Name: Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Surveying and documentation of the archaeological city of Barca (Al-Marj), June 26, 2024
Start: 2024-06-26T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-26T13:00:00-04:00

May 2024

Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study, May 20, 2024

May 20 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

From Ekaterina Pukhovaia at the Leiden University (see here): Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that this spring Leiden University will host the first round of a series of online talks about Yemen. The series, running from January 2024 till June 2025 and sponsored by the Horizon-2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project EMStaD YEMEN, brings together experts … Continue reading Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study, May 20, 2024

Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Between Ṭarābulus and Aṭrābulus. The journey of the toponym and difficulties in determining its form, May 22, 2024

May 22 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Session 8 (22 May 2024, 18h CET) Between Ṭarābulus and Aṭrābulus. The journey of the toponym and difficulties in determining its form, Mohamed Ghodhbane (University of Tunis al-Manar, Tunisia) Link on demand at: [email protected]

Position opening: Musawah Programme Officer for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Region, May 31, 2024

May 31

Thank you for your interest in applying for the Programme Officer MENA Region job advertised by Musawah. We would like to get a sense of your personality & interests, and how they fit with our organisational needs, so please fill out this form. Please answer as concisely as possible (ideally in 50-150 words). Musawah will treat … Continue reading Position opening: Musawah Programme Officer for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Region, May 31, 2024

June 2024

Call for Papers: De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar’iah, June 2024

June 1

From the journal: The development of Islamic law in modern countries is an interesting study material for scholars and policymakers. Islamic law is believed to be able to build a civil society. De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar'iah aims to be an active forum to discuss new ideas about the development of Islamic law in Muslim or … Continue reading Call for Papers: De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar’iah, June 2024

Call for Papers: The Medieval Academy at 100, The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, March 20-22, 2025 (deadline: June 3, 2024)

June 3

From the organizers: The Centennial Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted by Harvard University, Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Fitchburg State University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stonehill College, Tufts University, and Wellesley College. While the conference will take place … Continue reading Call for Papers: The Medieval Academy at 100, The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, March 20-22, 2025 (deadline: June 3, 2024)

Conference in Honour of Shaheen Sardar Ali: Modern Challenges to Islamic Law: Exploring New Pathways, Max Planck Institute Hamburg, June 6-7, 2024

June 6 - June 7

Conference in Honour of Shaheen Sardar Ali START: Jun 6, 2024 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) END: Jun 7, 2024 04:30 PM LOCATION: Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law For more details, see here.

Call for Papers: New England Medieval Consortium 2024: “Books and Transgressions,” Boston College, June 15, 2024 (Conference: November 16, 2024)

June 15

"This conference will provide an opportunity for medievalists working across a range of disciplines and geographic areas to join in conversation about premodern cultures of the book, boundary- crossing, and the law and other normative cultural expressions." This year's theme is "transgressions." "We interpret “transgressions” broadly, including the notions of access, trespass, and desire. Accordingly, … Continue reading Call for Papers: New England Medieval Consortium 2024: “Books and Transgressions,” Boston College, June 15, 2024 (Conference: November 16, 2024)

Call for Applications: Harvard Medieval Studies Undergraduate Research Fellows Program, June 20, 2024

June 20

The Committee on Medieval Studies invites applications for its Undergraduate Research Fellows Program, which offers qualified students in Harvard College the opportunity to work closely with scholars across the disciplines on research projects and initiatives. Unlike research assistants in most other departments, Research Fellows are employed directly by the Committee on Medieval Studies, and work … Continue reading Call for Applications: Harvard Medieval Studies Undergraduate Research Fellows Program, June 20, 2024

Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: Mapping the Past, Imagining the Future: Heritage Politics in Ḥūthī Yemen, June 24, 2024

June 24 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

From Ekaterina Pukhovaia at the Leiden University (see here): Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that this spring Leiden University will host the first round of a series of online talks about Yemen. The series, running from January 2024 till June 2025 and sponsored by the Horizon-2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project EMStaD YEMEN, brings together experts … Continue reading Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: Mapping the Past, Imagining the Future: Heritage Politics in Ḥūthī Yemen, June 24, 2024

Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Surveying and documentation of the archaeological city of Barca (Al-Marj), June 26, 2024

June 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Session 9 (26 June 2024, 18h CET) Surveying and documentation of the archaeological city of Barca (Al-Marj), Naser Alharari (Department of Antiquities, Benghazi, Libya) Link on demand at: [email protected]