Name: Postdoctoral Fellowship: Columbia University’s Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, 2023-2024, April 3, 2023
Start: 2023-04-03T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-04-03T23:59:59-04:00

March 2023

Webinar: “Public Freedoms in the Islamic State,” with Rached Ghannouchi, Noah Feldman and Rushain Abbasi, Yale Law School, March 21, 2023 @ 12:30 p.m.

March 21, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Topic: Public Freedoms in the Islamic State. Description: A discussion of Rached Ghannouchi's new book released in November 2022 by Yale University Press. Featuring comments by Harvard's Noah Feldman and Rushain Abbasi at Stanford, followed by a reaction from the author himself. Time: Mar 21, 2023 12:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada). Register … Continue reading Webinar: “Public Freedoms in the Islamic State,” with Rached Ghannouchi, Noah Feldman and Rushain Abbasi, Yale Law School, March 21, 2023 @ 12:30 p.m.

Workshop: The Digital Frontiers of Land, Law, and Endowments in the Eastern Mediterranean, University of Birmingham, March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023

A one-day international workshop discussing the opportunities and challenges of using digital tools for the study of land, law, and pious endowments in the eastern Mediterranean. For the full calendar, visit here.

Islam in Africa Initiative: Abdulatif Finch, Swartz Hall, Garvin Room, Harvard University, March 24, 2023 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

March 24, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Abdulatif Finch, Harvard University, ‘Flooding Over and Beyond: Normative Sufism and the Supra-Onto-Epistemic Paradigm Shift of Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse’s Cataclysm (Fayda)’.

Talk: “Desire, the Poetics of Divorce, and the Laws of Remarriage in Iraqi Kurdistan” by Andrew Bush, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, March 29, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:30- P.M.

March 29, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

The Department of Anthropology and CMES are pleased to present “Desire, the Poetics of Divorce, and the Laws of Remarriage in Iraqi Kurdistan” Andrew Bush, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bard College Andrew Bush is Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bard College. He was previously a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School, and … Continue reading Talk: “Desire, the Poetics of Divorce, and the Laws of Remarriage in Iraqi Kurdistan” by Andrew Bush, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, March 29, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:30- P.M.

Conference: “Succession in Islamic Law,” Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, March 30-31, 2023

March 30, 2023 - March 31, 2023

From the organizers: The conference brings together scholars and researchers from various fields of social sciences, the humanities and law to share and exchange their experiences and research results with respect to the intergenerational transfer of property in Muslim jurisdictions. We are looking forward to offering new perspectives on the role of succession law in … Continue reading Conference: “Succession in Islamic Law,” Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, March 30-31, 2023

Q&A with Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, followed by Community Iftar, March 30, 2023 @ 5:00 – 7:00 PM

March 30, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dr. Khaled Abou El Fad will join us virtually for Questions-and-Answers session on contemporary challenges facing the Muslim community in the Academy and beyond. RSVP here. Iftar will be provided following the program Welcome to all in the Greater Boston community

The Laura Bassi Scholarship, March 31, 2023

March 31, 2023

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established by Editing Press<https://www.editing.press/> in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding will be awarded in Spring 2023: Spring 2023 Application … Continue reading The Laura Bassi Scholarship, March 31, 2023

Summer Program: Comparative Law, AALS, May 15-June 16, 2023

March 31, 2023

The AALS's France summer program will take place between May 15-June 16, 2023. Applications are now open with a few spots left. The cost is $8,000, which includes 6 credits, housing, legal and touristic visits, plus opening and closing meals. The program spends the first five days in Paris and then goes to the beach … Continue reading Summer Program: Comparative Law, AALS, May 15-June 16, 2023

Islam in Africa Initiative: Cheikh Anta Mbacke Babou, Swartz Hall, Garvin Room, Harvard University, March 31, 2023 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

March 31, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cheikh Anta Mbacke Babou, University of Pennsylvania, ‘The Muridiyya on the Move. Migration and Place Making.’

April 2023

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Columbia University’s Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, 2023-2024, April 3, 2023

April 3, 2023

New Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement Columbia University’s Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship for the academic year 2023–24. The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences studying any period within the confines of Turkish studies. The successful candidate is expected to develop an innovative research project … Continue reading Postdoctoral Fellowship: Columbia University’s Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, 2023-2024, April 3, 2023