In Muslim minority contexts, particularly in the UK and Europe, some of the prevalent discourses on religious-only Muslim marriages share an underlying assumption of a homogenous, legally recognised and culturally … Continue reading Muslim Marriages: Plurality of Norms and Practices
Friday, 3 May 2019 The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies and the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature invite contributions from Harvard College students of papers (fifteen to twenty minutes) in length in any discipline, dealing with any medieval or early modern topic. We particularly welcome papers that push against traditional boundaries in medieval … Continue reading Call for Papers: First Harvard Undergraduate Medieval and Early Modern Symposium
Mahindra Humanities Center, Persian and Persianate Studies: "From Shah Jahan to Nadir Shah: Sovereignty and Popular Politics in Mughal Delhi" Abhishek Kaicker is a historian of South Asia in the … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: Sovereignty and Popular Politics in Mughal Delhi
The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) is offering research grants up to $2,500 to PhD students, post-docs, and junior faculty (who are current members … Continue reading Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) Research Grants
The sixth edition of the course "Arabic Codicology: The Islamic Manuscript Heritage in the El Escorial Collection" (June 17-21, 2019) will provide the students with the basic codicological knowledge and … Continue reading Arabic Codicology Summer Course in El Escorial
The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program is pleased to announce the Alwaleed Bin Talal Prize for Best Undergraduate Thesis in Islamic Studies. The prize recognizes students who make … Continue reading Harvard Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Islamic Studies
This is a rare and potentially career-changing opportunity to become a senior-level executive, program ambassador, and collections expert at the Library of Congress. The Chief of the African and Middle … Continue reading Call for Applications: Library of Congress: Chief, African and Middle Eastern Division
ASPIRANTUM: Armenian School of Languages and Cultures in Yerevan organizes an International Persian Language Summer School in Yerevan, Armenia, to take place from July 7-August 17 (6 weeks) or July … Continue reading Persian Language Summer School in Armenia
The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien invites scholars to apply for up to five postdoctoral fellowships for the academic year 2019/20 for the research program. Europe in the Middle East—The Middle … Continue reading Call for Applications: Forum Transregionale Studien: Postdoctoral Fellow, Europe and Middle East
