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February 2023
Visiting Fellowships: Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, Harvard Law School, 2023-2024
From the organizers: Applications due February 15, 2023. Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World invites applications for Visiting Fellowships for the 2023–2024 academic year. This fellowship provides opportunities for outstanding scholars and legal practitioners to undertake research, writing, and scholarly engagement on law and society in Muslim majority and minority contexts. We are particularly interested in applicants whose work focuses on human rights, women's rights, children's rights, minority rights, animal welfare and rights, constitutional law,…
Find out more »Call for Papers: MESA Annual Meeting 2023, Montréal, Québec, Canada
From the organizers: The Middle East Studies Association calls for submissions from members for its 57th annual meeting to be held in Montréal, Québec, Canada from November 2-5, 2023 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. All submissions must be made through myMESA, MESA’s membership and electronic submissions system. The system closes at midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on Thursday, February 16, 2023. Questions about the submission process are always welcome. Please email us at meeting@mesana.org. For more details, please visit the link here.
Find out more »March 2023
Call for Papers: Secularism as a Value, Princeton, New Jersey, May 4-6, 2023
Secularism is a central feature of many constitutions. Over the last several decades, critical scholars have mounted highly effective challenges to secularism – arguing that it is ethnocentric and oppresses minorities. But the rise of populist and authoritarian nationalism movements, which have co-opted religious institutions and traditions, has given legal and political guarantees of secularism a new salience. These developments make understanding secularism, and whether and why it is valuable, particularly important. This two-day workshop aims to create a forum…
Find out more »Call for Panels: Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) 11th Biennial Conference, University of Ghana-Legon
ASWAD 2023 CALL FOR PANELS Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) 11th Biennial Conference and Convening of the International Congress of African and African Diaspora Studies (ICAADS) Location: University of Ghana-Legon Date: August 2 to August 5, 2023 Theme: Repatriating African Studies Due Date: Review will begin March 1, 2023. All submissions due by March 15, 2023. Submission: Proposals by current ASWAD members may be submitted on conference portal. URL forthcoming. On five different occasions,…
Find out more »Call for Papers: Interdisciplinary Conference on Islamic Law in the Crucible of the Modern State: Problems and Perspectives, University of Muenster, Germany
The organizers invite paper proposals (500 words max.) by March 20, 2023. CVs should also be sent along with abstracts. Please send relevant materials and direct questions to bkhodadadi@uni-muenster.de.
Find out more »Program in Islamic Law: Data Science Fellowships, 2023-2024
Title: Data Science Fellow, 2023-2024 School: Harvard Law School Department/Area: Harvard Law School, Program in Islamic Law Position Description: Harvard Law School’s Program in Islamic Law is seeking a Data Science Fellow to work on various apps in the SHARIAsource Lab, a Harvard initiative designed to deploy data science tools on historical Islamic sources. The Fellow will be based at Harvard Law School, with opportunities to collaborate with various departments and partners—including the Harvard Libraries and the Library of Congress, SEAS and the Institute…
Find out more »April 2023
Prize: Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, April 14, 2023
$2,000 Cash Award. This prize is open to Harvard College students in all academic disciplines in the class of 2023. Students may self-nominate. However nominations from faculty advisors are encouraged. This prize carries a $2,000 cash award. Undergraduate submissions are due by Friday, April 14, 2023 at 5pm. The awards will be announced by May 19, 2023. All applications should be submitted through CARAT. Please contact islamicstudies@harvard.edu with any questions.
Find out more »May 2023
Prize: Alwaleed Bin Talal Graduate Thesis Prize, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, May 19, 2023
$3,000 Cash Award. This prize is open to Harvard doctoral students in all disciplines who complete their Ph.D. between June 2022 and May 2023. A nomination from a faculty advisor is required. This prize carries a $3.000 cash award. Doctoral submissions are due by Friday, May 19, 2023 at 5pm. The awards will be announced in Fall 2023. All applications should be submitted through CARAT. Please contact islamicstudies@harvard.edu with any questions.
Find out more »Call for Papers: Munich Summer Institute 2023 & Ph.D. Workshop
From the organizers: 24 May 2023 - 26 May 2023, Munich, Germany From May 24 to 26, 2023, ETH Zurich, HEC Lausanne, Ludwig Maximilians University, the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Northeastern University and the Technical University Munich will jointly organize the seventh Munich Summer Institute 2023 May 24-26, 2023 MSI Ph.D. Workshop on May 23, 2023 We plan to hold the Munich Summer Institute 2023 as an in-person event (no hybrid meeting) in Munich. The Munich Summer…
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