Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP

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Scholar Updates

  • University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law associate professor, and past Program in Islamic Law affiliate Rabiat Akande, SJD, “has been named the 2025 Wilson H. Elkins Professor by the University System of Maryland (USM). She is the first professor from Maryland Carey Law to receive the honor.”

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  • University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law associate professor, and past Program in Islamic Law affiliate Rabiat Akande, SJD, “has been named the 2025 Wilson H. Elkins Professor by the University System of Maryland (USM). She is the first professor from Maryland Carey Law to receive the honor.”

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

PIL & Harvard Calendar:

  • Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024),” Malika Zeghal, Program in Islamic Law, February 11, 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.
  • Islamic Law Speaker Series: “A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse” by Sarah Savant, Program in Islamic Law, April 8, 2025.

Calendar:

  • Call for Editors: Law & Society Review, 2025-2026, February 1, 2025.
  • Call for Editors: Book Review Editor for Law & Society Review, 2025-2026, February 1, 2025.
  • Call for Abstracts: Middle East Medievalists, November 22-25 (Deadline: February 5, 2025).
  • Lecture: “Law, Ethics, and the History of the Islamic Marriage Contract” with Marion Holmes Katz, University of California Irvine, February 13, 2025.
  • Writing Workshop: The American Institute for Maghrib Studies Graduate Student Writing Workshop, February 27-28, 2025 (Application deadline: January 3, 2025).
  • Conference: The 2025 Annual Conference of the Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS, Lahore, April 18-20, 2025.
  • Workshop: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, May 1-3, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: February 5, 2024).
  • Call for Papers: 39th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, May 2-3, 2025 (Deadline: January 31, 2025).
  • Call for Papers: “ Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy,” University of Villanova School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, May 5-6, 2025 (Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2025).
  • 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).
  • LSA 2025 Annual Meeting: Chicago, Illinois from May 22-25, 2025 (Early registration: December 3, 2024; registration: January 3, 2025).
  • 2025 Hurst Summer Institute: Legal History, University of Wisconsin Law School, June 15-27, 2025.
  • Conference: Law, Culture, and Humanities 27th Annual Conference, Georgetown University, June 17-18, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 31, 2025).
  • Conference: The Middle Ages in the Modern World, London Strand Campus, King’s College London, June 24-26, 2025 (Call for Papers deadline: January 13, 2025).
  • Summer Language Intensive Program: Istanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies, July 7 – August 8, 2025.
  • Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025 (Proposal deadline: February 13, 2025).
  • Position opening: Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society, Vanderbilt University, 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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