Since 1967, MESA has held an annual meeting in the fall where members gather to share research. MESA has been the hub for scholarly exchange from its first meeting at … Continue reading Middle East Studies Association (MESA) 2018 Annual Meeting
Do you know of any collections that are currently at risk and need preserving? The Endangered Archives Programme is now accepting preliminary applications for the next annual funding round – … Continue reading Call for Applications: Endangered Archives Programme
Held in central London, this conference will raise key issues surrounding religious arbitration, the veil and gender segregation at schools and universities, including as part of the religious-Right's assault on … Continue reading Conference: Sharia, Segregation and Secularism
Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School This paper explores the tensions between conservative and innovative strains in Islamic law in twelfth-century Ayyūbid Damascus. The newly restored refugee … Continue reading SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Between Legal Conservatism and Legal Change: Fault Lines in Ayyūbid Damascus
As part of the Centre of South Asian Studies seminar series, Dr. Ali Altaf Mian of Seattle University will be presenting on "Contesting Courts: Islamic Law in Colonial and Post-Colonial … Continue reading Cambridge Lecture: Islamic Law in Colonial and Post-Colonial South Asia
The Sixth Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies 15 - 16 April 2019 (Arrival and Registration from 14 April) University of Nottingham Call for panels and papers … Continue reading Call for Papers: British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) 2019 Conference
The Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut invites applications for a full-time faculty position in modern Middle East history, with a focus on the Arabic-speaking … Continue reading Call for Applications: American University of Beirut: Professor, Modern Middle East/Arab History
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut seeks an established scholar of prominent standing in his/her field of specialization for visiting appointment to the Alfred … Continue reading Call for Applications: American University of Beirut: Chair, History and Archaeology
The Stanford Center for Law and History invites paper submissions from graduate students for its second annual conference, which will center on the theme of the upcoming centennial of the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Legal Histories of the 19th Amendment
The Institute seeks a scholar with a very good knowledge of the field as a whole and excellent proficiency in at least one language of the MENA region. In their … Continue reading Call for Applications: Bern University: Professor, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
