Name: American University in Cairo Summer Course on Islamic Law
Start: 2019-06-30T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-06-30T23:59:59-04:00
Location: American University in Cairo

June 2019

Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages

June 13, 2019 - June 14, 2019

University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands

This international workshop is part of the ERC-funded research project "Problematizing 'Muslim Marriages': Ambiguities and Contestations." With "multiple materialities" we revisit and bring together two fields of anthropological research. On the one hand, we engage with a research tradition that investigates the conclusion of marriages as part of processes of production and reproduction. On the … Continue reading Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages

Cambridge Course: Introduction to Islamic Codicology

June 14, 2019

University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with Cambridge University Library, the University of Cambridge's HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, and the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation—announces its thirteenth annual Cambridge-based Introduction to Islamic Codicology course, which will be held from 23 to 27 September 2019. This intensive five-day course will introduce the study of … Continue reading Cambridge Course: Introduction to Islamic Codicology

Call for Applications: University of Southern California: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies

June 14, 2019

The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles invites applications for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship in Middle East Studies. Researchers with training in Environmental Studies, anthropology, political economy, urban studies, and geography are particularly welcome to apply. This fellowship is renewable for a second year contingent upon administrative … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Southern California: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies

Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Persianate Societies Ninth Biennial Convention

June 15, 2019

University of Chicago Center in Delhi New Delhi, India

The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) calls for the participation of its members in its Ninth Biennial Convention, to take place in New Delhi, India, March 11-13, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Persianate Societies Ninth Biennial Convention

Call of Applications: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action: Early Stage Researcher, Mediating Islam in the Digital Age

June 15, 2019

The MIDA-project rests on the premise that digitisation and technological innovations have a tremendous impact on Islam, the effects of which are diverse and ubiquitous. They include first and foremost modes … Continue reading Call of Applications: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action: Early Stage Researcher, Mediating Islam in the Digital Age

Leiden Summer School on Philology & Manuscripts from the Muslim World

June 17, 2019

Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands

This summer school is for graduate (MA and PhD) students and researchers who have an interest in handwritten materials, editing, and the tradition of editing in the Muslim world. It offers theoretical lectures as well as hands-on practice with samples from the world-famous collections of the Leiden University Library. Over the course of two weeks, specialists from Leiden … Continue reading Leiden Summer School on Philology & Manuscripts from the Muslim World

Hamburg Course: Islamicate Digital Humanities for Scholars in Manuscript Studies

June 24, 2019

University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany

This summer course is for graduate (MA and PhD) students and researchers who work with manuscript materials in Arabic script and want to learn how to apply digital technology in their research. It includes both theoretical and practical sessions on digital encoding and editing of manuscript texts, data annotation, search, and visualization. Limited to 20 … Continue reading Hamburg Course: Islamicate Digital Humanities for Scholars in Manuscript Studies

Call for Papers: Teaching Comparative Civil Rights Law

June 28, 2019

Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting Civil Rights Section & Comparative Law Section (Jan 2-5, 2020 in Washington, DC) Civil rights law is increasingly globalized, as states around the world borrow from one another, and from international conventions, in defining the rights of individuals and groups to be free from discrimination and oppression. … Continue reading Call for Papers: Teaching Comparative Civil Rights Law

Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors

June 30, 2019

The Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors, sponsored by the American Society for Legal History (ASLH), is designed to provide advice and support to scholars working toward the publication of first books in legal history, broadly defined. In conversation with peers and with the advice of senior scholars, participants will learn about approaching and … Continue reading Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors

American University in Cairo Summer Course on Islamic Law

June 30, 2019

American University in Cairo Cairo, Egypt

Designed specifically for students interested in Islamic law, this program brings together a group of specialists in different areas of the law to explore new ways of thinking about Islamic law. Some important themes of the program include: bridging the divide between theory and practice, the question of modernity, and the role of Islamic law … Continue reading American University in Cairo Summer Course on Islamic Law