The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program is accepting proposals for early-career faculty grants to support workshops, symposia, or research projects during the 2018-19 academic year. Proposals must be of relevance to the study of Islam or Islamic societies. Applicants must be tenure-track Harvard faculty, either assistant or associate professors. For the 2018-19 academic year, the AISP … Continue reading Early-Career Faculty Grants in Islamic Studies
54th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 9-12, 2019) The Association of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies and the University of Louisville Medieval and Renaissance Faculty Working Group are collaborating to sponsor two sessions of papers to consider the role of Africa in the medieval world. Please see below for information on one session on … Continue reading Call for Papers: From Timbuktu to Kalamazoo
The Department of History at Stanford University seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with an emphasis on the Arab world from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era. Applicants will be expected to teach courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. … Continue reading Call for Applications: Stanford University: Assistant Professor, Modern History of MENA
The University of Cincinnati invites applications by advanced assistant and associate professors to fill the Inayat and Ishrat Malik Professorship in Islamic Studies. The position will begin in the fall of 2019. The search committee welcomes applications from scholars in the field of Islamic Studies, with research and teaching interests in such areas as Anthropology, … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Cincinnati: Assistant/Associate Professor, Islamic Studies
Consider nominating students, mentors, colleagues, and worthy individuals for one of MESA’s awards. The deadline for the following two awards has been extended to Sep 17: Graduate Student Paper Prize: Research papers on any aspect of post 600 CE Middle East studies are sought for this blind review. Details. Undergraduate Education Award: Recognizes outstanding scholarship on teaching … Continue reading Call for Nominations and Submissions: MESA Awards
Members of this Lab are students interested in assessing the way Islamic law functions in contemporary and historical contexts, and interested in building or testing new apps for the same. Each Lab member will work on a discrete research project in a collaborative, interactive setting. Access restricted to Lab members.
Islamic Law Librarian Gayle Fischer will provide an orientation for those interested in becoming familiar with the Islamic law resources available at the Harvard Law School Library, both online and offline. Harvard Law School’s Islamic Law Collection is one of the largest institutional collections in the world. Gayle will conduct a mini-session on research strategies … Continue reading HLS Library Tour & Orientation: The Islamic Law Collection
Come learn about the Islamic Legal Studies Program & SHARIAsource.com, which offers content and context on Islamic law. SHARIAsource provides an Islamic law portal <beta.shariasource.com>, built in partnership with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, as well as a blog <islamiclaw.blog> with regular and relevant commentary on new developments and new scholarship in … Continue reading SHARIAsource Open House
Islamic Law Librarian Gayle Fischer will provide an orientation for those interested in becoming familiar with the Islamic law resources available at the Harvard Law School Library, both online and offline. Harvard Law School’s Islamic Law Collection is one of the largest institutional collections in the world. Gayle will conduct a mini-session on research strategies … Continue reading HLS Library Tour & Orientation: The Islamic Law Collection
This conference is a follow-up to a series of conversations on the relations between historiography, ideology, and law that took place at the University of Helsinki in March 2018. Among other things, the Boston College conference will take up a set of questions about the recent trajectory of critical legal history, as well as about … Continue reading Conference: Historiography/Ideology/Law II
