From the organizers: Three decades after Jacques Derrida’s Archive Fever, scholars in the humanities continue to approach archives as a site of possibility. As historian Arlette Farge writes,  “The archive’s allure, nonetheless, lives on. The taste for the archives is not a fashion that will go out of style as quickly as it came in.” … Continue reading Workshop: Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, Princeton University, October 2–3, 2026

MESA 2026 November 21-24, 2026, Hilton Boston Park Plaza Registration All are invited to register for the MESA's 60th Annual Meeting. Please see the registration page for further details on rates, policies, and deadlines. The conference is the largest of its kind with an estimated 2000 attendees. The deadline to pre-register and receive the discounted … Continue reading Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026

Islamic Law, sharīʿa, is often seen as having been heavily influenced and crucially changed during two major transitional periods: from pre-colonial to colonial rule and from colonial to post-colonial rule, each viewed from different perspectives. The encounter between European colonialism and sharīʿa, which formed the backbone of pre-colonial legal systems, has had a profound impact … Continue reading Conference: Rupture or Continuity in Sharīʿa: (De)Colonizing Sharīʿa? International Conference, Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM), Istanbul, Turkiye, June 9–11, 2027