Name: Maslaha, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and Society Workshop
Start: 2018-04-19T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-04-20T23:59:59-04:00
Location: University of Bergen

April 2018

Applications :: Intensive Summer Course: The Scholars of al-Andalus: the Politics of Knowledge

April 1, 2018

The course will take place from the 23rd to the 28th of July, Monday to Saturday, from 9:00 to 19:00 (37 hours). Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). The course will take place from the 23rd to the 28th of July, Monday to Saturday, from 9:00 to 19:00 (37 hours). Prior registration … Continue reading Applications :: Intensive Summer Course: The Scholars of al-Andalus: the Politics of Knowledge

Mesa Book Awards: Including Two New Awards

April 1, 2018

The MESA Board of Directors has approved the creation of two new book awards honoring the pioneering efforts of two women. The inaugural awards will be presented at the 52nd MESA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The Nikki Keddie Book Award was established to recognize an outstanding contribution on religion, revolution, and history/society. The … Continue reading Mesa Book Awards: Including Two New Awards

Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights: 18th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on “International and Transnational Crimes”

April 4, 2018

Siracusa, Italy

ISISC is glad to announce that the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights - the new public name adopted by the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC) – is organizing its 18th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on “International and Transnational Crimes”, dedicated to the … Continue reading Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights: 18th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on “International and Transnational Crimes”

British Association for Islamic Studies Conference 2018

April 9, 2018 - April 11, 2018

The Law, Learning and Authority in Imami Shiite Islam (LAWALISI) project will host a panel at the British Association for Islamic Studies (www.BRAIS.ac.uk), to be held at the University of Exeter, 9th-11th April 2018 – a programme is available here. The project team, along with many working in Shii Studies, will attend and present at … Continue reading British Association for Islamic Studies Conference 2018

Islamic Constitutionalism: Not Secular. Not Theocratic. Not Impossible.

April 9, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Wasserstein B010 Harvard Law School

Asifa Quraishi-Landes will explain her current project, proposing a structure for Islamic constitutionalism that is inspired by Islamic jurisprudence and Muslim history, yet designed for contemporary realities. This structure is conceptually different from the typical “Islamic state” imagined by modern political Islam movements, as it is built upon the pre-colonial separation of Muslim lawmaking power: siyasa, … Continue reading Islamic Constitutionalism: Not Secular. Not Theocratic. Not Impossible.

ILSP: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Comparing Waqf and Western Landed Trusts

April 10, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Austin 102 Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, United States

Ebrahim Afsah, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School, will discuss his current research on a structured comparison between waqf and the Western institution of landed trust and the implications for Islamic administrative and public law. Mediterranean lunch will be served.

Timbuktu and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of West African Manuscript–Round Table

April 11, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

New York University's Tamiment Library 70 Washington Sq. South

Please join us at New York University's Tamiment Library (10th floor, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Sq. South) on Wednesday, April 11, 6:30-8:00PM (doors open at 6pm) for a round table on issues relating to early West African manuscripts. A fundamental source for the history of West Africa lies in rich archival collections, most famously the manuscript libraries of Timbuktu. … Continue reading Timbuktu and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of West African Manuscript–Round Table

Northwestern University Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Inequality, 2018-2020

April 15, 2018

Northwestern University Evanston, IL

Northwestern University’s Center for Legal Studies invites applications from outstanding candidates for a full-time, two-year, non-renewable teaching and research post-doctoral fellowship beginning fall 2018. The purpose of the fellowship is to recognize and support original interdisciplinary research and teaching in the study of law and inequality in race, crime, policing, mass incarceration, civil rights, and … Continue reading Northwestern University Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Inequality, 2018-2020

MA: Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World

April 15, 2018

The aim of the MA Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World is to provide international graduate students with a thorough understanding of the deep and diverse links between the Muslim, Jewish and Christian intellectual contributions during the medieval period. The program is characterised by a strongly research-driven, interdisciplinary and interreligious approach with an emphasis on … Continue reading MA: Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World

Maslaha, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and Society Workshop

April 19, 2018 - April 20, 2018

University of Bergen , Norway

On the 19th – 20th April 2018, the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bergen will host the workshop Maslaha, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and Society. We are pleased to announce the Call for Paper proposals for this two-day event organised as part of the Humanities in the European Research Area ( HERA) “Uses of … Continue reading Maslaha, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and Society Workshop