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Discussion: Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia, Harvard University, October 20, 2020, @12-1:30pm

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Department of History present a discussion of Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia by  Rosie Bsheer Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University The production of history is premised on the selective erasure of certain pasts and the artifacts that stand witness to them. From … Continue reading Discussion: Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia, Harvard University, October 20, 2020, @12-1:30pm

Book Discussion: Fluid Jurisdictions – Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia, National University of Singapore, October 21, 2020, @10pm

ABSTRACT Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia newly released by Cornell University Press is a wide-ranging, geographically ambitious book that tells the story of the Arab diaspora within the context of British and Dutch colonialism, unpacking the community’s ambiguous embrace of European colonial authority in Southeast Asia. Fluid Jurisdictions looks at colonial legal infrastructure – … Continue reading Book Discussion: Fluid Jurisdictions – Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia, National University of Singapore, October 21, 2020, @10pm

Online Lecture: Süphan Kırmızıaltın (Abu Dhabi): Ottoman Text Recognition, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, October 22, 2020, @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: Süphan Kırmızıaltın (Abu Dhabi): Ottoman Text Recognition, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, October 22, 2020, @12:00-12:40 PM

Online Lecture: Antonis Hadjikyriacou (Athens), Ali Yaycıoglu (Stanford), Erik Steiner (Stanford) and Fatma Öncel (Stanford): Mapping Ottoman Epirus: Region, Power and Empire (Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, November 26, 2020, @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: Antonis Hadjikyriacou (Athens), Ali Yaycıoglu (Stanford), Erik Steiner (Stanford) and Fatma Öncel (Stanford): Mapping Ottoman Epirus: Region, Power and Empire (Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, November 26, 2020, @12:00-12:40 PM

Online Lecture: Kürşat Aker (Northern Cyprus) and Cemil Ozan Ceyhan (Istanbul): Muteferriqa – Ottoman Turkish Search Engine, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, October 29, 2020, @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: Kürşat Aker (Northern Cyprus) and Cemil Ozan Ceyhan (Istanbul): Muteferriqa – Ottoman Turkish Search Engine, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, October 29, 2020, @12:00-12:40 PM

Panel: Why You Should Study Legal History, Program in Law & History (Harvard Law School), November 2, 2020 @12:00 – 1:00 pm

Please join us next Monday, November 2 at 12:00pm for a very special virtual event, “Why You Should Study Legal History.”  You will have the opportunity to hear from distinguished legal historians, to learn more about the Program in Law & History, and to have your questions answered! Please register here to receive a Zoom … Continue reading Panel: Why You Should Study Legal History, Program in Law & History (Harvard Law School), November 2, 2020 @12:00 – 1:00 pm

Online Lecture: Emre Erol (Istanbul): Visualizing a Prosopographical Study of the Young Turk Elites: Using Data Mining, Network Clusters and Spatial Mapping, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, November 5, 2020, @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: Emre Erol (Istanbul): Visualizing a Prosopographical Study of the Young Turk Elites: Using Data Mining, Network Clusters and Spatial Mapping, The University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies, November 5, 2020, @12:00-12:40 PM

Lecture: A North African Slave Advocating for Abolition in the US: Debating Slavery in Ottoman Tunis 1864, Middle East Studies Center (Duke University), November 9, 2020 @1:00 pm – 2:45 pm

In 1864 as the Civil War raged in the United States, a Circassian manumitted slave and Tunisian official named Husayn advocated for the abolition of slavery in the US. In response to a query from the American consul in Tunis wondering about the effect of slavery in Tunisia, Husayn replied that he truly believed that … Continue reading Lecture: A North African Slave Advocating for Abolition in the US: Debating Slavery in Ottoman Tunis 1864, Middle East Studies Center (Duke University), November 9, 2020 @1:00 pm – 2:45 pm

Webinar: Law, Empire, and the Sultan: Ottoman Imperial Authority and Late Hanafi Jurisprudence, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (Harvard Law School), November 10, 2020 @12:00 – 1:00 pm

Please join us for a webinar with Professor Samy Ayoub to discuss his recent book “Law, Empire, and the Sultan: Ottoman Imperial Authority and Late Hanafi Jurisprudence.” In this book, Ayoub examines Ottoman imperial authority in authoritative Hanafi legal works from the Ottoman world of the 16th to 19th centuries CE, casting new light on … Continue reading Webinar: Law, Empire, and the Sultan: Ottoman Imperial Authority and Late Hanafi Jurisprudence, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (Harvard Law School), November 10, 2020 @12:00 – 1:00 pm

Online Lecture: Legal Regulation of Faith: The Limits of Religious Freedom and the Challenge of COVID-19 in Africa, Harvard Center for African Studies, November 12, 2020 @10:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Harvard Center for African Studies Africa Office will host this year's Folorunso Alakija Distinguished Lecture on Religion and Public Life in Africa featuring Professor Simeon Ilesanmi, Washington M. Wingate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest University with responses from Professor Jacob Olupona, Professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity School and Professor Elizabeth Foster, Associate Professor of History, Tufts University. Mrs. Folorunso … Continue reading Online Lecture: Legal Regulation of Faith: The Limits of Religious Freedom and the Challenge of COVID-19 in Africa, Harvard Center for African Studies, November 12, 2020 @10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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