The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding service to MESA or the profession. Service is defined broadly to include work in diverse areas, including but not limited to outreach, librarianship, and film. Winner is awarded $1,000. Bacharach Service Award Nomination Guidelines.
The Annual Meeting on Law and Society will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from June 1-4, 2023. The conference will be held at the Caribe Hilton. This meeting will be an entirely in-person meeting. 2023 Theme: Separate and Unequal Between 1898 and 1901, the United States invented a new tradition of territorial expansionism with a … Continue reading Annual meeting: Law & Society Association’s Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 1-4, 2023
June 8-9 2023 “Colonial Legacies and Racial Formations: France In Comparative Perspective” Conference at École Normale Supérieure Despite claims to an egalitarian colorblindness, French policy has long rested on accenting and institutionalizing ethnic, religious and racial difference, at the domestic and foreign policy levels. In recent years developments from Mali to Lebanon have revived interest in the effects of colonial policy in former … Continue reading Conference: “Colonial Legacies and Racial Formations: France In Comparative Perspective,” POMEPS, June 8-9, 2023
Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida The American Society of Comparative Law, the leading organization in the United States promoting the comparative study of law, and the Florida International University College of Law invite all interested scholars, practitioners and advanced degree students to submit a proposal for a paper presentation or a concurrent … Continue reading Call for Panel and Paper Proposals 2023: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law, June 15, 2023
From Professor Husayn: Salam! I am excited to share with you two fascinating texts portraying debates that occurred in the Abbasid royal court of al-Maʾmūn. For our first session, we will examine a Shiʿi text that features al-Imām al-Jawād deconstructing hadith exalting Abū Bakr and ʿUmar. For our second session, we will examine a Sunni text that features the … Continue reading Workshop: “Al-Maʾmūn on Tafḍīl ʿAlī” with Nebil Husayn, University of Miami
Date: 21 August - 1 September 2023 Costs: Tuition cost will be 600 euros. Level: The course is meant for graduate students (MA and PhD) and researchers. Language: English. Non-native speakers are required to have a command of English equivalent to at least TOEFL 550. Scholarships: There are two scholarships to cover the tuition for students who don't have access … Continue reading Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, Leiden University, June 16, 2023
Copyright in Islamic Legal Tradition Workshop (twitter.com/copyright_islam) Copyright Talks - 3 Dr. Mohamed Ali Ahdash (Lawyer and expert in Islamic studies) The book "Copyright in Islamic Law'' presented by its author Zoom | June 19, 2023 | 10am (San Francisco), 1pm (New York), 6pm (London), 8pm (Istanbul) Register here.
Students completing their dissertations between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022 may submit entries for the Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards. The competition is meant to recognize exceptional achievement in research and writing for/of dissertations in Middle East studies. Winner in each category (social sciences and humanities) is awarded $1,000. Kerr Dissertation Awards Nominations Guidelines.
Course date: July 3–7, 2023 Location: Vienna Application deadline: February 14, 2023 ECTS Credits: 1.0 Course delivery: In-person For more information, including application details, please see here.
The organizers invite paper proposals (500 words max.) by March 20, 2023. CVs should also be sent along with abstracts. Please send relevant materials and direct questions to [email protected].
