The conference will be held March 21 through 24, 2019, at American University Washington College of Law and promises to be the largest gathering of legal scholars of color in history, with an expected attendance of over 500 law professors and scholars in allied fields from across the United States and the world. This is … Continue reading People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference
The Open Society Justice Initiative, a program of the Open Society Foundations, is pleased to invite applications for its 2020-2021 Aryeh Neier Fellowship Program. The deadline for applications is March 24, 2019. The Open Society Foundations works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. The Justice Initiative, an operational … Continue reading Aryeh Neier Justice Initiative Fellowship
What is Shariah's place in American intellectual life? What role can academics and academic institutions play in public discussions of this contentious topic? In this lecture, Dr. Abou El Fadl will offer his analysis, informed by decades of research and teaching on Islamic law, on the past, present, and future of the study of Shariah … Continue reading Princeton Lecture: Shariah at the University (Khaled Abou El Fadl)
Course Description This course provides theoretical and practical training in terms of the Constitutional law of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Postgraduates and undergraduates students are particularly welcomed to participate. Besides, those wishing to improve their ability to critically understand the Iran’s legal regime are invited. Classes will mainly be seminar-based and the students are … Continue reading Workshop: Constitutional Law and Political Structure of Iran
The Department of History at William & Mary invites applications for a one-year, non-tenure-track Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History that will begin August 10, 2019. Specialization is open. The successful applicant will be expected to be an effective teacher and will have a 3-3 teaching load, including broad surveys of pre-Modern and Modern … Continue reading Call for Applications: College of William & Mary: Visiting Ass’t Professor in Middle Eastern History
The Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies brings experts from an array of fields within the field of Islamic studies to Harvard. These seminars are meant to bolster intellectual engagement within the field of Islamic studies more broadly on the Harvard campus, and to allow students to engage with cutting-edge insights and scholarship on Islam … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries
The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights is organizing its 19th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on “Human Rights and Criminal Justice” in Siracusa (Italy) from June 2 until June 10, 2019. We will select 60 participants who should have a university degree, ideally in law or with … Continue reading Call for Applications: International Criminal Law Summer Course in Italy
The Board of Directors of Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to request submissions for its biennial prize for best book on the medieval Middle East (ca. 500-1500 CE). In an effort to recognize excellent research in the field, a shortlist will be announced in October and the prize will be awarded at the annual … Continue reading Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
Nominations for the Albert Hourani Book Award, the Nikki Keddie Book Award, and the Fatima Mernissi Book Award are made simultaneously. Nominations can be made by either the publisher or the author. Books must be non-fiction scholarly monographs based on original research published in English between April 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019. The Albert … Continue reading MESA 2019 Book Awards
The Department of Near Eastern Studies of Princeton University is pleased to announce the second annual Princeton Undergraduate Near Eastern Studies Conference, to be held on May 3-4, 2019 in Princeton, New Jersey. We are now accepting original papers from undergraduate students who have conducted research in any aspect of Near Eastern Studies. We welcome … Continue reading Call for Papers: Princeton Undergraduate Near Eastern Studies Conference
