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Online Talk: The Rhetoric of Request in Arabic Papyrus Letters by Petra Sijpesteijn, Ludwig Maximilians University (Munich), January 19, 2021 @ 9 am

From the organizers: Please note Petra Sijpesteijn's talk at CAS Munich next Tuesday, January 19th, at 3p.m. CET (9a.m. ET):  "The Rhetoric of Request in Arabic Papyrus Letters".  For participation please register at [email protected]. You will then be sent the zoom link -- it would be great to see some of you there! https://www.cas.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/einzelvortraege/ev_sijpensteijn/index.html

Online Lecture: Aysu Akcan (Vienna) and Yavuz Köse (Vienna): HTRising Ottoman Manuscripts, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, January 21, 2021, @12:00-12:40 PM

This online lecture series is intended as a preparation for the workshop entitled Digital Humanities and Ottoman Studies.  State of the art, challenges, perspectives and prospective research. The workshop has been postponed to 11-13 February 2021. Updates will be published on this website or our newsletter. Please click here to subscribe to the newsletter. This is a closed … Continue reading Online Lecture: Aysu Akcan (Vienna) and Yavuz Köse (Vienna): HTRising Ottoman Manuscripts, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, January 21, 2021, @12:00-12:40 PM

Online Lecture: Hülya Çelik (Bochum): Digitizing Early Orientalism: What did the Republic of Letters Know about the Orient?, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, January 28, 2021, @12:00-12:40 PM

This online lecture series is intended as a preparation for the workshop entitled Digital Humanities and Ottoman Studies.  State of the art, challenges, perspectives and prospective research. The workshop has been postponed to 11-13 February 2021. Updates will be published on this website or our newsletter. Please click here to subscribe to the newsletter. This is a closed … Continue reading Online Lecture: Hülya Çelik (Bochum): Digitizing Early Orientalism: What did the Republic of Letters Know about the Orient?, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, January 28, 2021, @12:00-12:40 PM

Webinar: Consent, Construction, Conquest: The Options and The Choices of Bayezid II by Cemal Kafadar, Columbia University Sakip Sabanci Center for Turkish Studies, January 29, 2021 @ 10:30 – 11:30 am

From the organizers: This online event - organized by Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) in collaboration with Columbia University’s Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies as part of the exhibition Şeyh Hamdullah on the 500th Anniversary of His Death - explores the political and cultural climate of Bayezid II's reign, a period when the calligrapher Şeyh Hamdullah worked and … Continue reading Webinar: Consent, Construction, Conquest: The Options and The Choices of Bayezid II by Cemal Kafadar, Columbia University Sakip Sabanci Center for Turkish Studies, January 29, 2021 @ 10:30 – 11:30 am

Webinar: Paternity Claim, Lineage, and Slavery: Adjudicating Istilḥāq in Colonial Moroccan Sharīʿa Courts by Ari Schriber, Harvard University, February 1, 2021 @ 6 – 7:30 pm

From the organizers: We are very excited to be kicking off our spring program next Monday, February 1, 6:00-7:30pm (EST). Ari Schriber (PhD Candidate, NELC) will present a draft dissertation chapter titled "Paternity Claim, Lineage, and Slavery: Adjudicating Istilḥāq in Colonial Moroccan Sharīʿa Courts." Mohamed Abdelsalam has graciously agreed to serve as respondent.    If you … Continue reading Webinar: Paternity Claim, Lineage, and Slavery: Adjudicating Istilḥāq in Colonial Moroccan Sharīʿa Courts by Ari Schriber, Harvard University, February 1, 2021 @ 6 – 7:30 pm

Webinar: Women and Political Leadership in Muslim Societies with Dr. Shahla Haeri, Iranian Association of Boston, February 12, 2021 @ 7-9:30 pm

From the organizers: On Friday 12 of February 2021 from 7:30 to 9 pm (EST), Iranian Association of Boston will host Dr. Shahla Haeri in a virtual event:(https://zoom.us/j/6179244726) Dr. Haeri is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and a former director of the Women’s Studies Program at Boston University. Dr. Haeri has authored several books, including … Continue reading Webinar: Women and Political Leadership in Muslim Societies with Dr. Shahla Haeri, Iranian Association of Boston, February 12, 2021 @ 7-9:30 pm

Webinar: Holding Marriage Hostage: Male Guardianship in Muslim Women’s Application for Marriage in Contemporary Malaysia, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (Harvard Law School), February 18, 2021, 12-1 pm

From the organizers: Under Malaysia's Islamic Family Law, Muslim women may only marry with the signed authorization of a male guardian ( wali), usually their biological father. Drawing on court observations and archival research conducted in the Syariah Court of the Malaysian State of Kelantan, this talk examines "wali refusal" cases, where women's right to … Continue reading Webinar: Holding Marriage Hostage: Male Guardianship in Muslim Women’s Application for Marriage in Contemporary Malaysia, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (Harvard Law School), February 18, 2021, 12-1 pm

Webinar: Islamic Law, Data Science, and AI Lab Presents Reza Takhshid, NLP Engineer, Computational Linguist, Python Developer NLP for Lawyers and Islamic Law Scholars, February 22, 2021 @ 12-1 pm

Join us for the Program in Islamic Law’s Islamic Law, Data Science, and AI Lab! Machine learning and natural language processing are becoming inseparable part of many studies in the fields of humanities. While most of current NLP models are trained for the purpose of understanding general and everyday language, they can be fine-tuned to … Continue reading Webinar: Islamic Law, Data Science, and AI Lab Presents Reza Takhshid, NLP Engineer, Computational Linguist, Python Developer NLP for Lawyers and Islamic Law Scholars, February 22, 2021 @ 12-1 pm

Online Lecture: “Political vs. Idealized Shari’ah in Northern Nigeria” by Sarah Eltantawi and a panel discussion, Yale Law School, February 25, 2021 @ 4:15-5:45 pm

The lecture will be recorded. For more information, please write to [email protected]. The Kamel Center is an academic endeavor entirely devoted to improving the understanding of Islamic law and civilization by organizing interdisciplinary discussions with leading scholars and thinkers and supporting the research of promising junior scholars. Register here. The lecture will be followed by a … Continue reading Online Lecture: “Political vs. Idealized Shari’ah in Northern Nigeria” by Sarah Eltantawi and a panel discussion, Yale Law School, February 25, 2021 @ 4:15-5:45 pm

Webinar: Why Your Grandma’s Qur’an Matters, Smithsonian National Museum, February 25, 2021 @ 7pm

From the organizers: Peace and Greetings Everyone, I hope this email finds you well. Like many of you, I know we are all "zoomed" out. And yet, I write to invite you to join me in a very special conversation planned for Thursday, February 25, 2021, 7pm ET. As History Editor for Sapelo Square, an … Continue reading Webinar: Why Your Grandma’s Qur’an Matters, Smithsonian National Museum, February 25, 2021 @ 7pm

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