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Lecture: Fall 2024 Lester Lecture: “Polyvalence, Ambiguity and the Politics of Islamic Studies” with Dr. Marion Katz, University of Colorado Boulder, November 14, 2024 @ 5:30 pm

"Over the last several decades, polyvalence (in the sense of the simultaneous recognition of multiple potentially valid meanings) and the related phenomenon of ambiguity have become established themes –and implicitly central values- of the western academic study of premodern Islam. Conversely, accounts of the impact of colonialism and the transition to modern forms of Islamic … Continue reading Lecture: Fall 2024 Lester Lecture: “Polyvalence, Ambiguity and the Politics of Islamic Studies” with Dr. Marion Katz, University of Colorado Boulder, November 14, 2024 @ 5:30 pm

Position opening: Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies, UMass Amherst, November 15, 2024

Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies Job no: 525355 Work type: Faculty Full Time Location: UMass Amherst Department: Judaic & Near Eastern Studies Union: MSP Categories: Faculty, College of Humanities & Fine Arts About UMass Amherst UMass Amherst, the Commonwealth's flagship campus, is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University … Continue reading Position opening: Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies, UMass Amherst, November 15, 2024

Position opening: Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society, Vanderbilt University, 2025

Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society The Department of History at Vanderbilt University seeks candidates for an instructional position at the rank of Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society. We seek a U.S. historian with a demonstrated record of teaching excellence in law and society or legal history. We are especially interested in … Continue reading Position opening: Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society, Vanderbilt University, 2025

EUME Berliner Seminar: “Law, Litigation, and Politics of Legitimization: On the Possibilities and Limits of Palestinian Legal Action in Israel” by Suhad Bishara, November 20, 2024 @ 11 am – 12:30 pm

Law, Litigation, and Politics of Legitimization: On the Possibilities and Limits of Palestinian Legal Action in Israel Suhad Bishara (Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel / EUME Fellow 2024/25), Chair: Muriel Asseburg (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) Forum Transregionale Studien, Wallotstr. 14, 14193 Berlin Further information will follow soon. Pleaser register … Continue reading EUME Berliner Seminar: “Law, Litigation, and Politics of Legitimization: On the Possibilities and Limits of Palestinian Legal Action in Israel” by Suhad Bishara, November 20, 2024 @ 11 am – 12:30 pm

Conference: The Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN) Conference, November 21, 2024 (Deadline for abstract submissions: October 27, 2024)

From the organizers: Upcoming: 11th IDHN Conference on Thursday, November 21, 2024 If you wish to participate in the conference, please send an email to [email protected] with a preliminary title, abstract (150-300 words), and your academic affiliation by Sunday, October 27, 2024. General info: The IDH Network holds a spring conference in April/May, a fall conference in October/November … Continue reading Conference: The Islamicate Digital Humanities Network (IDHN) Conference, November 21, 2024 (Deadline for abstract submissions: October 27, 2024)

Book Roundtable: “Order and Disorder in the Ottoman Empire,” UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, November 22, 2024

"Where: Bunche Hall 10383 When: Friday, November 22, 2024 / 12:30 PM (Pacific Time) In this book roundtable, Choon Hwee Koh (UCLA) and Nir Shafir (UC San Diego) will present on their new publications, The Sublime Post: How the Ottoman Imperial Post Became a Public Service (Yale University Press, 2024) and The Order and Disorder of Communication: Pamphlets and Polemics in … Continue reading Book Roundtable: “Order and Disorder in the Ottoman Empire,” UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, November 22, 2024

Fellowship: Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization, 2025-2026, Yale Law School (Deadline: November 30, 2024)

"The Abdallah S. Kamel Center at the Yale Law School for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization will be accepting applications for its 2025-2026 research fellowships from November 1 until November 30, 2024. The fellowships are designed to bring promising junior scholars to the Law School in order to advance their academic research relating … Continue reading Fellowship: Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization, 2025-2026, Yale Law School (Deadline: November 30, 2024)

Conference: 12th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2-4, 2024

From the organizers: AlHuda CIBE has been conducting Global Islamic Microfinance Forum from last 11 years. This time, AlHuda CIBE will be holding the 12th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum on December 02 – 04, 2024 with Two Days Post Event Workshop on Practical Aspects of Islamic Micro, Agriculture and Rural Finance on December 03 – … Continue reading Conference: 12th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 2-4, 2024

Fellowship: M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources, Rare Book School, 2025-2026, December 9, 2024

"The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources is a two-year program designed to animate humanities teaching and equip educators (both library/curatorial staff and tenured or tenure-track faculty) to enlarge their students’ historical sensibilities through bibliographically informed instruction with original historical sources. " For more information on eligibility … Continue reading Fellowship: M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources, Rare Book School, 2025-2026, December 9, 2024

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran,” Bahman Khodadadi, Program in Islamic Law, December 10, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Dr. Bahman Khodadadi (Harvard Law School) will present On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran (Oxford University Press, 2024). This talk explores the roots and structures of the criminal law system of the world’s most prominent constitutional theocracy, the ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« theocracy. While discussing … Continue reading Islamic Law Speaker Series: “On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran,” Bahman Khodadadi, Program in Islamic Law, December 10, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

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