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Webinar: Paul Love on “Three Moons, Water Buffalo Skins, & Digital Codicology: Snapshots of Ibadi Muslim Manuscript Cultures in North Africa,” School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco, October 22, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:30 pm

“Three Moons, Water Buffalo Skins, & Digital Codicology: Snapshots of Ibadi Muslim Manuscript Cultures in North Africa” Paul Love, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco, with comments by Matthew Steele (NELC, Havard) and Kathryn Schwartz (History, UMass Amherst) Friday Oct 22, 2021|| 12-1:30pm ET Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar … Continue reading Webinar: Paul Love on “Three Moons, Water Buffalo Skins, & Digital Codicology: Snapshots of Ibadi Muslim Manuscript Cultures in North Africa,” School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco, October 22, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Conference Panel: “An Islamic Version of The Dred Scott Problem: Has Slavery Always Been an Evil in Islamic Law or Have Juristic Sentiments Evolved?,” University of Wisconsin Law School, October 22, 2021 @ 3:00 pm

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPARTIVE LAW ANNUAL MEETING “INTERNATIONALIZATION OF COMPARATIVE LAW” & ASCL YOUNGER COMPARATIVISTS CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL October 21-23, 2021 Concurrent Panel 17, October 22, 2021—3 pm: An Islamic Version of The Dred Scott Problem: Has Slavery Always Been an Evil in Islamic Law or Have Juristic Sentiments Evolved? Panel Members: … Continue reading Conference Panel: “An Islamic Version of The Dred Scott Problem: Has Slavery Always Been an Evil in Islamic Law or Have Juristic Sentiments Evolved?,” University of Wisconsin Law School, October 22, 2021 @ 3:00 pm

Webinar: “Why You Should Study Legal History?,” Harvard Law School’s Program of Study in Law and History, October 26, 2021 @ 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Why You Should Study Legal History On Tuesday, October 26th from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, Harvard Law School's Program of Study in Law and History faculty will be hosting an event on Zoom to discuss the importance of legal history and opportunities to study it here at Harvard.  There will be a Q&A session following the panel.  If you … Continue reading Webinar: “Why You Should Study Legal History?,” Harvard Law School’s Program of Study in Law and History, October 26, 2021 @ 6:00 – 7:00 pm

AALS Islamic Law Webinar with Simonetta Calderini – Women as Imams, November 12, 2021 @ 12:00 pm

The AALS Islamic Law Section will be holding a webinar with Simonetta Calderini on her book "Classical Islamic Sources and Modern Debates on Leading Prayer." She will be presenting on difference of opinion on the topic. The webinar will be for a hour (20-30 minutes of presentation, followed by Q&A). You are welcome to forward … Continue reading AALS Islamic Law Webinar with Simonetta Calderini – Women as Imams, November 12, 2021 @ 12:00 pm

Webinar: Finding an Academic Job during the Pandemic, Association for Iranian Studies, November 12, 2021 @ 12 pm

Finding an Academic Job during the Pandemic November 12, 2021 - 5 PM GMT (9 AM PST, 12 PM EST) What to expect at the upcoming AIS conference? How did the pandemic change the job market?  What are universities looking for in a new hire?  What's the difference between a postdoc and tenure track application? … Continue reading Webinar: Finding an Academic Job during the Pandemic, Association for Iranian Studies, November 12, 2021 @ 12 pm

Webinar: “Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture” by Jennifer Pruitt (Wisconsin Madison), November 18, 2021 @ 6 pm

Topic: AKIA Lecture Series: “Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture,” Jennifer Pruitt Date and Time: November 18, 2021 6:00 pm EST Description: “Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture.” Jennifer Pruitt, Associate Professor of Islamic Art History, Howard and Ellen Louise Schwartz Faculty Fellow … Continue reading Webinar: “Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture” by Jennifer Pruitt (Wisconsin Madison), November 18, 2021 @ 6 pm

Call for Papers: Ties of Kinship and the Early Islamic Empire, 6-8 December 2021

From the organizers: We invite submissions for an international conference on the language of kinship in Islamic(ate) societies before the modern period (622–1500 CE). The Embedding Conquest (EmCo) team has been investigating the social, political, administrative, religious, and economic ties that sustained strategies and mechanics of protection and dependency in the early Islamic empire, contributing to shaping imperial rule under the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Ties of Kinship and the Early Islamic Empire, 6-8 December 2021

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 to move beyond simplistic either-or binaries – race/not race, race/religion, race/ethnicity, US/Europe – to develop nuanced paradigms for racialization and its interaction, overlap, and interdependence … 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 “Inheritance versus Personal Status: Shifting National Strategies in Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia.” Heikal will argue that demands for equality in inheritance among similarly situated male … 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

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