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Lecture Series: A Society in Transition: Property and Law in Arabic Documents from Toledo (11th-14th Centuries) (Winter term 2021/22), Hamburg University, October 18, 2021 – February 7, 2022

From the organizers, including, among others, PIL book series editor Abigail Krasner Balbale: Dr Rocio Daga Portillo First session: Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 - 6.15 to 7.45 pm (CET) Last … Continue reading Lecture Series: A Society in Transition: Property and Law in Arabic Documents from Toledo (11th-14th Centuries) (Winter term 2021/22), Hamburg University, October 18, 2021 – February 7, 2022

Seminar: “Skin and Blood? Blackness and Arabness in Middle Eastern Perspectives by Rachel Schine (NYU AbuDhabi) & Peter Webb (Leiden University),” Princeton University, December 14, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:30 PM

From the organizers: Please join us for our next seminar of the virtual series entitled “Race, Race-thinking and Identity in the Middle Ages and Medieval Studies” A SEMINAR SERIES We aim … Continue reading Seminar: “Skin and Blood? Blackness and Arabness in Middle Eastern Perspectives by Rachel Schine (NYU AbuDhabi) & Peter Webb (Leiden University),” Princeton University, December 14, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Webinar: “Inheritance versus Personal Status: Shifting National Strategies in Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia,” by Dr. Hedayat Heikal, February 8, 2022 @ 12:00 – 1:00 pm

On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, Dr. Hedayat Heikal will speak about inheritance and personal status laws in Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia in a presentation titled … Continue reading Webinar: “Inheritance versus Personal Status: Shifting National Strategies in Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia,” by Dr. Hedayat Heikal, February 8, 2022 @ 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Interdisciplinary Debates: The Mosques of Colonial South Asia by Sana Haroon, Dartmouth College, February 8, 2022 @ 12:15 – 1:15 pm

From the organizers: What can legal disputes tell us about the history of Muslim worship? How did battles over mosques and endowments redraw the lines of sectarianism—and secularism—in South Asia? … Continue reading Interdisciplinary Debates: The Mosques of Colonial South Asia by Sana Haroon, Dartmouth College, February 8, 2022 @ 12:15 – 1:15 pm

Webinar: Afghanistan After the Collapse: Where Are We Now, and What Comes Next?, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, February 15, 2022 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Title: “Afghanistan After the Collapse: Where Are We Now, and What Comes Next?” Date & Time: February 15, 11am-12:15 pm ET Location: On Zoom (register in advance) Abstract: On the … Continue reading Webinar: Afghanistan After the Collapse: Where Are We Now, and What Comes Next?, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, February 15, 2022 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Webinar: “Contesting the Caliphate: Genealogies of Power in the Islamic West” by Abigail Balbale, Harvard University, March 4, 2022 @ 1:30 PM

“Contesting the Caliphate: Genealogies of Power in the Islamic West” In the twelfth century, as Iberian Christian kingdoms fought to expand into the peninsula’s Muslim territories and the Almohad caliphate … Continue reading Webinar: “Contesting the Caliphate: Genealogies of Power in the Islamic West” by Abigail Balbale, Harvard University, March 4, 2022 @ 1:30 PM

Webinar: “The Making of an Islamic City-State: Genealogy, Religion and Sovereignty in Nasrid Granada” by Mohamad Ballan, Harvard University, March 7, 2022 @ 12:00 PM

“The Making of an Islamic City-State: Genealogy, Religion and Sovereignty in Nasrid Granada” Mohamad Ballan (PhD, UChicago 2019) is currently an Assistant Professor of Medieval History at Stony Brook University. His research … Continue reading Webinar: “The Making of an Islamic City-State: Genealogy, Religion and Sovereignty in Nasrid Granada” by Mohamad Ballan, Harvard University, March 7, 2022 @ 12:00 PM

Webinar: “Another Commercial Revolution? The Case of Fatimid Egypt” by Lorenzo Bondioli, Harvard University, March 9, 2022 @ 12:00 PM

“Another Commercial Revolution? The Case of Fatimid Egypt” Lorenzo Bondioli is a social and economic historian of the premodern Middle East working on the longue durée history of capital accumulation … Continue reading Webinar: “Another Commercial Revolution? The Case of Fatimid Egypt” by Lorenzo Bondioli, Harvard University, March 9, 2022 @ 12:00 PM

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