Call for Applications: Humboldt University, Berlin: Professor, Islamic Law

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites applications for a full professorship in “Islamic Law in the Past and Present," starting 1 October 2019. This professorship addresses religious jurisprudence (Fiqh), the methodology of law (Usul al-fiqh) and the philosophy of law in the classical canon of Islamic theology. It considers not only jurisprudence in the … Continue reading Call for Applications: Humboldt University, Berlin: Professor, Islamic Law

Call for Applications: Humboldt University, Berlin: Professor, Islamic Text Studies

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites applications for a full professorship in Islamic Text Studies, starting 1 October 2019. The teaching and research focus of this professorship is on the Koran, as well as on the traditions of the Prophet’s teachings and life (Hadith and Sira). Both the historical contexts of the texts and … Continue reading Call for Applications: Humboldt University, Berlin: Professor, Islamic Text Studies

Workshop :: Tools for Digital Islamic Law

Jeremy Guillette, Digital Scholarship Facilitator, Harvard University will demonstrate and discuss established and emerging digital tools students of Islamic legal history and contemporary Islamic law may use in their research. Space is limited. For details and location, RSVP to [email protected].

Call for Applications: Furman University: Professor, Middle Eastern History

Furman University Greenville, SC

The Department of History at Furman University is seeking candidates for an open-rank, tenure-track position in any field of the history of the Middle East and the Islamic world. The chronological and geographical focus remain open, but the department is particularly interested in candidates with the ability to teach survey courses in Middle Eastern history, with … Continue reading Call for Applications: Furman University: Professor, Middle Eastern History

CONFERENCE :: Thinking Islam Within Religious Studies: Methods, Histories and Futures: A Celebration of Professor William A. Graham

Location: Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue Free and open to the public Details forthcoming Sponsors: The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Harvard Divinity School, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The Center for the Study of World Religions, and The Science, Religion, and Culture Program at Harvard Divinity School

Call for Applications: Brandeis University: Chair in Ottoman, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jewish Studies

Brandeis University Waltham, MA

Brandeis University invites applications to fill the newly endowed Marash and Ocuin Chair in Ottoman, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jewish Studies. This is a full-time faculty position to carry tenure in a department appropriate to the candidate’s discipline and area of research. The incumbent of the Chair will be a scholar of the history and culture of … Continue reading Call for Applications: Brandeis University: Chair in Ottoman, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jewish Studies

Call for Applications: University of Exeter: Postdoctoral Fellow, Shi’a Islamic Studies

University of Exeter Exeter, United Kingdom

Two positions are available on a fixed term basis from 1st April 2019 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period of 2 years in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, College of Social Sciences and International Studies (SSIS) at the University of Exeter. The College wishes to recruit two Research Fellows to … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Exeter: Postdoctoral Fellow, Shi’a Islamic Studies

Call for Applications: BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in Islamic Studies

The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are delighted to announce the fourth round BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. This international prize will be awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. English-language submissions on … Continue reading Call for Applications: BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in Islamic Studies

SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Islamic Law in an Age of Fear

Austin 102 Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, United States

Khaled M. Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Islamic law and Islam, and a prominent scholar in the field of human rights. He is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law … Continue reading SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Islamic Law in an Age of Fear

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