Name: Postdoctoral researcher: Ottoman History, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway, September 12, 2023
Start: 2023-09-12T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-12T23:59:59-04:00

August 2023

Position opening: The Department of Religious Studies, Michigan State University

August 16, 2023

Position Summary The Department of Religious Studies is hiring a tenure-stream Assistant Professor in the position of Contemporary Islam. The specific area of focus is open. We seek a scholar with preferred subspecialties in any of the following: Islam and racial identity; Islam and gender/sexuality; Islam in the US; Islam and Migration; Transnational Islam; Islamic … Continue reading Position opening: The Department of Religious Studies, Michigan State University

Middle East Beyond Borders – Fall 2023 Call for Papers, August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023

The MEBB workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the 'Middle East' as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries, mobility, and transformation. Our goal is to offer a platform for … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders – Fall 2023 Call for Papers, August 18, 2023

Call for Applications: Lab Manager, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, August 24, 2023

August 24, 2023

The Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School is dedicated to promoting research and providing resources for the academic study of Islamic law. We are seeking a Lab Manager. Reporting to the Executive Director of PIL, the incumbent is responsible for the management of the SHARIAsource Lab, including leading the team to ensure the achievement of the Lab’s goals, … Continue reading Call for Applications: Lab Manager, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, August 24, 2023

Workshop: TraSIS (Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies) and the BCDSS (Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies) Murtensee, August 30, 2023 – September 1, 2023

August 30, 2023 - September 1, 2023

From the organizers: Recent scholarship on various forms of dependency has demonstrated that a straightforward freedom/slavery binary does not help to account for how slavery operates in different historical and social contexts. In this workshop, we aim to contribute to discussions on the necessity of transcending this binary, focusing in particular on legal sources from … Continue reading Workshop: TraSIS (Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies) and the BCDSS (Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies) Murtensee, August 30, 2023 – September 1, 2023

Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, August 31, 2023

August 31, 2023

The Call For Papers for IMC 2024 has officially opened (https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2024/) with the theme 'Crisis'. Proposals for single papers will be due by 31 August 2023 and proposals for panels will be due by 30 September 2023 (sorry for the short notice). If you are organizing a panel and are interested in MEM sponsorship, please … Continue reading Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, August 31, 2023

Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies

August 31, 2023

The MESA Board of Directors invites applications and nominations for the next editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES) for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2024. Candidates should be internationally recognized Middle East scholars in either the humanities or the social sciences and be affiliated with an academic institution prepared to … Continue reading Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies

September 2023

Call for Abstracts: Comparative Law Perspectives on the Future of Constitutional Government in the Global World Order, AALS, September 1, 2023

September 1, 2023

The Section on Comparative Law invites submissions for the Section's Main Program to be held at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association of the American Law Schools (AALS), on January 3-6, 2024, in Washington, D.C. This year's program is entitled Comparative Law Perspectives on the Future of Constitutional Government in the Global World Order. … Continue reading Call for Abstracts: Comparative Law Perspectives on the Future of Constitutional Government in the Global World Order, AALS, September 1, 2023

Travel Grant: MESA 2023, September 1, 2023

September 1, 2023

Application deadline: September 1, 2023. MESA’s Board of Directors has established a fund to subsidize travel expenses for graduate students who are presenting on the program at the MESA annual meeting. For 2023, we will issue approximately 50 US$500 grants or more if contributions to the fund extend beyond that. To be eligible for a … Continue reading Travel Grant: MESA 2023, September 1, 2023

Call for Papers: Legislation & Law of the Political Process, AALS, September 5, 2023

September 5, 2023

The Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process is pleased to announce a Call for Papers from which one or two additional presenters will be selected for a program on "Legislation, Governance, and Democratic Fragility." The panel will be co-sponsored with the Election Law Section and is to be held during the AALS … Continue reading Call for Papers: Legislation & Law of the Political Process, AALS, September 5, 2023

Postdoctoral researcher: Ottoman History, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway, September 12, 2023

September 12, 2023

The University of Galway is looking to fill a three-year Postdoctoral Research position in Ottoman History for a European Research Council consolidator grant (BILQIS: Building Conceptual and Methodological Expertise for the Study of Gender, Agency and Authority in Islam). The application deadline is September 12, 2023. For application details, see here.