Enslavement and related asymmetric systems of power are relationships that operate on multiple levels. These include, but are not limited to, the interpersonal, those negotiated within the social and cultural … Continue reading CFP for MESA 2019: Exploring Freedom, Emancipation, and Manumission in the Middle East
3rd International Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World (1400-1650) Location: RCC Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge MA Visual strategies of legitimization became increasingly important for Iberian … Continue reading Harvard Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World
Marion Katz , Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University Lecture: “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics” Recent years have seen a … Continue reading Program in Islamic Law Lecture :: Marion Katz, “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics”
The Iran Circle at Harvard presents a talk in Farsi on "Religious Minorities in Iran's Constitution, Civil Law and Criminal Law," by Prof. Houchang Chehabi. The Iranian Constitution recognizes four … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: Religious Minorities in Iran’s Constitution
Raoul Berger-Mark DeWolfe Howe Legal History Fellowship Harvard Law School invites applications for the Berger-Howe Fellowship for the academic year 2019-2020. Eligible applicants include those who have a first law … Continue reading HLS Legal History Fellowship
Northwestern’s Center for Legal Studies is pleased to continue a collaborative partnership with the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History. We seek applications for the centerpiece … Continue reading Call for Applications: Northwestern University: Postdoc, Legal History
The Middle East Studies Association invites submissions for its 53rd Annual Meeting, November 14-17, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana! All submissions within MESA's purview are welcome. All submissions must be … Continue reading Call for Papers: MESA’s 53rd Annual Meeting
Venue and date: University of Amsterdam, 13-14 June 2019 Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages This international workshop brings together researchers who are engaged in empirical, ethnographically grounded research about the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University announces travel research grants per summer research for Harvard students (undergraduate or graduate, any school) engaging in research in the Arabian … Continue reading Arabian Peninsula Research Travel Grants (for Harvard students)
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University announces a scholarship in the amount of $2,500 for a Harvard undergraduate or graduate student who will enroll in a full … Continue reading A.J. Meyer Arabic Summer Language Study Fellowship
