"The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts & Images," a book talk with author Christiane Gruber Location: White-Levy Room, Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Dr, Princeton, NJ
"Islamic Legal Realism: Evolution of Reformist Islamic Legal Thought" Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, HLS alum and current fellow at the HLS Program on Law and Social Change in the Muslim World, will … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: Evolution of Reformist Islamic Legal Thought
The Sixth Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies will be held at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, on June 15-17, 2019. The schedule is available here. Panel discussions include: … Continue reading Sixth Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies Registration Deadline
"Danish Mosques – Significance, Use and Influence" together with the "Nordic Mosques Research network" invites papers and applications for participation. This will be the first workshop as part of the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Mosques, Families, and Islamic Law
Yerevan, Armenia July 15 - August 15, 2019 This intensive summer program will take place between July 15 and August 15, 2019, lasting four weeks. The program will consist of … Continue reading Summer School in Languages (Armenian, Persian, Turkish) and Connected Histories
The American University in Cairo is pleased to announce the launch of a Summer@AUC Islamic Studies Institute. It includes two four-week programs, each one conducted by international scholars of Qur'an, … Continue reading American University in Cairo Summer Institute for Islamic Studies
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 … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: Race, Religion, and Revolution in Islamic West Africa since 1770
The Committee on Medieval Studies will award one prize of $250 for the best paper on any topic in Medieval Studies by a student in Harvard College. Students in all concentrations are eligible for consideration. Applicants should submit the following materials by 5:00 on Friday, 3 May 2019: The student information form (available at the "Undergraduate … Continue reading Harvard Medieval Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize
Methodologies, Technologies, Epistemologies: New Contact Zones in Islamic Studies This conference seeks to tackle questions on how might different disciplines approach the same vital social question: How does a well-established academic field integrate new technological and methodological approaches? And how might these new approaches encourage greater engagement with diverse scholarly voices and the public at large? These … Continue reading NYU Conference: New Contact Zones in Islamic Studies
"Contact and Convergence: An Interdisciplinary Conference in Islamic Studies" How might different disciplines approach similar central questions? How does a well-established academic field integrate new technological and methodological approaches? And how might these new approaches encourage greater engagement with diverse scholarly voices and the public at large? Please register here: https://isnyu2019.weebly.com/ May 10th (Location TBD) … Continue reading NYU Conference: Contact and Convergence
