Venue: Austin Hall; 101 Classroom – East “Jonathan Berry (Managing Partner, Boyden Gray PLLC) will discuss the relationship between faith, our work as lawyers, and the character and substance of the law.” For more details, please see here.
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Where: Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 / 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Pacific Time) “Between the 1850s and World War I, the Ottoman Empire welcomed about a million Muslim refugees from Russia. In his new book, Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State, Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky examines how Circassian, Chechen, Dagestani, and … |
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EUME Berliner Seminar Wed 30 Oct 2024 | 17:00–18:30 (11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET) Comparison and Scalar Reading: Niqula al-Haddad’s Translation of Ignatious Donnelly’s Caesar’s Column, a Tale of the 20th Century Samah Selim (Rutgers University / EUME), Chair: Georges Khalil (EUME / Forum Transregionale Studien) Forum Transregionale Studien, Wallotstr. 14, 14193 Berlin
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From the organizers: Challenging claims that Middle Eastern states have become secular in modern times, this Crown Seminar features Malika Zeghal, in conversation with Eva Bellin. Zeghal will offer an innovative analysis of the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion based on her new book, The Making of the Modern …
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From the organizers: Dean Haider Ala Hamoudi, along with a panel of attorneys, will discuss the challenge of Islamophobia and how it manifests within the legal profession. This event, “Islamophobia & the Law”, will be held 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at Bricker Graydon Law Offices (312 Walnut St., Ste. 1800). The panel discussion will … |
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Call for Proposals: Elements Series on Law and Religion, The Center for the Study of Law and Religion, October 31, 2024
From the organizers: The Center for the Study of Law and Religion is accepting book proposals for a new “Elements Series on Law and Religion” currently under discussion with Cambridge University Press. We are particularly interested in receiving proposals related to Islamic Law. Cambridge has already embarked on several such Elements Series on different themes, described here. … |
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The Weatherhead Scholars Program: Visiting Scholars & Postdoctoral Fellows, November 1, 2024
From the Weatherhead Center: Visiting Scholars The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs accepts six to ten visiting faculty members each academic year through the Weatherhead Scholars Program. Visiting faculty must hold tenured or tenure-track positions at another institution, from which they will be on leave during the time that they are at Harvard. The application …
Scholarship: Rare Book School Scholarships, November 1, 2024
The Rare Book School is awarding a number of scholarships. “There are several types of scholarships awarded by RBS each fall, all of which are conducted through a single application process. Applications for the next cycle of RBS-awarded scholarships will open in Fall 2024. Scholarships are awarded without reference to admission to any particular course. …
Fellowship: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography Junior Fellows Program, Rare Book School, November 1, 2024
“Each year, ten Junior Fellows will be selected to join the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) through an open application process. After completing two years in good standing as Junior Fellows, participants will have the option to become Senior Fellows.” For more details on this year’s application logistics and eligibility requirements, … |
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Location: S153, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA Sponsors: Southeast Asia Initiative, Harvard Asia Center Mahmood Kooria, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, UK “Millions of Muslims from Mozambique to Indonesia historically followed a social system in which women held significant influence over family, community, and broader cultural traditions. Beginning in the … |
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Conflicting Legacies of the 1858 Ottoman Land Law: A View from Palestine Munir Fakher Eldin (Birzeit University / EUME Fellow 2009/10 and 2024/25), Chair: Nazan Maksudyan (Centre Marc Bloch / … |
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Workshop: “Sites of Encounter in the Muslim World: Cairo & Delhi,” UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, November 7, 2024
“When: Thursday, November 7, 2024 / 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM (Pacific Time) This program, organized by UCLA History-Geography Project, and co-sponsored by the UCLA Islamic Studies Program and the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, will help educators in applying the California History-Social Science Framework approach to 7th grade world history, centering Cairo and …
Symposium: Recent Developments in Family Law in the MENA Region, Dutch Association for the Study of Islamic Law and Law of the Middle East, November 7, 2024
On 7 November, RIMO, the Dutch Association for the Study of Islamic Law and Law of the Middle East will host an online symposium on Recent Developments in Family Law in the MENA Region, with a focus on Egypt, Tunisia, and Syria. Program: 1:00 PM – Welcome by chair Prof. Susan Rutten 1:10 PM – … |
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Conference: “Perspectives on the Development of Islamic Law: Philosophy of Law & Islamic Medical Ethics,” Humbold University, Berlin, November 8-9, 2024
From the organizers: The international conference, organized by the Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in coordination with the Arbeitskreis Medizinethik und Islam (FAU Forschungszentrum Erlanger Zentrum für Islam und Recht in Europa EZIRE, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) and the Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht (GAIR), addresses contemporary developments in the field of Islamic Law from an …
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Date: Friday, November 8, 2024, 2:30pm to 4:30pm Location: Lamont B30 Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Harvard Libraries present: Research Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop: Library Resources for Scholars of Islamic Studies Program: 2:30-2:45 Emily Coolidge-Toker (Lamont) 2:45-3:00 Kristine Greive (Houghton) 3:00-3:15 Cem Tecimer (SHARIAsource) 3:15-3:30 COFFEE BREAK 3:30-3:45 Matthew Smith (Persian collection) 3:45:4:30 Joanne Bloom & Amanda Steinberg (Fine Arts …
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“Where: 10383 Bunche Hall When: Friday, November 8, 2024 / 12:00 PM Born in New York City, Elaine Mokhtefi has been an anti-racist and anticolonial activist since the early 1950s. She spent the … |
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Conference: 2024 CILIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference, Melbourne Law School, November 12, 2024
From the organizers: This year the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS) will host the 20th annual Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference. This conference aims to bring together postgraduate students, from around Australia and overseas, who are researching topics relating to Islam. The conference will be held online, via Zoom. For registration details and …
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On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Professor Ali Rod Khadem (Suffolk University) will present “Islamic Apocalyptic Jurisprudence: End-Times Law in Sunnī and Shīʿī Discourses” (Islamic Law and Society 31 (3), 2024). This talk explores theories of the final legal system that will govern humanity in the End Times, as envisioned in the apocalyptic … |
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Position opening: University assistant predoctoral researcher, University of Vienna, November 14, 2024
From the University of Vienna: University assistant predoctoral 45 Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies Job vacancy starting: 01/01/2025 | Working hours: 30,00 | Classification CBA: Limited contract until: 12/31/2028 Job ID: 3004 Explore and teach at the University of Vienna, where more than 7,500 academics thrive on curiosity in continuous exploration and help us better understand our world. …
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“Over the last several decades, polyvalence (in the sense of the simultaneous recognition of multiple potentially valid meanings) and the related phenomenon of ambiguity have become established themes –and implicitly central values- of the western academic study of premodern Islam. Conversely, accounts of the impact of colonialism and the transition to modern forms of Islamic … |
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Position opening: Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies, UMass Amherst, November 15, 2024
Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies Job no: 525355 Work type: Faculty Full Time Location: UMass Amherst Department: Judaic & Near Eastern Studies Union: MSP Categories: Faculty, College of Humanities & Fine Arts About UMass Amherst UMass Amherst, the Commonwealth’s flagship campus, is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University …
Position opening: Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society, Vanderbilt University, 2025
Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society The Department of History at Vanderbilt University seeks candidates for an instructional position at the rank of Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society. We seek a U.S. historian with a demonstrated record of teaching excellence in law and society or legal history. We are especially interested in … |
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Law, Litigation, and Politics of Legitimization: On the Possibilities and Limits of Palestinian Legal Action in Israel Suhad Bishara (Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel … |
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Conference: The Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN) Conference, November 21, 2024 (Deadline for abstract submissions: October 27, 2024)
From the organizers: Upcoming: 11th IDHN Conference on Thursday, November 21, 2024 If you wish to participate in the conference, please send an email to [email protected] with a preliminary title, abstract (150-300 words), and your academic affiliation by Sunday, October 27, 2024. General info: The IDH Network holds a spring conference in April/May, a fall conference in October/November … |
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Book Roundtable: “Order and Disorder in the Ottoman Empire,” UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, November 22, 2024
“Where: Bunche Hall 10383 When: Friday, November 22, 2024 / 12:30 PM (Pacific Time) In this book roundtable, Choon Hwee Koh (UCLA) and Nir Shafir (UC San Diego) will present on their new publications, The Sublime Post: How the Ottoman Imperial Post Became a Public Service (Yale University Press, 2024) and The Order and Disorder of Communication: Pamphlets and Polemics in … |
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Fellowship: Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization, 2025-2026, Yale Law School (Deadline: November 30, 2024)
“The Abdallah S. Kamel Center at the Yale Law School for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization will be accepting applications for its 2025-2026 research fellowships from November 1 until November 30, 2024. The fellowships are designed to bring promising junior scholars to the Law School in order to advance their academic research relating … |
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