The University of Hamburg is hosting a four-day summer course on Islamicate Digital Humanities from August 30th to September 10th for graduate students and researchers who work with manuscript materials … Continue reading Third Summer School in Islamicate Digital Humanities for Scholars in Manuscript Studies, August 30 – September 10, 2021
From the organizers: In the context of ESIL’s annual meeting to take place in Stockholm in September 2021, the Interest Group on the International Law of Culture is organising a … Continue reading Call for Papers: Interest Group on the International Law of Culture, Stockholm, 9-11 September
The New Books Network (NBN) is seeking hosts for the podcast “New Books in Medieval Studies.” NBN hosts pick the books they cover and record the raw interviews. The NBN … Continue reading Seeking Podcast Hosts for New Books in Medieval Studies
From the organizers: As promised in our July 2020 Statement on Anti-Racism, the Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to announce the second round of applications … Continue reading Call for a Second Round of Applications: Middle East Medievalists Fellowship for Graduate Students of Color
Please register here: https://princeton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcud-ihqDwvH9cYTlR3yWdAtyDdGPzGwsoQ This presentation is targeted at anyone who wants to explore the Cairo Geniza and is daunted by its tremendous size and complexity. How do you find … Continue reading Webinar: “Spelunking in the Cairo Geniza: How to Make New Discoveries in Unstudied and Understudied Documents” by Alan Elbaum, Princeton University, September 17, 2021 @ 12 pm
Ethics International Press are continuing our Open Call for academic book proposals. Proposals should primarily be for scholarly books, including text/reference books. You can download a Book Proposal Form here … Continue reading Open Call for Academic Book Proposals: Ethics International Press
Topic: Global Jihad: A Brief History Description: A Crown Seminar with Glenn Robinson Most violent jihadi movements in the twentieth century focused on removing corrupt, repressive, secular regimes in the … Continue reading Webinar: “Global Jihad: A Brief History,” Brandeis University, September 20, 2021 @ 11:00 am
From the organizers (translated from Spanish): On Tuesday September 21 we continue with the cycle dedicated to the 'sharia' with this conference by Carmelo Pérez Beltrán, Professor of Arab and … Continue reading Lecture series on “Sharia or holy law of Muslims,” Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Middle East of the CSIC, September 21, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
Speakers: Benjamin Hopkins Ahmed Rashid Nilofer Sakhi Rory Stewart Title: Afghanistan: The End of a Forever War? Location: 11 am EST via Zoom Webinar on Thursday, September 21st. Zoom Link … Continue reading Webinar: “Afghanistan: The End of a Forever War?,” Tufts Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, September 21, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Western scholarship has focused on the monumental sculptures in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley as Buddhas created in the late sixth and early seventh centuries. This lecture tells an alternative story based … Continue reading Webinar: “Entangled Histories: The Bamiyan Buddhas-Past, Present, and Future,” The Harvard Art Museums, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 7:00-8:15pm
