Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP

On Islamic Law

 

On Islam and Data Science

  • In “Keeping while Giving: The Perpetuation of Inequalities through Private Islamic Waqfs” (Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 305, 2024), Fatih Serkant Adiguzel (Sabanci University, Turkey) and Timur Kuran (Duke University), “[u]sing an original data set of Istanbul waqf deeds from 1453 to 1923 . . . show[] that the primary functions of ‘private waqfs’-waqfs ordinarily founded by people outside the sultan’s close circle-were to support founders and their kin in life materially and in afterlife through prayers believed to expiate sins.”

FIELD GUIDE TO ISLAMIC LAW ONLINE: RECENT SOURCES

The Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is an ever-growing collection of links to hundreds of links to primary sources and archival collections around the world, online.We recently added new resources to this list:

  • arsheef is a collaborative project that aims at promoting research in North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and South Asia. Based on first-hand experiences of scholars and graduate students, arsheef makes available up-to-date guides to libraries and archives across North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and South Asia.”

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

PIL & Harvard Calendar:

  • Book Talk: “Islam in North America: An Introduction” by Hussein Rashid and Huma Mohibullah, Harvard University, September 23, 2024.
  • Seminar: “Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia: Nahdlatul Ulama and the Quest for an Inclusive Public Ethics” by Robert Hefner, Harvard University, October 7, 2024.
  • Memorial Service: In Memoriam: Professor Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, October 25, 2024.
  • Seminar: “Travel Writing and the Production of a Global Imagination in Muslim South Asia” by Daniel Majchrowicz, Harvard University, November 6, 2024.

Calendar:

  • Call for Proposals: Hot Topics Program, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, October 14, 2024.
  • Conference: 2024 American Society of Comparative Law Annual Meeting, Texas A&M University School of Law, October 17-19, 2024 (Call for Submissions: October 15, 2024).
  • Fellowship: Thomas C. Grey Fellowship, Stanford Law School, 2025-2026, October 15, 2024.
  • Talk: “Unsettlements: History of Land Reclamation in British Mandate of Palestine” with Nurfadzilah Yahaya, Stanford University, October 28, 2024.
  • Conference: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, December 19-20, 2024.
  • Conference: Eleventh Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Queen Mary University, UK, May 8-10, 2025 (Paper proposals: October 31, 2024; Panel proposals: November 30, 2024).
  • Conference: Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, May 22-25, 2025 (Registration: January 3, 2025).
  • Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025.
  • Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies, until an appointment is made.
  • Internship opportunity: The Executive Office of the President, White House, various deadlines.
  • Position opening: Academic mentor and field researcher in Iraq, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich, rolling basis.
  • Position opening: Academic mentor for researcher in Mogadishu, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich.
  • Call for Papers: Special Section – Lifewriting Annual and Islam.
  • Call for Manuscripts: Advances in the Study of Islam, Edinburgh University Press.

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