From Ekaterina Pukhovaia at the Leiden University (see here): Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that this spring Leiden University will host the first round of a series of … Continue reading Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: Mapping the Past, Imagining the Future: Heritage Politics in Ḥūthī Yemen, June 24, 2024
Please submit applications at this form by June 30 (including an abstract of maximum 300 words). Participants will be selected based on the following criteria: Relevance to the symposium theme. … Continue reading Symposium: Knowledge in the Islamic Court: Evidence, Proof, Procedure Symposium – May 14-15, 2025 (Rabat, Morocco)
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to announce the 2024 iteration of its biennial prize for the best dissertation on the medieval Middle East (roughly 500–1500 CE). In an effort to … Continue reading Prize: Best dissertation, Middle East Medievalists, June 30, 2024
From the organizers: This conference aims to bring together scholars working on the legal history of the Muslim world who focus on the colonial period and are interested in ‘gender-coded … Continue reading Call for Papers: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, July 1, 2024 (Conference: December 19-20, 2024)
From the organizers: Mid-16th century China saw a surprising emergence of a network of local savants who shared an interest in the exploration of Arabic and Persian texts. To that … Continue reading Seminar: “An Eastern Gaze: The Making of an Islamic Archive in Early Modern China” with Dror Weil, Princeton University, January 27, 2025 @ 12:00 – 1:20 PM
February 28, 2025 **5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.** Chair: Mohammadreza Neyestani, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille U., France “ Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families ” Salem Salah, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France, “ Founders and … Continue reading IISMM Seminar Series: “Properties of the founders of waqfs; waqfs of families,” IISMM, France (remote option), February 28, 2025
The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan Dr. Shamshad Pasarlay Dr. Shamshad Pasarlay is an assistant instructional professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. … Continue reading Online Talk: “The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan” with Shamsad Pasarlay, Florida State University, March 20, 2025 @ 5:00 PM
April 18, 2025 “ The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal ” Christopher Markiewicz , University of Ghent / Principal Investigator – ERC (European Research Council) OTTOWAQF , Ghent, Belgium, “ Waqf and … Continue reading IISMM Seminar Series: “The Economics of Waqf: From the Imperial to the Personal,” IISMM, France (remote option), April 18, 2025
May 16, 2025 “ From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences ” Musa Sroor , Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine: “ Gender Influence on Waqf in Ottoman Jerusalem: Problem of Management and Benefit ” Mir … Continue reading IISMM Seminar Series: “From Jerusalem to India: Endowments and Gender Influences,” IISMM, France (remote option), May 16, 2025
June 20, 2025 Chair: Randi Deguilhem , CNRS, TELEMMe-MMSH, Aix-Marseille U., France “ Waqfs, women and circles of power ” Ana Maria Carballeira Debasa , Escuela de Estudios Árabes (EEA), CSIC, Granada, Spain: “ Habous in … Continue reading IISMM Seminar Series: “Waqfs, women and circles of power,” IISMM, France (remote option), June 20, 2025
