SEMINAR: THE ARCHIVE QUESTION: THE POLITICS OF HISTORY IN SAUDI ARABIA? Mar 5 | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St Rosie Bsheer, Assistant Professor … Continue reading Seminar: “The Archive Question: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia?” Rosie Bsheer, Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University
LECTURE: BLACK MUSLIMS IN ACTIVISM IN SOUTH AFRICA Mar 6 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Belfer Case Study Rm (S020), 1730 Cambridge St Rhea Rahman, Assistant Professor, Brooklyn … Continue reading Lecture: “Black Muslims in Activism in South Africa,” Rhea Rahman, Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. ZAHRA TAKHSHID, REGINALD F. LEWIS FELLOW, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL … Continue reading Lecture: “Disinformation, Defamation, and Islamic Values,” Zahra Takshid, Reginald F. Lewis Fellow, Harvard Law School
Digital Legal History at Max Planck Digital Methods and Resources in Legal History We invite researchers to participate in our conference on "Digital Methods and Resources in Legal History", which … Continue reading Conference: Digital Methods and Resources in Legal History, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History
ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. OMAR FARAHAT, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MCGILL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW … Continue reading Lecture: “Reason-Giving and the Duty to Obey in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence,” Omar Farahat, Assistant Professor, McGill University Faculty of Law
BOOK TALK: "SPIRITUAL SUBJECTS: CENTRAL ASIAN PILGRIMS AND THE OTTOMAN HAJJ AT THE END OF EMPIRE" Mar 25 | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland … Continue reading Book Talk: “Spiritual Subjects: Central Asian Pilgrims and the Ottoman Hajj at the End of Empire,” Lâle Can, Assistant Professor, Department of History, The City College of New York
MEBB WORKSHOP: JEWISH MINORITIES, MUSLIM ASCENDENCY, AND FOREIGN PRESSURE: THE 1857 TRIAL OF BATTO SFEZ IN TUNIS Mar 30 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Barker Center 114 (12 … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Jewish Minorities, Muslim Ascendency, and Foreign Pressure: The 1847 Trial of Batto Sfez in Tunis,” Laura Thompson, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion
ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. MARIAM SHEIBANI, RESEARCH FELLOW, PROGRAM IN ISLAMIC LAW, HARVARD … Continue reading Lecture: “The Revival of Shāfiʿism in Damascus, 11th-13th Century,” Mariam Sheibani, Research Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School
ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. FARZIN VEJDANI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RYERSON UNIVERSITY APR 7 | … Continue reading Lecture: “An Islamic Legal Geography of Crime and the Sanctuary in Nineteenth-Century Iran,” Farzin Vejdani, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. SHERMAN JACKSON, KING FAISAL CHAIR IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND … Continue reading Lecture: Sherman Jackson, King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California
