Name: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Between Legal Conservatism and Legal Change: Fault Lines in Ayyūbid Damascus
Start: 2018-11-28T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2018-11-28T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Austin 102

November 2018

Call for Papers: European Society for Central Asian Studies Conference

November 14, 2018

University of Exeter Exeter, United Kingdom

Held at the University of Exeter (UK) from June 27th to 29th, 2019, the theme for the 16th annual conference is "The Globality of Central Asia." We invite proposals for papers, panels, roundtables and sessions in non-traditional formats covering all aspects of Central Asian Studies across the humanities and social sciences. We particularly encourage proposals … Continue reading Call for Papers: European Society for Central Asian Studies Conference

Call for Applications: University of Wisconsin–Madison: Assistant Professor, Gender in the Middle East

November 15, 2018

University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI

The University of Wisconsin Madison is seeking to hire a faculty member to conduct research and teach courses in gender/women’s studies as it relates to the contemporary Middle East and North Africa, with a preference for the Arab Middle East. Preference will be given to applicants with area expertise who conduct research using Middle East … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Wisconsin–Madison: Assistant Professor, Gender in the Middle East

Call for Papers: Criminal Law Developments in Muslim-Majority Countries

November 15, 2018

University of Tehran Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)

The Research Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Tehran is inviting abstracts for an international conference on “Criminal Law Developments in the Muslim-Majority Countries in the Light of Interaction between Shari’a and Law,” to be held on March 5th & 6th, 2019. The judicial and legal structures of Muslim-majority countries have changed drastically in … Continue reading Call for Papers: Criminal Law Developments in Muslim-Majority Countries

Call for Applications: Harvard Center for Ethics Fellowships

November 15, 2018

Harvard University Cambridge, MA

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University announces the 2019-20 Call for Applications for our Fellows-in-Residence Program. Application deadline: November 15, 2018 The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University invites applications from a broad range of researchers and practitioners who will work over the course of the year on … Continue reading Call for Applications: Harvard Center for Ethics Fellowships

Call for Applications: Hampden-Sydney College: Assistant Professor, Islamic History

November 15, 2018

Hampden-Sydney College, Department of History, invites applications for a tenure-track full-time position in Islamic World or Middle Eastern history prior to 1600, with a preference for medieval history. Subfields and specialties are open, though candidates with an interest in the history of Islam and/or trade and commerce are particularly encouraged to apply. Teaching responsibilities include a … Continue reading Call for Applications: Hampden-Sydney College: Assistant Professor, Islamic History

Call for Applications: American University of Beirut: Chair, Arabic and Islamic Studies

November 15, 2018

American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut is seeking an outstanding internationally-established scholar to fill the distinguished Sheikh Zayid Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the level of Associate or Full Professor, to begin on August 15, 2019. Candidates for the Sheikh Zayid Chair are required to have made … Continue reading Call for Applications: American University of Beirut: Chair, Arabic and Islamic Studies

Middle East Studies Association (MESA) 2018 Annual Meeting

November 15, 2018 - November 18, 2018

Grand Hyatt San Antonio San Antonion, TX

Since 1967, MESA has held an annual meeting in the fall where members gather to share research. MESA has been the hub for scholarly exchange from its first meeting at The University of Chicago in 1967 where a small group gathered for eight sessions to MESA's 50th anniversary meeting in Boston in 2016 where 312 … Continue reading Middle East Studies Association (MESA) 2018 Annual Meeting

Call for Applications: Endangered Archives Programme

November 19, 2018

Do you know of any collections that are currently at risk and need preserving? The Endangered Archives Programme is now accepting preliminary applications for the next annual funding round – the deadline for submission of preliminary applications is 12 noon 19 November 2018 (GMT) and full details of the application procedures and documentation are available … Continue reading Call for Applications: Endangered Archives Programme

Conference: Sharia, Segregation and Secularism

November 25, 2018

Held in central London, this conference will raise key issues surrounding religious arbitration, the veil and gender segregation at schools and universities, including as part of the religious-Right's assault on women's rights. It will also highlight the voices of people on the frontlines of resistance, the gains made by secularists both in the UK and … Continue reading Conference: Sharia, Segregation and Secularism

SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Between Legal Conservatism and Legal Change: Fault Lines in Ayyūbid Damascus

November 28, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Austin 102 Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, United States

Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School This paper explores the tensions between conservative and innovative strains in Islamic law in twelfth-century Ayyūbid Damascus. The newly restored refugee capital of Damascus inherited the Shāfiʿī traditions of both Khurāsān and Iraq, which had developed autonomously throughout the tenth and eleventh centuries. While formal attribution … Continue reading SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Between Legal Conservatism and Legal Change: Fault Lines in Ayyūbid Damascus