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MEM Fellowship for Graduate Students of Color: Call for Applications The Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to announce the 2022 round of applications for our fellowship to support graduate students of color in medieval studies attending the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA). This round is restricted to graduate students of color who are formally participating in the 2022 meeting and need help paying the MESA registration fee and travel expenses. In…

The conference addresses the role succession law played in Muslim communities in the past, how it unfolds today and what it implies for future generations. We follow a broad definition of succession law, one encompassing all forms of transfer of property between generations. This also includes phenomena not usually associated with succession law, like family foundations (awqāf) or forms of inter vivos transfer of property. We invite submissions that address the intergenerational transfer of property in various historical and regional…

The American Society for Legal History’s Standing Committee on Annual Meetings invites proposals to host or sponsor (in full or in part) a future Annual Meeting. Interesting venues, affordable hotel rates, tax exemption for out-of-state non-profits and reasonable funding support for meeting events are highly favored in site selection. For details, please see here.