Symposium: Legal Orders under Pressure: Non-Western Experiences of Legal Transformations in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Max Planck Institute, December 7-9, 2022

From the organizers: From the mid-19th century onwards, many regions underwent fundamental legal changes by following Western models. Countries such as the Ottoman Empire, Japan, China, Siam, Ethiopia were subject to extraterritoriality as a most prominent form of pressure, but also in other non-colonized countries, internal and external diplomatic or economic pressures lead to legal reforms. … Continue reading Symposium: Legal Orders under Pressure: Non-Western Experiences of Legal Transformations in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Max Planck Institute, December 7-9, 2022

The American University in Cairo: Graduate Program in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Fall 2023

From the organizers: Greetings from Cairo! We are writing today to share with you information about our graduate programs in Arab and Islamic Studies at the American University in Cairo. As you know, AUC is one of the oldest international higher education institutions in the Middle East. Our department brings together leading scholars in a … Continue reading The American University in Cairo: Graduate Program in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Fall 2023

The Cochrane Research Fellowship

"Applications are warmly invited for the Cochrane Research Fellowship 2023 at the Chester Beatty. This is a three-month, funded postdoctoral research position that must be undertaken within the calendar year 2023 (please follow the link below for full information). The purpose of the Fellowship is to support academic research on Arabic manuscripts in the Chester … Continue reading The Cochrane Research Fellowship

Scholarship: Islamic Scholarship Fund CAMBA Law Scholarship 2023

ISF CAMBA LAW SCHOLARSHIP 2023 CAMBA is proud to sponsor the 2023 Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF) CAMBA Law Scholarship. Since 2009, ISF has funded American Muslims studying and working in fields with the greatest impact on public opinion and public policy: law, media/journalism, film, and policy/government. Their goal is to improve negative portrayals of Muslims in media, … Continue reading Scholarship: Islamic Scholarship Fund CAMBA Law Scholarship 2023

Position opening: Adjunct Lecturer in Modern Middle East, Babson College

Babson College in Wellesley, MA seeks an Adjunct Lecturer to teach 2 sections of Modern Middle East in Spring 2023. This course is in-person from 1/17-4/26/2023 with exams ending 5/5/23. The scheduled days and times for this course and the current description are listed below. Interested candidates should have an ABD/Ph.D. in Anthropology, History, or … Continue reading Position opening: Adjunct Lecturer in Modern Middle East, Babson College

Residential Fellowship: Crown Center for Middle East Studies, 2023-2024

The Crown Center for Middle East Studies invites applications for a one-year faculty leave residential fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. The fellowship is open to all disciplines—particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropology—for the 2023–2024 academic year. Successful applicants must be tenure track or tenured professors (or equivalent) … Continue reading Residential Fellowship: Crown Center for Middle East Studies, 2023-2024

Request for Open Submission: AALS 2023 Annual Meeting, January 4-7, 2023

Request for Open Submission Proposals for 2023 Annual Meeting The AALS Program Committee for the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools is pleased to request proposals for open submission programs. This category includes four types of programs: Open Source programs are traditional scholarly programs other than those sponsored by one of … Continue reading Request for Open Submission: AALS 2023 Annual Meeting, January 4-7, 2023

Position opening: Tenure-Track Professor of Persian Literature and Cultures, Harvard University

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in Persian literature and cultures. While the specific area of specialization is open, the candidate must have a thorough knowledge of classical Persian literature from the eleventh century to the seventeenth century. In addition, the candidate should show some familiarity with … Continue reading Position opening: Tenure-Track Professor of Persian Literature and Cultures, Harvard University

Call for Applications: Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History, 2023

The American Society for Legal History and the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School are pleased to invite applications for the eleventh biennial Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History. The two-week program features presentations by guest scholars, discussions of core readings in legal history, and analysis of the work of the participants in the Institute. … Continue reading Call for Applications: Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History, 2023

Call for Papers: Workshop TraSIS (Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies) and the BCDSS (Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies)

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 Call for Papers: Workshop TraSIS (Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies) and the BCDSS (Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies)

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