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Call for Papers: Pre-modern comparative literary practice in the multilingual Islamic world(s), the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre, 23-24 July 2021

This is to announce a Call for Papers on the subject of Pre-modern comparative literary practice in the multilingual Islamic world(s) a conference to be hosted by the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre (OCCT) University of Oxford, 23-24 July 2021 with a volume of proceedings to follow from Oxford University Press https://www.occt.ox.ac.uk/pre-modern-comparative-literary-practice-multilingual-islamic-worlds On behalf … Continue reading Call for Papers: Pre-modern comparative literary practice in the multilingual Islamic world(s), the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre, 23-24 July 2021

Book Talk: Harmonizing Similarities: A History of Distinctions Literature in Islamic Law by Elias Saba, Program in Islamic Law (Harvard Law School), November 17, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Join us for the Program in Islamic Law’s Academic Year 2020-2021 Book Talk Webinar Series! On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, Dr Elias Saba (Grinnell College, Senior Lecturer, Departments of History and Religious Studies) will speak on his new book, Harmonizing Similarities: A History of Distinctions Literature in Islamic Law (De Gruyter, 2019). He will be joined by discussant Professor Ahmad A. Ahmad (University … Continue reading Book Talk: Harmonizing Similarities: A History of Distinctions Literature in Islamic Law by Elias Saba, Program in Islamic Law (Harvard Law School), November 17, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Online Conference: 4th Islamicate Digital Humanities Network: The Next Generation,

From Irene Kirchner (Georgetown University): Dear friends and colleagues, I would like to invite you to join us for the 4th IDHN Conference on Wednesday, November 18th from 10 am to 12.30 pm EDT (consult the timetable in the attached program to find out at what time the meeting is taking place in your time zone). We will hear four exciting presentations: … Continue reading Online Conference: 4th Islamicate Digital Humanities Network: The Next Generation,

Online Talk: Harvard’s Islamic Collection in and beyond Cambridge, Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program (Harvard University), November 19, 2020 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm

Harvard's Islamic Collection in and beyond Cambridge Thursday, November 19, 2020 | 10:30am - 1pm | RSVP for Zoom link  Presenters: Joseph Kinzer Senior Curatorial Assistant, Archive of World Music, Loeb Music Library Michael Rocke Nicky Mariano Librarian and Director of the Biblioteca Berenson  Spyros Koulouris Collections Services and Photograph Archivist  Giovanni Pagliarulo Agnes Mongan Curator of … Continue reading Online Talk: Harvard’s Islamic Collection in and beyond Cambridge, Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program (Harvard University), November 19, 2020 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm

Call for Applications: Student Fellow 2020-21 Academic Year, Program in Islamic Law (Harvard Law School), November 20, 2020

Call for Applications: HLS Program in Islamic Law, Student Fellow, Academic Year 2020-2021, Initial deadline Nov. 20. The Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School, headed under Faculty Director Professor Intisar Rabb, is seeking a student to serve as a Student Fellow for Publications. The Program’s multiple publications including a peer-reviewed journal, print book … Continue reading Call for Applications: Student Fellow 2020-21 Academic Year, Program in Islamic Law (Harvard Law School), November 20, 2020

Lecture by Sherman Jackson: Islam in America and the Ethnic Studies Paradigm, Department of History (Harvard University), November 20, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Islam in America and the Ethnic Studies Paradigm Date: Friday, November 20, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:30pm Location: Zoom (RSVP Required) Part of the New Perspectives on Ethnicity and Migration lecture series Speaker: Professor Sherman Jackson, University of Southern California To register for the Zoom Webinar, please click here. To view the event poster, please click here.

Seminar: Sirat ‘Antar and Formation of Arab Tribal Identity in Mamluk Egypt by Yossef Rapoport, The Department & Program in Near Eastern Studies (Princeton University), November 23, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm

Topic: NES Seminar Series #12 Sirat 'Antar and formation of Arab tribal identity in Mamluk Egypt Speaker: Yossef Rapoport, Queen Mary University of London Respondent: Marina Rustow, Princeton University _____________________________________________________________ Yossef Rapoport is a historian of the social, economic, and legal history of the medieval Middle East, and a professor of Islamic history at Queen … Continue reading Seminar: Sirat ‘Antar and Formation of Arab Tribal Identity in Mamluk Egypt by Yossef Rapoport, The Department & Program in Near Eastern Studies (Princeton University), November 23, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm

Online Talk: Translating Islamic Law: Mobility, History, Solidarity by Iza Hussin, Centre for Ethics (University of Toronto), November 23, 2020 @ 12:30 – 1:45 pm

Translating Islamic Law: Mobility, History, Solidarity Translation encapsulates a series of distinct moves in the study of Islamic law, each with its own ethical and methodological implications. These implications are often obscured when we emphasise textual and discursive translation, at the expense of institutional and material processes. This paper discusses the work that translation does … Continue reading Online Talk: Translating Islamic Law: Mobility, History, Solidarity by Iza Hussin, Centre for Ethics (University of Toronto), November 23, 2020 @ 12:30 – 1:45 pm

Online Lecture: Ibn Iyās and his narrative voice(s) by Anna Kollatz, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, November 26, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

On November 26, 2020, 4-5 pm CET (10-11 am ET), Anna Kollatz will speak on some aspects of her recent research on Ibn Iyās: Ibn Iyās and his narrative voice(s) In this talk, Kollatz would like to discuss my approach to Ibn Iyās as a historical author and a narrator on history. Though his Badāʾiʿ … Continue reading Online Lecture: Ibn Iyās and his narrative voice(s) by Anna Kollatz, Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, November 26, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Call for Abstracts: New Methods in the Study of Islam, 30 Nov

New Methods in the Study of Islam CALL FOR ABSTRACTS   Methods play a notable role in the scholarly cognition of available data and shape (and even direct) scholarly productions. In the study of religions, methods also highlight possible connections between various traditions by utilizing a multitude of socio-cultural, anthropological, legal, textual and other disciplinary … Continue reading Call for Abstracts: New Methods in the Study of Islam, 30 Nov

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