BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Program in Islamic Law - ECPv6.6.4.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Program in Islamic Law REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240229 DTSTAMP:20260605T185633 CREATED:20240115T141821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T233507Z UID:10001590-1709078400-1709164799@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Anthony Lester Fellowships\, 2024-2025\, Bard College\, February 28\, 2024 DESCRIPTION:The Anthony Lester Fellowships support lawyers or law students undertaking practical fieldwork in human rights/ the rule of law. \nThe fellowships honour the memory and legacy of Anthony Lester QC (Lord Lester of Herne Hill)\, one of Britain’s most distinguished human rights lawyers. As a young lawyer\, he twice visited the American South during the civil rights movement and wrote a report on race relations. His experiences there inspired his pioneering work as a barrister and legislator. \nThe Anthony Lester Fellowships are intended to support lawyers and law students early in their careers to undertake a project of their choosing that helps affect positive\, practical change in relation to the rule of law and human rights\, inspired by his experience. The fellowships are designed to support those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to undertake practical fieldwork overseas\, for minimum period of 3 months. The fellowships are administered by the Human Rights Project at Bard College\, and supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation\, the Open Society Foundation\, and the Lester family. \nDeadline: February 28\, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time \n\nVist here to apply. URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/anthony-lester-fellowships-2024-2025-bard-college-february-28-2024/ CATEGORIES:Applications,Due dates,Fellowships,Opportunities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T183000 DTSTAMP:20260605T185633 CREATED:20240226T233444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T233508Z UID:10001615-1709139600-1709145000@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:Talk: “Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire” with Faisal Husain\, Center for Middle Eastern Studies\, Harvard University\, February 28\, 2024 DESCRIPTION:The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series presents \n“Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire” with Faisal Husain\, Assistant Professor of History\, Department of History\, College of the Liberal Arts\, Penn State \n“Rivers of the Sultan” offers a history of the Ottoman Empire’s management of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the early modern period. During the early sixteenth century\, a radical political realignment in West Asia placed the reins of the Tigris and Euphrates in the hands of Istanbul. The political unification of the longest rivers in West Asia allowed the Ottoman state to rebalance the natural resource disparity along its eastern frontier. It regularly organized the shipment of grain\, metal\, and timber from upstream areas of surplus in Anatolia and the Jazira to downstream areas of need in Iraq. This imperial system of waterborne communication\, the book argues\, created heavily militarized fortresses that anchored the Ottoman presence in Iraq\, enabling Istanbul to hold in check foreign and domestic challenges to its authority and to exploit the organic wealth of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium. From the end of the seventeenth century\, the convergence of natural and human disasters transformed the Ottoman Empire’s relationship with its twin rivers. A trend toward provincial autonomy ensued that would localize the Ottoman management of the Tigris and Euphrates and shift its command post from Istanbul to the provinces. By placing a river system at the center of analysis\, this book reveals intimate bonds between valley and mountain\, water and power in the early modern world. \nFebruary 28\, 2024\n5:00pm to 6:30pm \nCMES\, Rm 102\n38 Kirkland St\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 \nLink: https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/rivers-sultan-tigris-and-euphrates-ottoman-empire\nContact: Liz Flanagan URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/talk-rivers-of-the-sultan-the-tigris-and-euphrates-in-the-ottoman-empire-with-faisal-husain-center-for-middle-eastern-studies-harvard-university-february-28-2024/ CATEGORIES:Harvard Events,lectures and talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240302T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240302T160000 DTSTAMP:20260605T185633 CREATED:20240125T160627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240302T233808Z UID:10001599-1709380800-1709395200@pil.law.harvard.edu SUMMARY:SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes\, Program in Islamic Law\, March 2\, 2024 @ 12:00 – 4:00 pm DESCRIPTION:On March 2 from 12-4pm US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall and via Zoom\, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event [registration link to come]. Join us for a chance to help write the next chapter in the history of the Arabic script where we bring our efforts together to finally develop a dependable program that will allow texts using Arabic script to be machine readable. This work in checking and reviewing documents will allow scholars to access\, search and explore historical and contemporary documents like never before. No knowledge of coding or programming is needed but knowledge of Arabic script is a must to train the machine learning program to recognize them. Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP. Drop by for however long you can to meet\, chat\, and transcribe! URL:https://pil.law.harvard.edu/event/shariasource-lab-hackathon-arabic-ocr-community-scribes-program-in-islamic-law-march-2-2024-1200-400-pm/ CATEGORIES:conferences and workshops,digital humanities,Harvard Events,lectures and talks,PIL events,SHARIAsource events,tech END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR