Book Talk: “Reviving the Waqf: Property, Law, and Religion in Modern Beirut,” Nada Moumtaz, Assistant Professor, Department of the Study of Religion, University of Toronto

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St

BOOK TALK: "REVIVING THE WAQF: PROPERTY, LAW, AND RELIGION IN MODERN BEIRUT" Apr 22 | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St Nada Moumtaz, Assistant Professor, Department of the Study of Religion, University of Toronto This event is part of the CMES Modern Middle East Speaker Series. Sponsored by the … Continue reading Book Talk: “Reviving the Waqf: Property, Law, and Religion in Modern Beirut,” Nada Moumtaz, Assistant Professor, Department of the Study of Religion, University of Toronto

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Child Custody Doctrine in Al-Andalus, 11th-15th C,” Janan Delgado, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion

Barker Center 114 (12 Quincy St)

MEBB WORKSHOP: CHILD CUSTODY DOCTRINE IN AL-ANDALUS, 11TH – 15TH C. Apr 27 | 6:00 PM – 7: 30 PM | Barker Center 114 (12 Quincy St) Janan Delgado, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Child Custody Doctrine in Al-Andalus, 11th-15th C,” Janan Delgado, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion

Conference: 3rd Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Conference

Zoom

The Islamicate Digital Humanities Network is hosting their 3rd conference on Wednesday, April 29th from 10 am to 1 pm EDT (consult the time table below and attached to this post, in order to find out at what time the meeting is taking place in your time zone). The conference will be held online on ZOOM (an … Continue reading Conference: 3rd Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Conference

Panel Discussion: “Governance In A Time Of Pandemic: A Global View,” Georgetown University Qatar

Panel 2: Governance In A Time Of Pandemic: A Global View The second panel in the series, moderated by Dean Ahmad Dallal, will investigate the types of global pressures that influence national policies, which national policies are influencing global policy, as well as the governance of the policy at the national and local levels. Panelists: Amanda … Continue reading Panel Discussion: “Governance In A Time Of Pandemic: A Global View,” Georgetown University Qatar

Seminar: Comparative Legal History and Legal Creativity, Professor Filippo Valguarnera, Stockholm University

Seminar Filippo Valguarnera, Associate Professor and senior lecturer in Legal History, Stockholm University will lead an advanced seminar on the topic of “Comparative Legal History and the Debate about Legal Creativity” on 26 May 2020 at 13.00 -15.00 via Zoom. The discussion will be conducted in English unless all participants are fluent in Swedish. The idea of creativity … Continue reading Seminar: Comparative Legal History and Legal Creativity, Professor Filippo Valguarnera, Stockholm University

Conference: Covid-19: implications for the application of family law in MENA countries, 1 July (virtual)

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law is holding virtual panel discussion in their series Afternoon Talks on Islamic Law of the Research Group on Family and Succession Law in Islamic Countries titled “Covid-19: implications for the application of family law in MENA countries.” Family laws establish men as providers and partly … Continue reading Conference: Covid-19: implications for the application of family law in MENA countries, 1 July (virtual)

E-Invite: Celebrating Human Rights Day, Roya Institute, December 10, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

From the Roya Institute for Global Justice: - Dear friends and colleagues,  - Distinguished members of the Advisory Board of Royal Institute,  - Honorable Instructors of Roya Institute e-TOT courses on CLE, - Respectful Representatives of the Institute in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Costa Rica, Hopefully, this note finds you well. I am pleased … Continue reading E-Invite: Celebrating Human Rights Day, Roya Institute, December 10, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

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

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

Webinar: Bibliotheca Arabica – A Digital Home for the Arabic Manuscript Tradition, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies (Near Eastern Studies) and Digital Scholarship@IAS, April 14, 2021 @ 12pm

From the organizers: Arabic literatures are usually studied as purely creative products, a body of texts disembodied from their material life. Bibliotheca Arabica, in contrast, focusses on the context, the production, transmission, and reception of the manuscripts that for centuries carried the works we study today. Knowing what was copied, read, endowed, or owned when, … Continue reading Webinar: Bibliotheca Arabica – A Digital Home for the Arabic Manuscript Tradition, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies (Near Eastern Studies) and Digital Scholarship@IAS, April 14, 2021 @ 12pm

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