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 … 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
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 … 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
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 … 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
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 … 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
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 … Continue reading Webinar: Why Your Grandma’s Qur’an Matters, Smithsonian National Museum, February 25, 2021 @ 7pm
From the organizers: Please join us for our next workshop on Monday, March 8th, 6:00-7:30pm (ET). Hassaan Shahawy (JD Candidate, Harvard Law; PhD in Islamic Law, Oxford) will present an article, entitled … Continue reading Webinar: Hassaan Shahawy, “Fake Hanafis and Radical Basrans in 9th Century Iraq,” March 8, 2021 @ 6-7:30 EST
From the organizers: Dear CMES community member, We are looking forward to you joining us at Professor Fred Astren's Roundtable that will be taking place next Friday, April 9th from 11 … Continue reading Roundtable: Umayyads, Early ‘Abbasids, and Historical Periodization, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley, April 9, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST
From the organizers: Arabic literatures are usually studied as purely creative products, a body of texts disembodied from their material life. Bibliotheca Arabica, in contrast, focusses on the context, the … Continue reading Webinar: Bibliotheca Arabica – A Digital Home for the Arabic Manuscript Tradition, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies (Near Eastern Studies) and Digital Scholarship@IAS, April 14, 2021 @ 12pm
From the organizers: Speakers: Columba Stewart, Executive Director Catherine Walsh, Director of Cataloging Joshua Mugler, Curator of Islamic Manuscripts David Calabro, Curator of Eastern Christian Manuscripts Daniel Gullo, Director of … Continue reading Online Webinar: Research Methods Workshop: The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, St. John’s University, Collegeville, Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, April 22, 2021 @ 11 am – 1 pm
A World of Realms: A Long View of Diplomacy and Spatiality in the Premodern Islamic World. Workshop University of Antwerp – Belgium, May 20-21, 2021 Keynote speaker: Sanjay Subrahmanyam (UCLA/Collège de France) … Continue reading Conference: A World of Realms: A Long View of Diplomacy and Spatiality in the Premodern Islamic World, University of Antwerp (20-21 May 2021, Belgium)
