Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World Date: 18 August - 29 August 2025 Costs: €600 Level: The course is meant for graduate students (MA and PhD) and researchers. Language: English. Non-native speakers … Continue reading Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, Leiden University, August 18-29, 2025
From the organizers: Date: September 1, 2025 - September 4, 2025 Location: Switzerland Subject Fields: Digital Humanities, Islamic History / Studies The University of Bern is pleased to host a … Continue reading Summer School on Digital Humanities and Islamic Studies, September 1-4, 2025, Switzerland (Deadline: June 13, 2025)
The next International Medieval Congress (IMC) conference will be held in July 2026. Middle East Medievalists (MEM) invites their members to submit panels to the IMC by September 30, 2025. … Continue reading Call for Panels: International Medieval Congress, September 30, 2025
From the Organizers: Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) Fall 2025: Call for Papers Please complete this survey to record your interest in presenting a polished work-in-progress (polished dissertation chapter or … Continue reading Call for Papers: Middle East Beyond Borders Fall 2025 Workshop, September 12
Omar Abdel Ghaffar (PhD candidate, HMES/JD’25) will join us to share a chapter titled “Canonizing Assent: Legal Canons in Action in late Medieval Jerusalem” on September 22nd. Saaleh Baseer (PhD … Continue reading Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Omar Abdel Ghaffar (Harvard University), “Canonizing Assent: Legal Canons in Action in late Medieval Jerusalem,” September 22, 2025 @6:15pm
From the organizers: “Dismantling the Family Unit”: Clerics and Cohabitation in Contemporary Iran 202 Jones Hall, Princeton University Sep 29, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:20 pm Intimate partner relationships are … Continue reading Talk: Maral Sahebjame—“Dismantling the Family Unit”: Clerics and Cohabitation in Contemporary Iran, September 29, 2025 @12:00pm
The Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School is currently accepting applications for a not-for-credit lecture series offered by two of our Senior Fellows this semester: Dr. Youssef Chahed, … Continue reading Study Group: “The Struggle for Democracy in the Arab World” with Youssef Chahed and Hisham Kassem (Senior Fellows, Middle East Initiative), September 30, 2025
From the institution: Faculty of Humanities, Asia-Africa-Studies, Islamic Studies Salary level: EGR. 13 TV-L Start date: as soon as possible, fixed until 31.12.2027 (This is a fixed-term contract in accordance … Continue reading Position Opening: Research Associate (PhD Position) for the history, economy and law of the early Islamic empire, Universität Hamburg, October 3, 2026
Date and Time: Thursday, October 9 at 4:30pm Location: The Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), The Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Knafel Building Speaker: Adam Baczko (Research Associate Professor, CNRS, SciencesPo) … Continue reading Talk: “The Taliban Courts in Afghanistan, Waging War by Law,” Adam Baczko, October 9, 2025 @ 4:30pm
TUE 14 OCT 2025 | 12.30-1.30p US EST | Zoom Islamic Law Speaker Series: Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School) The Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: Artifact to Ontology (Harvard University Press) … Continue reading Islamic Law Speaker Series: Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School), The Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: Artifact to Ontology, October 14, 2025 @12:30pm
