Students completing their dissertations between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 may submit entries for the 2019 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards. The competition is to recognize exceptional achievement in research and writing for/of dissertations in Middle East studies. MESA is particularly concerned that some of its awards have been shown to reflect a … Continue reading MESA 2019 Dissertation Awards
Tenth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition Purpose To promote legal and academic studies in the field of religious liberty by law students and students pursuing related graduate studies. Students who have graduated from law school but who are not yet practicing law due to clerkships or other similar pursuits are also invited to submit … Continue reading Call for Applications: Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition
"Historical Inertia: Continuity in the Face of Change, 500-1500 CE" Historical discourse has long concerned itself with patterns of change and discontinuity to demonstrate and validate models of periodisation and the compartmentalisation of the wider historical field. Building on these themes, this conference has chosen to focus on the opposing view by concentrating on inertia … Continue reading Call for Papers: Edinburgh Int’l Graduate Conference in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies
The Symposium, held at colleges in the University of Oxford, is a forum for discourse and presentation of papers or commentaries by scholars, students, religious leaders, and others who have an interest in issues related to religion and ethics. You may participate as an observer, panel member or a presenter. We accept abstracts on a … Continue reading Call for Papers: Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies
For the 13th biennial conference on August 25th-28th, 2020, AIS members are invited to submit proposals for a paper, panel, roundtable, or special session (such as an exhibit or performance). Submissions will be accepted May 15-July 15, 2019. Pre-registration for the conference costs $100, or $60 for students.
The American Society for Legal History will host a Student Research Colloquium (SRC) on Wednesday, November 20, and Thursday, November 21, 2019, immediately preceding the ASLH’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The SRC annually enables eight Ph.D. students and law students to discuss their in-progress dissertations and articles with distinguished ASLH-affiliated scholars. The SRC’s target … Continue reading Call for Papers: American Society for Legal History Student Research Colloquium
Workshop paper proposals and round-table participants are being sought for the Mediterranean Seminar’s two-day Fall 2019 meeting on the subject of “Violence,” to be held at the University of Toronto on 4 & 5 October 2019. The meeting is jointly sponsored by the the Malta Study Center at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library and … Continue reading Call for Papers: “Mediterranean Seminar” on Violence
The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies is inviting applications for full-time positions on the Professorial scale (Assistant, Associate, Full Professor) on its Human Rights Graduate Program. The Doha Institute (DI) is an independent post-graduate research-led institution of Social Sciences, Humanities, Public Administration and Development Economics, launched in October 2015. Successful candidates will have a doctorate … Continue reading Call for Applications: Doha Institute for Graduate Studies: Faculty Positions, Human Rights
The mission of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide is to bridge critical gaps in advocacy around the death penalty through research, litigation, and training. The Center publishes reports and manuals on issues of practical relevance to defense lawyers, governments, courts, and organizations grappling with questions relating to the application of the death … Continue reading Call for Applications: Research and Training Director, Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
