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Call for Papers: Migration, Diaspora, and Movement of Peoples

University of Chicago Chicago, IL

34th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference The University of Chicago May 3-5, 2019 We invite proposals from graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars of the Middle East from roughly the first millennium BCE to the present day, whose research interests include but are not limited to: religious studies, history, geography, anthropology, political science, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Migration, Diaspora, and Movement of Peoples

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Harvard University Cambridge, MA

Princeton Brown Bag Lunch Series: Sharia Ethnography

Princeton University Princeton, NJ

Brinkley Messick is Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University. He was the Chair of the Department of Anthropology from 2004-2011; was a founding co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies (2010-15); and currently is the Director of the Middle East Institute. In 2009, he received the … Continue reading Princeton Brown Bag Lunch Series: Sharia Ethnography

Lunch Talk :: Book Talk on Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British Empires (Harvard University Press, 2017)

Austin 102 Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, United States

Author: Faiz Ahmed, Associate Professor of History, Brown University Moderator: Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School Respondent: Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life In Afghanistan Rising, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of Afghanistan, the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence, codify its … Continue reading Lunch Talk :: Book Talk on Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British Empires (Harvard University Press, 2017)

American University in Cairo Presidential Associates Program

American University in Cairo Cairo, Egypt

About the Program: Established in 1981 and formerly known as the Presidential Internship Program, the Presidential Associates Program (rebranded October 2018) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) provides recent university graduates who are American citizens or permanent residents the opportunity to work at the highest levels of an international university, experience life in Cairo, … Continue reading American University in Cairo Presidential Associates Program

CFP for MESA 2019: Exploring Freedom, Emancipation, and Manumission in the Middle East

Enslavement and related asymmetric systems of power are relationships that operate on multiple levels. These include, but are not limited to, the interpersonal, those negotiated within the social and cultural structure, linguistics, economy, and law. How systems of slavery are justified and maintained reaches deeply into the question of humanity. Institutions of slavery employ emotional, … Continue reading CFP for MESA 2019: Exploring Freedom, Emancipation, and Manumission in the Middle East

Harvard Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

3rd International Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World (1400-1650) Location: RCC Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge MA Visual strategies of legitimization became increasingly important for Iberian monarchies during the late medieval and early modern periods. Their dynastic, diplomatic, and military endeavors called for effective propaganda, both in the metropolis and in … Continue reading Harvard Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World

Program in Islamic Law Lecture :: Marion Katz, “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics”

Lewis 214A Harvard Law School

Marion Katz , Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University Lecture: “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics” Recent years have seen a rise in the study of Islamic ethics, from the “ethical turn” in the anthropology of Islam to the foundation of a Journal of Islamic Ethics.  The … Continue reading Program in Islamic Law Lecture :: Marion Katz, “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics”

Harvard Lecture: Religious Minorities in Iran’s Constitution

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

The Iran Circle at Harvard presents a talk in Farsi on "Religious Minorities in Iran's Constitution, Civil Law and Criminal Law," by Prof. Houchang Chehabi. The Iranian Constitution recognizes four Muslim mazhabs other than Iran's official Twelver Shi'ism and three religions other than Islam. This does not exhaust Iran's religious diversity, however. This talk will … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: Religious Minorities in Iran’s Constitution

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