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Call for Applications: University of Basel: Postdoctoral Researcher, Theory and History of the Image

The Center for the Theory and History of the Image invites applications from outstanding junior and senior researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences for three one-year NOMIS Fellowships beginning September 1, 2019. Since 2005, eikones has served as a center for graduate and postgraduate research on images. The center is dedicated to the … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Basel: Postdoctoral Researcher, Theory and History of the Image

Call for Papers: People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference

4th National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference We are excited to announce the Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference will be held March 21-24, 2019, at American University Washington College of Law. The Conference will feature distinguished keynote speakers, plenary sessions, concurrent panel discussions, works-in-progress workshops, and shorter incubator sessions to discuss … Continue reading Call for Papers: People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference

Digital Islamic Law Lab

Members of this Lab are students interested in assessing the way Islamic law functions in contemporary and historical contexts, and interested in building or testing new apps for the same. Each Lab member will work on a discrete research project in a collaborative, interactive setting. Access restricted to Lab members.

Call for Applications: University of Exeter: Postdoctoral Fellows, Shīʿī Islamic Studies

The Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam project (http://www.lawalisi.eu an ERC advanced award) at the University of Exeter is now recruiting three postdoctoral research fellows: ONE one-year fixed term post focussing on early Islamic legal developments (up until 15th century, with a focus on Imami Shii law) with a preference for those working … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Exeter: Postdoctoral Fellows, Shīʿī Islamic Studies

Harvard Worldwide Week Event: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Book Talk on From Slaves to Prisoners of War: The Ottoman Empire, Russia, and International Law (Oxford University Press, 2018)

Austin 102 Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, United States

Author: Will Smiley, Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire Moderator: Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Professor of History, Harvard University Respondents: Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Harvard University Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School Will Smiley will discuss the research underlying his new book, in which … Continue reading Harvard Worldwide Week Event: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Book Talk on From Slaves to Prisoners of War: The Ottoman Empire, Russia, and International Law (Oxford University Press, 2018)

International Conference: Law, Gender, and Sexuality

The 2nd Annual International Conference of the Asian Yearbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, jointly organized by the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Brill-Nijhoff publishers, will challenge the traditional perspectives and static representations of gender and sexuality in Asia, Middle East, and the West. Gathering high-profile speakers from around the … Continue reading International Conference: Law, Gender, and Sexuality

UChicago Shi’i Studies Symposium

University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Group Swift Hall, 1025 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL

(Free and Open to the Public) About the Symposium The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium is an endeavor of the Shiʿi Studies Group, established in 2010, to provide an interdisciplinary, non-area-specific forum for the discussion of research on Shiʿism by faculty and graduate students at the University and beyond. The annual symposium aims to … Continue reading UChicago Shi’i Studies Symposium

Conceptions of Law: Between “Theology” and Positive Law

Princeton University Princeton, NJ

Sunday, October 28, 2018 (Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building, N101) 4:30 PM Keynote Address - “The Contested History of American Religious Freedom"      Tisa Wenger, Yale University Monday, October 29, 2018 (301 Marx Hall) 9:30 AM Conference Panel      Mohamed Fadel, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law      Gustavo Maya, Princeton University      Nomi Stolzenberg, University … Continue reading Conceptions of Law: Between “Theology” and Positive Law

Call for Applications: Wellesley College: Assistant Professor, Islamic Art

The Department of Art at Wellesley College (http://www.wellesley.edu/art) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in the art, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world before 1500. The successful candidate will develop a curriculum attentive to the intersections of Islamicate arts with the arts of the Western Medieval and Byzantine worlds. We seek … Continue reading Call for Applications: Wellesley College: Assistant Professor, Islamic Art

Workshop: Ḥadīth, Law and Theology in Early Shiʿīte Islam (London)

Aga Khan Centre 10 Handyside Street, London, United Kingdom

A collaborative workshop by the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London and the Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam (LAWALISI) Project at the University of Exeter. See a list of speakers and topics here. The workshop is free to attend, but places are limited. Pre-registration is required. To register, please email [email protected] before … Continue reading Workshop: Ḥadīth, Law and Theology in Early Shiʿīte Islam (London)

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