Call for Applications: North Carolina State University: Postdoc, Islam

The NC State University Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (Raleigh, NC) welcomes applications for a possible one-year position as a Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar in Religious Studies for 2019-20. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. in Religious Studies or a closely related field between January 2014 and May 2019 and must have a specialization in … Continue reading Call for Applications: North Carolina State University: Postdoc, Islam

Call for Papers: American Society for Legal History Conference

The Program Committee of the ASLH invites proposals for complete panels and individual papers for the 2019 meeting to be held November 21-24 in Boston. Panels and papers on any facet or period of legal history from anywhere in the world are welcome.  We encourage thematic proposals that transcend traditional periodization and geography. Limited financial assistance … Continue reading Call for Papers: American Society for Legal History Conference

Call for Applications: Harvard College Fellow in Medieval Islamic History

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

Harvard's Department of History seeks applications for one or more College Fellows in the fields of US History, Modern European History, or Medieval Islamic History. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2019. Teaching duties will include three undergraduate courses, with 25% of the appointment reserved for the Fellows’ own research. Fellows will … Continue reading Call for Applications: Harvard College Fellow in Medieval Islamic History

Call for Applications: American Research Institute in Turkey: Director, Istanbul Branch

The American Research Institute in Turkey, Istanbul Branch (ARIT-Istanbul), is seeking applicants for the position of ARIT-Istanbul Branch Director, effective July 1, 2019. The Director resides in Istanbul, and is responsible for supervising the ARIT-Istanbul branch located at the Koç-ANAMED facility in Istanbul’s BeyoÄŸlu district. The duties include the development of public programs paralleling those … Continue reading Call for Applications: American Research Institute in Turkey: Director, Istanbul Branch

People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference

American University, Washington School of Law Washington, DC

The conference will be held March 21 through 24, 2019, at American University Washington College of Law and promises to be the largest gathering of legal scholars of color in history, with an expected attendance of over 500 law professors and scholars in allied fields from across the United States and the world. This is … Continue reading People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference

Aryeh Neier Justice Initiative Fellowship

The Open Society Justice Initiative, a program of the Open Society Foundations, is pleased to invite applications for its 2020-2021 Aryeh Neier Fellowship Program. The deadline for applications is March 24, 2019. The Open Society Foundations works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. The Justice Initiative, an operational … Continue reading Aryeh Neier Justice Initiative Fellowship

Princeton Lecture: Shariah at the University (Khaled Abou El Fadl)

Princeton University Princeton, NJ

What is Shariah's place in American intellectual life? What role can academics and academic institutions play in public discussions of this contentious topic? In this lecture, Dr. Abou El Fadl will offer his analysis, informed by decades of research and teaching on Islamic law, on the past, present, and future of the study of Shariah … Continue reading Princeton Lecture: Shariah at the University (Khaled Abou El Fadl)

Workshop: Constitutional Law and Political Structure of Iran

Course Description This course provides theoretical and practical training in terms of the Constitutional law of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Postgraduates and undergraduates students are particularly welcomed to participate. Besides, those wishing to improve their ability to critically understand the Iran’s legal regime are invited. Classes will mainly be seminar-based and the students are … Continue reading Workshop: Constitutional Law and Political Structure of Iran

Call for Applications: College of William & Mary: Visiting Ass’t Professor in Middle Eastern History

The Department of History at William & Mary invites applications for a one-year, non-tenure-track Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History that will begin August 10, 2019. Specialization is open. The successful applicant will be expected to be an effective teacher and will have a 3-3 teaching load, including broad surveys of pre-Modern and Modern … Continue reading Call for Applications: College of William & Mary: Visiting Ass’t Professor in Middle Eastern History

Harvard Lecture: City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries

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: City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries

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