Call for Papers: MESA’s 53rd Annual Meeting

The Middle East Studies Association invites submissions for its 53rd Annual Meeting, November 14-17, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana! All submissions within MESA's purview are welcome. All submissions must be made through the myMESA electronic submission system: https://mesana.org/mymesa/login.php by no later than Friday, February 15, 2019 at midnight Mountain Standard Time, at which time the myMESA system … Continue reading Call for Papers: MESA’s 53rd Annual Meeting

Call for Papers: Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages

University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands

Venue and date: University of Amsterdam, 13-14 June 2019 Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages This international workshop brings together researchers who are engaged in empirical, ethnographically grounded research about the multiple materialities involved in Muslim marriages. We employ the term ‘Muslim marriages’ in a broad sense, referring to marriages with at least one of the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages

Arabian Peninsula Research Travel Grants (for Harvard students)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University announces travel research grants per summer research for Harvard students (undergraduate or graduate, any school) engaging in research in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Yemen, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman). The application requires a proposal (maximum 750 word), budget, letter of recommendation from Harvard professor, and … Continue reading Arabian Peninsula Research Travel Grants (for Harvard students)

A.J. Meyer Arabic Summer Language Study Fellowship

Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies 38 Kirkland St, Room 102, Cambridge, MA

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University announces a scholarship in the amount of $2,500 for a Harvard undergraduate or graduate student who will enroll in a full time intensive Arabic language summer program in an Arabic speaking country. Absolute beginners will not be considered. Preference will be given to students who study … Continue reading A.J. Meyer Arabic Summer Language Study Fellowship

Hamburg Workshop on Ḥadīth Manuscripts

The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at the University of Hamburg, Germany, is pleased to announce a workshop organised by Stefanie Brinkmann (Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig and CSMC, University of Hamburg) and Ali Zaherinezhad (CSMC, University of Hamburg) on “Prophetic Traditions Materialised: Dimensions of ḤadÄ«th Manuscripts." Manuscripts can … Continue reading Hamburg Workshop on ḤadÄ«th Manuscripts

Harvard Lecture: The Quran in the American Imagination

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies brings experts from an array of fields within the field of Islamic studies to Harvard. These seminars are meant to bolster intellectual engagement within the field of Islamic studies more broadly on the Harvard campus, and to allow students to engage with cutting-edge insights and scholarship on Islam … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: The Quran in the American Imagination

Call for Papers: The Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies (TIMES) Post-Graduate Forum

The Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies (TIMES) Forum invites proposals for individual papers on any aspect or sub-discipline of Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Studies for its 3rd Annual Symposium on Wednesday 12th June 2019 at the University of Birmingham, supported by the Theology & Religion Department, UOB. The keynote speaker will be Prof Charles Burnett, … Continue reading Call for Papers: The Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies (TIMES) Post-Graduate Forum

Harvard Workshop: Codicology and Islamic Book Art

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

An Introduction to Codicology and the Arts of the Book of the Islamic World Thursday, February 28, 10am-noon and 2-4pm Houghton Library, groups meet in lobby Places are limited. Please register: http://bit.ly/IslamicManuscriptsRettig A Hands-on Workshop on Islamic Codicology This workshop provides an opportunity to examine a selection of Islamic manuscripts in the collections of the Houghton … Continue reading Harvard Workshop: Codicology and Islamic Book Art

Call for Applications: Tel Aviv University: Post-Doc, History/Gender Studies

The Dan David Foundation in collaboration with the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University, will award a one-year postdoctoral fellowship of $30,000 for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Dan David Foundation will give preference to candidates whose research focuses on the history of gender studies. Fellows will conduct their research under the … Continue reading Call for Applications: Tel Aviv University: Post-Doc, History/Gender Studies

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