Book Talk: “Reviving the Waqf: Property, Law, and Religion in Modern Beirut,” Nada Moumtaz, Assistant Professor, Department of the Study of Religion, University of Toronto

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St

BOOK TALK: "REVIVING THE WAQF: PROPERTY, LAW, AND RELIGION IN MODERN BEIRUT" Apr 22 | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St Nada Moumtaz, Assistant Professor, Department of the Study of Religion, University of Toronto This event is part of the CMES Modern Middle East Speaker Series. Sponsored by the … Continue reading Book Talk: “Reviving the Waqf: Property, Law, and Religion in Modern Beirut,” Nada Moumtaz, Assistant Professor, Department of the Study of Religion, University of Toronto

Call for Submissions: Cynthia Wight Rossano Prize In Harvard History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Cynthia Wight Rossano Prize In Harvard History is awarded to students of Harvard College for the best essay or multimedia presentation on any aspect of Harvard history. The essays or presentations must, wherever possible, draw upon primary sources and be regarded as a genuine contribution to knowledge. The best standards of contemporary scholarship are to … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Cynthia Wight Rossano Prize In Harvard History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Call for Submissions: Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize (2019-2020), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Description From the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes, Class of 1919, Harvard has received a fund from which to grant annual awards to undergraduates on the basis of outstanding scholarly work or research. Mr. Hoopes was Curator of the City Art Museum in St. Louis for over twenty-five years. He was an expert on firearms, from the crossbow … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize (2019-2020), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Child Custody Doctrine in Al-Andalus, 11th-15th C,” Janan Delgado, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion

Barker Center 114 (12 Quincy St)

MEBB WORKSHOP: CHILD CUSTODY DOCTRINE IN AL-ANDALUS, 11TH – 15TH C. Apr 27 | 6:00 PM – 7: 30 PM | Barker Center 114 (12 Quincy St) Janan Delgado, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Child Custody Doctrine in Al-Andalus, 11th-15th C,” Janan Delgado, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion

Call for Submissions: 3rd Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Conference (29 Apr | Remote)

Remote

The 3rd Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Conference is coming up on Wednesday, April 29th, 2020. The IDHN is now calling for contributions from both members and guests developing or employing digital methods in their research within the Islamicate Studies and related fields in the Humanities, as well as from our colleagues in Linguistics and Computer Science. Master’s and PhD … Continue reading Call for Submissions: 3rd Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Conference (29 Apr | Remote)

Conference: 3rd Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Conference

Zoom

The Islamicate Digital Humanities Network is hosting their 3rd conference on Wednesday, April 29th from 10 am to 1 pm EDT (consult the time table below and attached to this post, in order to find out at what time the meeting is taking place in your time zone). The conference will be held online on ZOOM (an … Continue reading Conference: 3rd Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Conference

Conference: “The Stakes of Book History,” Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History (Apr 30 | New Haven, CT)

Yale University

Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History The Stakes of Book History Yale University New Haven, CT April 30, 2020 Sponsored by the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the Seminar in the History of the Book at the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard The Yale Program in the History of the Book is pleased … Continue reading Conference: “The Stakes of Book History,” Harvard-Yale Conference in Book History (Apr 30 | New Haven, CT)

Call for Applications: Persian Instructor, Summer Intensive Program at Arizona State University

University of Arizona, Tempe

Persian Instructor, Summer Intensive Program at Arizona State University Arizona State University seeks a faculty associate to teach elementary or intermediate intensive Persian in its 2020 summer Critical Languages Institute. Candidates must have a Master’s degree or higher in philology, linguistics, language teaching or a closely related field by the time of appointment; possess native … Continue reading Call for Applications: Persian Instructor, Summer Intensive Program at Arizona State University

Call for Submissions: “#Right2Left Workshop,” Digital Humanities Summer Institute

Although this year's Digital Humanities Summer Institute in Victoria, BC has been postponed until 2021, several of the workshops planned for the weekend between the two weeks are moving forward in virtual format. We put out a call for participation earlier this year for the #Right2Left workshop, focusing on digital work in cultures where some of … Continue reading Call for Submissions: “#Right2Left Workshop,” Digital Humanities Summer Institute

Seminar (Via Zoom): Nükhet Varlık on “Rethinking the History of Plague in the Time of Coronavirus,” Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University

Zoom

SEMINAR (VIA ZOOM): "RETHINKING THE HISTORY OF PLAGUE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS" BY NÃœKHET VARLIK Date: Thursday, April 30, 2020, 3:00pm to 4:30pm Location: Please RSVP for Zoom link   Nükhet Varlık, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University - Newark and the University of South Carolina RSVP HERE

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