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
The Journal of Islamic Law welcomes scholarship in Islamic law for its main publication as well as its dynamic forum, which features scholarly responses, debates, and new developments in Islamic … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Journal of Islamic Law, October 15, 2025
From the organizers: The American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) is pleased to invite submissions for papers to be presented at the 2025 ASCL Annual Meeting, to be held at … Continue reading Call for Proposals: Paris Congress at 125: Comparative Law’s Entanglement with Power from Paris to Today, McGill University, Canada, October 16-18, 2025
Prof. Houssem Chachia (Visiting Professor, NELC) will join us to share a paper titled “The Conquest of Tunis (1535): Memory, Defeat, and Celebration Across Cultures” on October 20th. Professor Jessica … Continue reading Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Prof. Houssem Chachia (University of Tunis), “The Conquest of Tunis (1535): Memory, Defeat, and Celebration Across Cultures,” October 20, 2025 @6:15pm
From the organizers: The 236th Meeting of the American Society for Premodern Asia will be held Friday, April 24, 2026 through Monday, April 27, 2026, in Los Angeles, CA USA. … Continue reading Call for Papers: American Society for Premodern Asia Annual Meeting, October 31, 2025
From the institution: The Sharmin & Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies Postdoctoral Research Associate(s) Application Details The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian … Continue reading Position Opening: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Sharmin & Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University, November 3, 2025
