Name: Conference: Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, November 1, 2025
Start: 2026-02-04T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-05T17:00:00-05:00

January 2026

Call for Proposals: 2026 Sponsored Event Program, American Society of Comparative Law, January 20, 2026

January 20

The American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) is pleased to issue a Call for Proposals for its 2026 Sponsored Event Program. The Program will provide a $3,000 grant to a U.S.-based Member School in support of comparative law programming during the spring or summer of 2026. The grant is intended to support a high-quality comparative … Continue reading Call for Proposals: 2026 Sponsored Event Program, American Society of Comparative Law, January 20, 2026

Book Talk: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt by Omar Youssef Cheta (Syracuse University), January 21, 2026 @ 7:00pm

January 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

From the American Society for Legal History: Please join us for the next Making Connections: New Works in Legal History series event on Wednesday, January 21, 6-7pm Central Time. Omar Youssef Cheta will discuss his book, How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2025) with interlocutor Nurfadzilah Yahaya. About … Continue reading Book Talk: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt by Omar Youssef Cheta (Syracuse University), January 21, 2026 @ 7:00pm

Call for applications: Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University, January 26, 2026

January 26

The Keyman Program offers postdoctoral fellowships as well as visiting professor and visiting scholar programs. Call for Applications Northwestern University, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship The Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the study … Continue reading Call for applications: Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University, January 26, 2026

Call for Submissions: Fusayfsa’, the Smith College student-led Middle East Studies Journal, January 30th, 2026

January 30

Fusayfsa`, Smith College’s student-led Middle East Studies Journal, is currently accepting submissions from undergraduate students to contribute to our fifth edition! We are looking for research papers, opinion pieces, book/movie reviews, poetry, visual artwork, or any other forms of media produced by students related to the MENA region! Submit your work via this google form. … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Fusayfsa’, the Smith College student-led Middle East Studies Journal, January 30th, 2026

Call for papers: 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, January 31, 2026

January 31

The 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT) at The University of Chicago will take place on May 1-2, 2026. About the Conference. Since its inception four decades ago, the annual Middle East History and Theory Conference at the University of Chicago has earned a reputation as one of the premier academic gatherings in … Continue reading Call for papers: 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, January 31, 2026

Call for Papers: Humanities of AI Workshop—Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis, Johns Hopkins University, January 31, 2026

January 31

Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis Inaugural Humanities of AI Workshop Johns Hopkins University, April 24-26, 2026 As a creative aspiration, the Greek notion of mimesis (“imitation”) manifested not only in artistic works imitating reality and philosophical speculations but also in scientific theories and mechanical artifacts. Plato and Aristotle’s nous as a non-bodily principle of … Continue reading Call for Papers: Humanities of AI Workshop—Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis, Johns Hopkins University, January 31, 2026

Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Conference, Chicago, January 31, 2026

January 31 - February 1

From the organizers: Every year, the Association holds it annual conference, usually a two-day affair, as well as a graduate student workshop, usually held the day before the annual conference. The 2026 annual meeting will be held at the DePaul University College of Law from June 17-18th. Our call for papers and submissions guidelines can … Continue reading Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Conference, Chicago, January 31, 2026

February 2026

Call for Papers: Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (MEIS) Graduate Student Virtual Symposium, University of Alberta, February 2, 2026

February 2

The MEIS Graduate Student Virtual Symposium provides a critical space for graduate scholars (MA and PhD) to explore how power, knowledge, and resistance intersect across Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts. Submit your abstracts here. Submission Guidelines Eligibility: Graduate students (MA or PhD) from any discipline or institution worldwide. Abstract Length: 250–300 words. Include: o Title … Continue reading Call for Papers: Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (MEIS) Graduate Student Virtual Symposium, University of Alberta, February 2, 2026

Call for Papers: Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, November 1, 2025

February 4 - February 5

From the Organizers: The Program on Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law is pleased to announce its inaugural academic conference to occur on February 4–5 at the Law School's Newark, New Jersey campus. The American Bar Association defines the "rule of law" as a set of principles … Continue reading Call for Papers: Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, November 1, 2025

Conference: Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, November 1, 2025

February 4 @ 8:00 am - February 5 @ 5:00 pm

From the Organizers: The Program on Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law is pleased to announce its inaugural academic conference to occur on February 4–5 at the Law School's Newark, New Jersey campus. The American Bar Association defines the "rule of law" as a set of principles … Continue reading Conference: Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law—An Interdisciplinary Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, November 1, 2025