From the editors: The Law and Society Association is seeking its next Editor or Editorial Team for the Law & Society Review. The Editor Search Committee is eager to receive nominations, including self-nominations, … Continue reading Call for Editors: Law & Society Review, 2025-2026, February 1, 2025
From the editors: The Law and Society Association is seeking its next Book Review Editor or Editorial Team for the Law & Society Review. Founded in 1966 as the official journal of the Law and Society … Continue reading Call for Editors: Book Review Editor for Law & Society Review, 2025-2026, February 1, 2025
February 3: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University), "Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur'anic Recording.” Laura Thompson (Harvard University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Ian VanderMeulen (Brandeis University), “Microphonic Audition: Vocal Inscription and Technologized Listening in Qur’anic Recording, February 3, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM
MEM Panel Sponsorship for MESA 2025 (Washington, DC, on November 22-25): https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers As part of the efforts of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) to raise the profile of medieval studies at MESA, the MEM Board of … Continue reading Call for Abstracts: Middle East Medievalists, November 22-25 (Deadline: February 5, 2025)
On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Malika Zeghal (Harvard University) will present The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East … Continue reading Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024),” Malika Zeghal, Program in Islamic Law, February 11, 2025 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm
"Law, Ethics, and the History of the Islamic Marriage Contract" Welcoming guest lecturer Marion Holmes Katz, Professor at New York University. Marion Holmes Katz is a Professor of Middle Eastern … Continue reading Lecture: “Law, Ethics, and the History of the Islamic Marriage Contract” with Marion Holmes Katz, University of California Irvine, February 13, 2025 @ 8-9 PM ET
From the Weatherhead Center: Practitioner Fellows Mid-career or senior diplomats, journalists, civil servants, businesspeople, and other professionals may apply as individuals or be nominated by their sponsoring institution. Interested individuals … Continue reading The Weatherhead Scholars Program: Practitioner Fellows, February 14, 2025
"Harvard Library’s Pforzheimer Fellowships provide an opportunity for Harvard graduate students to learn about library careers, advance their own research skills, and get to know the library from the inside. … Continue reading Fellowship: Pforzheimer Fellowships, Harvard University, February 21, 2025
Time: Fri, Feb 21, 2025 @ 12 PM – 1:15 PM PST (GMT-8) (3 PM - 4:15 PM ET). Venue: Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , … Continue reading Workshop: CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop – “What’s in a Muslim Name?: Evidence from the USPTO” with Tabrez Ebrahim, February 21, 2025
February 24: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College), “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire.” Aimee Gennell (Boston University) will respond. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: Youssef Ben Ismail (Amherst College), “Autonomous Subjects: Genealogies of Equality and Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire,” February 24, 2025 @ 6:15-7:30 PM
