MEBB

February 2025

Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University), “Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur’anic Recording, February 3, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM

February 3, 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. February 3: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University), “Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur’anic Recording.” Laura Thompson (Harvard University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the …

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College), “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire,” February 24, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM

February 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. February 24: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College), “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire.” Aimee Gennell (Boston University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars …

March 2025

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 …

April 2025

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia.” with M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University), April 1, 2025 @ 6:00 PM

April 1, 2025 @ 18:00 - 19:30

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. April 1: Professor M. Qasim Zaman (Princeton University), TBD. Venue: Barker 110 The Middle …

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

April 14, 2025 @ 18:30 - 19:15

Faculty Adviser: Prof. Malika Zeghal, [email protected] Graduate Student Coordinator: Abtsam Saleh, [email protected] Please RSVP to receive a draft. April 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. Venue: Finnegan Room (Barker 403) The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster …