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Call for Papers: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, November 15, 2023

Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop January 18-20, 2024  Announcement and Call for Papers  Co-Organized and Co-Hosted by Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University) Jacques deLisle (University of Pennsylvania Law School), and Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law) And the American Society of Comparative Law Hosting institution this year:  Princeton University Center for Human Values … Continue reading Call for Papers: Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, November 15, 2023

Webinar: “Legal Canons as Precedent: The Contested Case of Bughaybigha, 661-883” by Intisar Rabb, Princeton Islamic Studies Colloquium, November 15, 2023 @ 3:30 p.m.

This is a hybrid event hosted by the Princeton Islamic Studies Colloquium. Professor Intisar Rabb (Harvard University) will present her research titled "Legal Canons as Precedent: The Contested Case of Bughaybigha, 661-883."  The event will take place at Princeton University, 1879 Hall, Room 137.  Those wishing to attend via Zoom can register here.

Talk: “Chasing Floods: the Ottoman Introduction of Rice in the Balkan Peninsula” by Aleksandar Shopov, CMES, Harvard University, November 15, 2023

From the CMES website: Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 6:00pm to 7:30pm; Location: CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 The CMES Disaster Studies Initiative is pleased to present Aleksandar Shopov, Visiting Scholar, CMES; Assistant Professor, History, SUNY Binghamton University. For more details, visit here.

Seminar: “Revisiting History: Nurullah Shushtari on Shī’ī Historiography, Taqiyya & The Pre-Savafid Era” by Shahrad Shahvand, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, November 16, 2023

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:30pm; Location: TBD Shahrad Shahvand, Alwaleed Bin Talal Postdoctoral Fellow Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Persian and Persianate Studies Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center RSVP here.

Winter Excursion to Tunisia: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, November 17, 2023

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies offers a study excursion to Tunisia in January 2024. This year's expected dates are January 2 - 19. A predeparture meeting for accepted students will be held during reading week. This three-week itinerary, based in the city of Tunis, focuses on thehistory and culture of Tunisiaand how they intersect … Continue reading Winter Excursion to Tunisia: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, November 17, 2023

Talk: “Three Strikes and She’s Out: The Origins and Expansion of a Divorce and Remarriage Stipulation in Q 2:230” by Lyall Armstrong, Alwaleed Bin Talal Director’s Series, Harvard Law School, Lewis 214, November 27, 2023 @ 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Join us on Monday, November 27, 2023 at 12pm EST for a talk titled “Three Strikes and She’s Out: The Origins and Expansion of a Divorce and Remarriage Stipulation in Q 2:230” by Professor Lyall Armstrong. Abstract: Q 2:230 stipulates that if a man divorces his wife three times and then wants to marry her … Continue reading Talk: “Three Strikes and She’s Out: The Origins and Expansion of a Divorce and Remarriage Stipulation in Q 2:230” by Lyall Armstrong, Alwaleed Bin Talal Director’s Series, Harvard Law School, Lewis 214, November 27, 2023 @ 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Talk: “The ‘Khitat’ of al-Maqrizi: Narrating History on the Tempo of ‘Kharab'” by Nasser Rabat, CMES, Harvard University, November 28, 2023

From the CMES website: Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 5:00pm to 6:30pm; Location: CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 The CMES Disaster Studies Initiative presents Nasser Rabbat Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture,  MIT Nasser Rabbat is the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for … Continue reading Talk: “The ‘Khitat’ of al-Maqrizi: Narrating History on the Tempo of ‘Kharab'” by Nasser Rabat, CMES, Harvard University, November 28, 2023

Talk: “Locusts of Power” by Samuel Dolbee, CMES, Harvard University, November 29, 2023

From the CMES website: Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6:00pm to 7:30pm; Location: CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series is pleased to present Samuel Dolbee, Assistant Professor of History, Family Dean's Faculty Fellow in Studies of the Middle East, Vanderbilt University Samuel Dolbee, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt … Continue reading Talk: “Locusts of Power” by Samuel Dolbee, CMES, Harvard University, November 29, 2023

Prize: Nominations for the Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law, AALS, November 30, 2023

The Section on Comparative Law invites Nominations for the Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law to recognize scholarly excellence in any subject of comparative law by an untenured scholar at an AALS Member School. The Prize will be given to the author(s) of a scholarly article judged to have made an important contribution in the field … Continue reading Prize: Nominations for the Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law, AALS, November 30, 2023

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