February 2025

Scholarship: Türkiye Diyanet Foundation (TDV) Fully Funded International Undergraduate Scholarship for Islamic Students 2025, February 28, 2025

February 28, 2025

From After School Africa: The Türkiye Diyanet Foundation (TDV) International Islamic Sciences Scholarship Program 2025 is the fantastic chance you’ve been waiting for if you’ve always wanted to study in Turkey with complete financial assistance! This esteemed scholarship is intended to assist foreign students who have a strong interest in Islamic studies and want to enroll in some of …

March 2025

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam” by Mohsen Kadivar, Program in Islamic Law, March 11, 2025 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

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

On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Mohsen Kadivar (Duke University) will present “The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam.” Registration is required.

Award: 2025 LCH Julien Mezey Dissertation Award, March 15, 2025

March 15, 2025

Subject Fields: Law and Legal History, Humanities, Cultural History / Studies, Literature, Race / Ethnic Studies The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities (LCH) is accepting submissions for the 2025 Julien Mezey Dissertation Award. This annual prize is awarded to the dissertation that most promises to enrich and advance interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of law, culture, and the humanities. LCH seeks the submission …

Seminar: “Pre-Islamic Epigraphy and the Context of the Quran” with Ahmad Al-Jallad, Princeton University, March 17, 2025 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm

March 17, 2025 @ 12:00 - 13:20

The past several years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of documented Paleo-Arabic inscriptions from the Higaz, ranging from the region of Tabük to Ta’if. Many of these texts contain substantial content that shed light on the religious background of their authors. The aim of this talk is to bring this material in …

Online Talk: “The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan” with Shamsad Pasarlay, Florida State University, March 20, 2025 @ 5:00 PM

March 20, 2025 @ 17:00 - 18:00

The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan Dr. Shamshad Pasarlay Dr. Shamshad Pasarlay is an assistant instructional professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. He teaches in the program in Law, Letters and Society. Shamshad Pasarlay has a Ph.D. in comparative constitutional law and politics from the University of …

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

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

March 24, 2025

“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

March 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. 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 …

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

March 25, 2025 @ 17:30 - 19:00

On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran The 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 …

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe (EUME), Berlin, March 26, 2025

March 26, 2025

From the organizers: EUME Call for Applications Up to 3 Postdoctoral Fellowships for the academic year 2025/2026 Dear Colleagues, We 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 …