From the organizers: Three decades after Jacques Derrida’s Archive Fever, scholars in the humanities continue to approach archives as a site of possibility. As historian Arlette Farge writes,  “The archive’s … Continue reading Workshop: Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, Princeton University, October 2–3, 2026

MESA 2026 November 21-24, 2026, Hilton Boston Park Plaza Registration All are invited to register for the MESA's 60th Annual Meeting. Please see the registration page for further details on … Continue reading Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026

Islamic Law, sharīʿa, is often seen as having been heavily influenced and crucially changed during two major transitional periods: from pre-colonial to colonial rule and from colonial to post-colonial rule, … Continue reading Conference: Rupture or Continuity in Sharīʿa: (De)Colonizing Sharīʿa? International Conference, Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM), Istanbul, Turkiye, June 9–11, 2027