Name: Conference: Islamic Minorities and Application of Sharīʿa in the West
Start: 2019-03-14T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-03-14T23:59:59-04:00

February 2019

Harvard Workshop: Codicology and Islamic Book Art

February 28, 2019

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

February 28, 2019

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

March 2019

Law & Social Inquiry Grad Student Paper Competition

March 1, 2019

The editors of Law & Social Inquiry are pleased to announce our annual competition for the best journal-length paper in the field of law and social science written by a graduate or law student. Law & Social Inquiry publishes empirical and theoretical studies of sociolegal processes from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Entries will be accepted starting January 1, 2019 … Continue reading Law & Social Inquiry Grad Student Paper Competition

Conference: Criminal Law Developments in Muslim-Majority Countries

March 5, 2019 - March 6, 2019

University of Tehran Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)

Criminal Law Developments in the Muslim-Majority Countries in the Light of Interaction between Shari’a and Law In response to a complex of internal and international factors, the judicial and legal structures of Muslim majority countries have changed drastically in the recent decades. Importantly, the experience of modern criminal law in the context of constitutional making … Continue reading Conference: Criminal Law Developments in Muslim-Majority Countries

Harvard Workshop: Research Methods in Islamic Studies

March 8, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

Summary: In this workshop, researchers will learn how to organize, manipulate, and visualize their data. We will first focus on good data organization practices and use spreadsheets to tidy and wrangle several datasets. We will then manipulate, clean, and enhance our data in OpenRefine, a powerful tool for working with messy data. Finally, we will … Continue reading Harvard Workshop: Research Methods in Islamic Studies

Call for Papers: Minority Families and the Law

March 10, 2019

Minority Families and the Law: Interactions of Ethnic, Religious, and Cultural Minorities with Law and State Institutions This workshop (to be held May 30-31, 2019 at the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Spain) aims to investigate the interactions of minority families with law and state institutions from a socio-legal perspective, with … Continue reading Call for Papers: Minority Families and the Law

Paris Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships

March 10, 2019 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Paris Institute for Advanced Study welcomes applications from high level international scholars and scientists in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences for a research stay of five or ten months, during the academic year 2020-2021. The Paris IAS gives its research fellows the unique opportunity to work freely on the project … Continue reading Paris Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships

Call for Papers: Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia in the Mongol Era

March 11, 2019

We are happy to announce the convening of a one-day workshop that will be held in conjunction with the fifth annual conference of the Asian Sphere (Monday-Wednesday, 16-18 December 2019). The workshop will be held at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on December 15, 2019. In accordance with the theme of the Asian Sphere conference, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia in the Mongol Era

Call for Papers: Works-in-Progress Roundtable in Comparative Law

March 14, 2019

Submissions are invited from comparative law scholars around the world for a works-in-progress roundtable on all subjects of comparative law. Preference will be given to early-career scholars as well as scholars working on book projects. The purpose of this roundtable is to offer scholars the opportunity to develop their ideas as they work toward submitting … Continue reading Call for Papers: Works-in-Progress Roundtable in Comparative Law

Conference: Islamic Minorities and Application of Sharīʿa in the West

March 14, 2019

Minoranze islamiche e applicazione della Shari’a in Occidente March 18, 2019, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Sala Giubileo, Via di Porta Castello, 44, Roma In a multicultural society, the presence of minorities such as the Muslim minority, who find their identity in religion, coupled with the growing demand on the part of these communities for … Continue reading Conference: Islamic Minorities and Application of Sharīʿa in the West