Name: Call for Proposals: Khātima Conference (4-6 Jun 2021 | Beirut, Lebanon)
Start: 2020-05-31T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-05-31T23:59:59-04:00
Location: American University of Beirut

May 2020

Call for Applications: Virtual Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (15 Jun-8 Aug | Virtual)

May 15, 2020

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) hosted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be held virtually this year. The classes and all program activities … Continue reading Call for Applications: Virtual Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (15 Jun-8 Aug | Virtual)

Call for Applications: PhD Research Fellowship, Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Norway

May 17, 2020

Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen , Norway

PhD position The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion invites applications for a PhD research fellowship in the field of Islamic studies, relating to the topic of canonization … Continue reading Call for Applications: PhD Research Fellowship, Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Norway

Panel Discussion: “Governance In A Time Of Pandemic: A Global View,” Georgetown University Qatar

May 20, 2020

Panel 2: Governance In A Time Of Pandemic: A Global View The second panel in the series, moderated by Dean Ahmad Dallal, will investigate the types of global pressures that influence … Continue reading Panel Discussion: “Governance In A Time Of Pandemic: A Global View,” Georgetown University Qatar

Panel Discussion: “Regional Concerns In Pandemic Recovery,” Georgetown University Qatar

May 21, 2020

Panel 3: Regional Concerns In Pandemic Recovery The third panel in the series, moderated by Dean Ahmad Dallal, will investigate the types of global pressures that influence regional responses and how these set the Gulf and Middle East and North Africa nations on a path to pandemic recovery. Panelists: Rogaia Abusharaf, Professor of Anthropology Alexis Antoniades, … Continue reading Panel Discussion: “Regional Concerns In Pandemic Recovery,” Georgetown University Qatar

Webinar: “Islamic Religious Authority and Gov’t Responses to COVID-19,” The Medialine

May 21, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Date and time: Thursday, May 21, 2020, 2 to 3 pm Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) Register here. The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign and comparative law issues currently being researched by the foreign law and international law experts at the Law Library of … Continue reading Webinar: “Islamic Religious Authority and Gov’t Responses to COVID-19,” The Medialine

Seminar: Comparative Legal History and Legal Creativity, Professor Filippo Valguarnera, Stockholm University

May 26, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Seminar Filippo Valguarnera, Associate Professor and senior lecturer in Legal History, Stockholm University will lead an advanced seminar on the topic of “Comparative Legal History and the Debate about Legal Creativity” on 26 May 2020 at 13.00 -15.00 via Zoom. The discussion will be conducted in English unless all participants are fluent in Swedish. The idea of creativity … Continue reading Seminar: Comparative Legal History and Legal Creativity, Professor Filippo Valguarnera, Stockholm University

Livestream: CMES Commencement Celebration, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

May 27, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents the CMES Commencement Celebration Wednesday, May 27, 2020 12:00-2:00 pm on Zoom Family & friends of the graduates invited; please share this invitation with them. For information on how to attend via Zoom, RSVP to elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu.

Call for Applications: Executive Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy

May 29, 2020

UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy

RECRUITMENT PERIOD Open March 25th, 2020 through Friday, May 29, 2020 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) DESCRIPTION The UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy (the “Institute”) at the UCLA School of Law and UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is seeking a highly motivated Executive Director with sustained experience working at the technology/law intersection … Continue reading Call for Applications: Executive Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy

Call for Applications: PhD in Islamic Studies, Center of Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, Universität Hamburg

May 30, 2020

Universität Hamburg

As a University of Excellence, Universität Hamburg is one of the strongest research universities in Germany. As a flagship university in the greater Hamburg region, it nurtures innovative, cooperative contacts to partners within and outside academia. It also provides and promotes sustainable education, knowledge, and knowledge exchange locally, nationally, and internationally. DFG Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "RomanIslam" (Humanities, … Continue reading Call for Applications: PhD in Islamic Studies, Center of Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies, Universität Hamburg

Call for Proposals: Khātima Conference (4-6 Jun 2021 | Beirut, Lebanon)

May 31, 2020

American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon

Khātima Conference 4.-6. June 2021 How to End Things in Arabic Literature Every text or, to be more precise, every reading of a text, has a beginning and an end. While one could call into question this linear perception in times of textual linkage and seemingly never-ending writing and reading processes, the end is a … Continue reading Call for Proposals: Khātima Conference (4-6 Jun 2021 | Beirut, Lebanon)