Below is the message from the event coordinators. *** Dear MEBB colleagues, We hope your semester is off to a good virtual start. We are very excited to welcome you to a new season of Middle East Beyond Borders! This year we (Lucy Ballard and Chloe Bordewich) will be your coordinators with the continued support … Continue reading Workshop: The Middle East Beyond Borders, Fall 2020
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RACE AND THE MIDDLE AGES The 46th Annual New England Medieval Conference Virtual Meeting Thursday, December 3, 2020 Keynote Speaker: Geraldine Heng, The University of Texas at Austin, “The Politics of Race in the European Middle Ages” With the world-wide resurgence of anti-racist activism following the killing of George Floyd, we as medievalists feel compelled to reexamine notions of … Continue reading Conference: Race and the Middle Ages, The 46th Annual New England Medieval Conference, December 3, 2020
On Friday, December 4, from 9 - 11:45 am Pacific (12 - 2:45 pm ET), UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies will host the online conference, “Politics and Practices of Resistance in the Middle East.” Global Academy scholars Dilsa Deniz (UC San Diego), Seyed Masoud Noori (NYU), Haydar Darici (American University), and Melissa Bilal (UCLA) … Continue reading Online Conference: Politics and Practices of Resistance in the Middle East, Center for Near Eastern Studies (UCLA), December 4, 2020 @ 12:00 – 2:45 pm
Join us for the Program in Islamic Law’s Academic Year 2020-2021 Book Talk Webinar Series! On Tuesday, December 8, Dr. Nathan Spannaus (University of Jyväskylä, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy) will speak on his new book, Preserving Islamic Tradition: Abu Nasr Qursawi and the Beginnings of Modern Reformism (Oxford, 2019). The event will be moderated by Program … Continue reading Online Talk: Dr. Nathan Spannaus Preserving Islamic Tradition: Abu Nasr Qursawi and the Beginnings of Modern Reformism, December 8, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:00 pm
With the awlād al-nās, this conference focuses on a group still awaiting the academic interest it deserves. Awlād have often been characterized as cultural brokers and a middling group between the Mamluks and Egyptian society. Whether in the field of military service (ajnad al- halqa), in the administration of state land or pious foundations, as … Continue reading Conference: In search for a hidden group: Where are the awlād al-nās?, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, University of Bonn, December 17-18, 2020
From the Middle East Librarians Association: The Middle East Librarians Association (MELA)’s Social Justice Committee is pleased to announce the 4th lecture in our 2020 series, “Stories and Silences: Research on Race in the Middle East.” This month our speaker Dr. Chouki El Hamel will speak on “Slavery, Race and the Archives in Morocco: The … Continue reading Online Lecture: Slavery, Race and the Archives in Morocco: The Epistemology of Silence with Chouki El Hamel, The Middle East Librarians Association, December 17, 2020 @ 11 am
Are you a current graduate student or recently finished your PhD? Do you have interests in mentoring and accelerating your social science or teaching career? Are you passionate about analyzing law across numerous social contexts? Send in your application for the Law and Society Association's 2021 Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop before this week's … Continue reading Law and Society Association’s 2021 Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop
