only to provide an opportunity for the discussion of scholarly work but also to create the opportunity for comparative lawyers to get together for two days devoted to talking shop\, both in the sessions and outside. We hope that this will create synergy that fosters more dialogue\, cooperation\, and an increased sense of coherence for the discipline. \nThe participants in the workshop will consist of the paper authors\, designated commentators\, and scholars from the host institutions. The group will be kept small enough to sit around a large table and to allow serious discussion. The authors will not present their papers at the workshop. The papers will be distributed well in advance and every participant is expected to have read all of them before the workshop.   While it may be hard to ensure your own paper is below 15\,000 words\, you will appreciate the word limit when it comes to reading all of the other papers for the workshop. \nEach paper will be introduced and discussed first by two commentators before opening the discussion to the other workshop participants\, who are all expected to be prepared with comments on the circulated (and read) papers. The author of each paper will be given an opportunity to respond and ask questions of his or her own.   Each author whose work is featured in the workshop is expected to comment on the work of the other six authors and to participate in the discussion of their work.   \nThere are no plans to publish a collection of the workshop papers. Paper authors may seek publication if\, and wherever\, they wish. The goal of the workshop is to improve the work before publication. \nThe workshop begins with a Thursday evening reception and dinner on May 1\, runs all day Friday May 2 and ends shortly after lunch on Saturday May 3.   We expect all authors to attend the entire workshop to provide continuity in the discussions. \nThe Workshop is supported by the University of Illinois College of Law and the American Society of Comparative Law.   We will cover the costs of hotels and meals in Champaign-Urbana and some portion of authors’ travel costs\, up to $600 per person\, though with some flexibility to reimburse for more if warranted by cost and distance.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-annual-comparative-law-work-in-progress-workshop-may-1-3-2025-call-for-papers-deadline-february-5-2024/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250504
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250202T000723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T141331Z
UID:10001718-1746144000-1746316799@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: 39th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT)\, University of Chicago\, May 2-3\, 2025 (Deadline: January 31\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nWe are excited to announce that the 39th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT) will take place at The University of Chicago on May 2-3\, 2025. \nCall for Papers. We are now accepting proposals for papers and pre-arranged panels from graduate students\, postdocs\, faculty\, and independent scholars. We invite historians\, linguists\, anthropologists\, literary scholars\, sociologists\, musicologists\, scholars of religion\, and political scientists whose work engages with a broad geography\, including but not limited to\, the Mediterranean\, North and West Africa\, and South and Central Asia\, from Late Antiquity and the advent of Islam to the present. Travel support may be available\, please indicate in your application if you would like to be considered for travel support. \nWe particularly encourage submissions related to this year’s organizing theme: “Conceiving Time and Navigating Space: Spatiotemporal Engagements in the Middle East and North Africa ” The range of topics we hope to examine with this theme include\, but are not limited to: \n*   Meditations on Middle Eastern concepts of time and space\, whether connected to religious belief\, cultural practice\, national development\, or other ways of relating to spatial and temporal dimensions \n*   Engagement with speculative fictions\, alternative histories\, or forms of storytelling which shape the relationship between subjects and their temporality or spatiality \n*   Anthropological studies of concepts of time\, spatial organization\, and the way these concepts structure lived experience \n*   Microhistories\, oral history\, or other forms of memory preservation\, particularly  marginalized histories\, or alternative histories from any group \n*   Meditations on the development of national identities\, relationships between citizens and geography\, the alteration of geography through economic development\, colonial intervention\, war and conflict\, and nation building \n*   Imagined geography\, national belonging and the impact of diaspora and exile on such belonging \n*   Geographic surveys of the Middle East\, investigations into the politics of mapmaking and other forms of establishing geographic or environmental connection \n*   Engagement with indigenous literary and intellectual geographies produced in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies of toponymies and their cultural or political legacies in the region.\nAbout the Conference. Since its inception more than three decades ago\, the annual Middle East History and Theory Conference at the University of Chicago has earned a reputation as one of the premier academic gatherings in the field. Capitalizing on its setting at a university with a strong tradition in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies\, MEHAT has established itself as a major forum for emerging scholars across disciplines to share their research with peers\, receive constructive feedback\, and establish fruitful academic relationships. Participants come from North America\, Europe\, and the Middle East\, and they have traditionally included researchers at every stage of their careers. \nKeynote: The keynote speaker of this year’s conference is Professor Brahim El Guabli\, who will give a talk provisionally titled “Saharanism and its Afterlives: Historicizing a Universalizing Desert Imagination.” Brahim El Guabli<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/compthoughtlit.jhu.edu/directory/brahim-el-guabli/__;!!DZ3fjg!8qEfluDZ_Jd9ZYV_b7JbvjQLvDo5xuh1hiBv_IWjKV2fGzfsaWZ41rm0Ly4SHOtoF_nDuI4-L7vBqacahQnocD0Uvw$> is associate professor of Arabic studies and comparative literature at Williams College and currently associate professor of comparative thought and literature at Johns Hopkins University. El Guabli specializes in Amazigh\, Arabic\, and Francophone literatures\, but his interdisciplinary scholarship encompasses a variety of fields including memory\, indigeneity\, and environmental studies. El Guabli is the author of Moroccan Other-Archives: History and Citizenship after State Violence (Fordham University Press\, 2023)\, which has received honorable mention by the Middle East Librarians Association and is a finalist for the African Studies Association’s best book award. His second book\, entitled Saharan Imaginations: A History of Saharanism and its Radical Consequences\, is forthcoming with the University of California Press. He is currently completing a third monograph entitled Literature and Indigeneity: Imazighen’s Construction of a Literary Field (University of Michigan Press). Using untapped primary sources in Tamazight\, Darija\, and Arabic\, this book unsettles the current historicization of Tamazghan literature by rewriting the region’s literary history from an Indigenous Amazigh perspective.   El Guabli is co-founder and co-editor of the Amazigh Studies series with Georgetown University Press and of the independent peer-reviewed Tamazgha Studies Journal. \nApplications. Please send submissions electronically to mehat2025@gmail.com<mailto:mehat2025@gmail.com>\, no later than Friday\, January 31\, 2025. Please include each presenter’s name\, and a brief biographical note including institutional affiliation\, program of study\, or position and attach a 250-word abstract with a tentative title. For pre-arranged panels\, please send a single email with an overall panel description plus individual paper abstracts. The best abstracts will summarize the paper’s topic\, its relationship and contribution to existing scholarship and specific conclusions. If you are unsure about the suitability of your topic\, feel free to email us at the above address. Submissions will be assessed\, and invitations extended by late February 2025. \nSelected papers will be grouped into panels of three or four. Participants should be prepared to deliver a maximum twenty-minute presentation and respond to questions from an assigned discussant as well as conference attendees. Written papers must be circulated to the respondent and fellow members of the panel at least two weeks before the conference. \nA small amount of travel support may be available for a number of presenters without access to institutional funding. Please indicate if you are interested in being considered in your email. \nPlease circulate widely! For questions and accessibility concerns\, please write to mehat2025@gmail.com. You can find additional information\, including last year’s conference program for reference\, on our website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/theoknights.com/mehat/2024/03/30/MEHAT-conference-schedule.html__;!!DZ3fjg!8qEfluDZ_Jd9ZYV_b7JbvjQLvDo5xuh1hiBv_IWjKV2fGzfsaWZ41rm0Ly4SHOtoF_nDuI4-L7vBqacahQn87MjmxQ$>.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-39th-annual-middle-east-history-and-theory-conference-mehat-university-of-chicago-may-2-3-2025-deadline-january-31-2025/
CATEGORIES:Call for papers,conferences and workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250507
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250205T001802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T141331Z
UID:10001724-1746403200-1746575999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: “ Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy\,” University of Villanova School of Law\, Villanova\, Pennsylvania\, May 5-6\, 2025 (Abstract submission deadline: January 31\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nCall for Papers (CFP): “ Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy” \nIslamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium\, May 5 & 6\, 2025\, University of Villanova School of Law\, Villanova\, Pennsylvania \nDeadline for Submission: January 31\, 2025 \nDescription: The Islamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium invites submission of paper abstracts for a workshop hosted at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law\, May 5 & 6\, 2025. \nThe symposium will explore the integration of pre-modern religious law and norms into the modern financial economy. We anticipate that papers will explore the tools used by religious traditions to construct their own commercial law in ways that both align with and diverge from modern state law. Comparative inquiries between Islamic and Jewish law are encouraged\, although comparisons to other legal traditions and/or works related to one religious legal tradition are welcome. \nPapers are welcome from a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to legal studies\, including law\, sociology\, anthropology\, politics\, and history\, from scholars based in law schools and other academic departments. \nThis symposium is organized by the Islamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium\, whose leadership includes Samy Ayoub (UT Austin)\, Michael Broyde (Emory University)\, Chaim Saiman (Villanova University)\, and Rabea Benhalim (University of Colorado). \nApplying: Paper abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to Chaim Saiman (saiman@law.villanova.edu) no later than Friday\, January 31\, 2025. Submissions are welcome from academics at all levels: tenured\, pre-tenure\, non-tenure track\, fellows\, visiting assistant professors\, adjunct professors\, graduate students\, etc. \nFunding: Meals and lodging will be provided for all attendees. Limited\, additional travel funds may also be available.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-islamic-and-jewish-law-in-the-modern-economy-university-of-villanova-school-of-law-villanova-pennsylvania-may-5-6-2025-abstract-submission-deadline-january-3/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250507
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250205T001803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T141331Z
UID:10001725-1746403200-1746575999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: “Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy\,” Islamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium\, May 5-6\, 2025 (Deadline: January 31\, 2025)
DESCRIPTION:“Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy”\nIslamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium\n\nMay 5 & 6\, 2025\n\nUniversity of Villanova School of Law\, Villanova\, Pennsylvania\n\nDeadline for Submission: January 31\, 2025\nDescription: The Islamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium invites submission of paper\nabstracts for a workshop hosted at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law\, May 5\n& 6\, 2025.\n\nThe symposium will explore the integration of pre-modern religious law and norms into the\nmodern financial economy. We anticipate that papers will explore the tools used by religious\ntraditions to construct their own commercial law in ways that both align with and diverge from\nmodern state law. Comparative inquiries between Islamic and Jewish law are encouraged\,\nalthough comparisons to other legal traditions and/or works related to one religious legal\ntradition are welcome.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/call-for-papers-islamic-and-jewish-law-in-the-modern-economy-islamic-and-jewish-legal-scholars-symposium-may-5-6-2025-deadline-january-31-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Blog,Due dates,Opportunities
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250517
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
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UID:10001734-1747353600-1747439999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:IISMM Seminar Series: “From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences\,” IISMM\, France (remote option)\, May 16\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:May 16\, 2025 \n“  From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences  ” \nMusa Sroor \, Birzeit University\, Birzeit\, Palestine: “  Gender Influence on Waqf in Ottoman Jerusalem: Problem of Management and Benefit  ” \nMir Abdul Sofique \, University of Burdwan\, Burdwan\, West Bengal\, India: “  Indian Waqf Properties: Issues and Properties in Contemporary Times  ” \nFor more details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/iismm-seminar-series-from-jerusalem-to-india-endowments-and-gender-influences-iismm-france-remote-option-may-16-2025/
CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,events in Islamic legal studies,lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250517
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250313T044902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T141332Z
UID:10001747-1747353600-1747439999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Prize: Doctoral Dissertation Prize\, The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program\, May 16\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Doctoral Dissertation Prize\n\nAward Amount: $3\,000\nEligibility: Open to Harvard doctoral students in all disciplines who complete their Ph.D. between June 2024 and May 2025. Faculty advisor nomination is required.\nSubmission Deadline: Friday\, May 16\, 2025\, at 5 PM (via CARAT).\nAward Announcement: Fall 2025.\n\nAll applications must be submitted through CARAT. For more details\, visit islamicstudies.harvard.edu/thesis-prize or contact islamicstudies@harvard.edu with any questions.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/prize-doctoral-dissertation-prize-the-alwaleed-bin-talal-islamic-studies-program-may-16-2025/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Harvard Events,Opportunities,prizes and nominations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250522
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250226T081936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T235017Z
UID:10001739-1747785600-1747871999@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop\, Law & Society Association\, May 21\, 2025 (Deadline: November 6\, 2024)
DESCRIPTION:From the organizers: \nThe Law and Society Association (LSA) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop. The workshop will convene on Wednesday\, May 21\, 2025\, immediately preceding the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Chicago\, Illinois\, USA.  \nApplications are due November 6th 2024. Successful applicants will be notified in early December\, 2024.  \nFor more information\, please see here. \n 
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/workshop-graduate-student-early-career-workshop-law-society-association-may-21-2025-deadline-november-6-2024/
CATEGORIES:Applications,Call for papers,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250523
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250520T141333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T235017Z
UID:10001765-1747785600-1747958399@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Islamic Finance Conference at the World Bank HQ\, World Bank HQ\, May 21-22\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Event: IFESDC 2025\n\nDate: May 21–22\, 2025\n\nVenue: World Bank HQ\, Washington\, D.C.\n\nTheme: Eradicating Poverty and Enhancing Prosperity for Sustainable Development\n\nKeynote: Prof. Dr. Nasaruddin Umar\, Minister of Religious Affairs of Indonesia\n\nTopic: “The Role of Faith in Development”\n\nRegistration link (free + meals included):\nhttps://imaamcenter.org/ifesdc_2025\n\n⸻\n\nSession 3: Islamic Finance\, Zakat\, and Economic Empowerment\n\nPaper title: Integrating Green Sukuk into the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework: Opportunities and Challenges\n\nPresenter: Assoc Prof Dr Wan Mohd Zulhafiz bin Wan Zahari\n\nAffiliation: Senior Research Fellow\, Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School; Associate Professor\, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Law\, International Islamic University Malaysia & Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow American University Washington College of Law.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/islamic-finance-conference-at-the-world-bank-hq-world-bank-hq-may-21-22-2025/
CATEGORIES:lectures and talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250526
DTSTAMP:20260411T181602
CREATED:20250226T081937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T233601Z
UID:10001740-1747872000-1748217599@pil.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:LSA 2025 Annual Meeting: Chicago\, Illinois from May 22-25\, 2025 (Early registration: December 3\, 2024)
DESCRIPTION:Registration for the LSA 2025 Annual Meeting  is now open!\n\nThe conference will take place in-person in Chicago\, Illinois from May 22-25\, 2025! The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. For the latest updates and more information about the meeting\, be sure to visit lawandsociety.org .\n\nFor more details\, see here.
URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/lsa-2025-annual-meeting-chicago-illinois-from-may-22-25-2025-early-registration-december-3-2024/
CATEGORIES:Applications,conferences and workshops,Due dates,Opportunities
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