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Call for Proposals: Middle East Initiative Faculty Research Grants, Harvard Belfer Center, March 15, 2021

The Middle East Initiative is seeking research proposals from Harvard faculty for projects which target major policy issues affecting the region. Applications are due no later than 11:59 pm on Monday, March 15, 2021. Funding is made possible by the Emirates Leadership Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Kuwait Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Details regarding priority topic … Continue reading Call for Proposals: Middle East Initiative Faculty Research Grants, Harvard Belfer Center, March 15, 2021

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021-2022, Center for the Humanities at Tufts

From the Center for the Humanities at Tufts: Center for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships (General), 2021-2022 The Center for the Humanities invites applications for two general one-year humanities postdoctoral fellowships, beginning August 15, 2021. The fellow will receive a stipend of $53,760, will be eligible for Tufts University health benefits, and will have a workspace at the … Continue reading Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021-2022, Center for the Humanities at Tufts

Princeton Qur’an Symposium: April 9-10, 2021

From the organizers: Zoom Registration Required: https://princeton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtfumvqjkrGtVqSXt_o7LyOWgfmPuoadT3 Princeton Qur’an Symposium April 9-10th 2021 Friday, April 9th Symposium Introduction Panel 1 – Qur’an, Hermeneutics and Power 10:00am -11:45 am Ash Geissinger ‘Rather, blessed is the one who reads the Book of God and obeys what is in it’: The transmission of the Qur’an and gendered memories. Devin … Continue reading Princeton Qur’an Symposium: April 9-10, 2021

Roundtable: Umayyads, Early ‘Abbasids, and Historical Periodization, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley, April 9, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST

From the organizers: Dear CMES community member, We are looking forward to you joining us at Professor Fred Astren's Roundtable that will be taking place next Friday, April 9th from  11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Please advise that the texts have been updated to include additional material. They can have been attached for your … Continue reading Roundtable: Umayyads, Early ‘Abbasids, and Historical Periodization, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley, April 9, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST

Webinar: Bibliotheca Arabica – A Digital Home for the Arabic Manuscript Tradition, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies (Near Eastern Studies) and Digital Scholarship@IAS, April 14, 2021 @ 12pm

From the organizers: Arabic literatures are usually studied as purely creative products, a body of texts disembodied from their material life. Bibliotheca Arabica, in contrast, focusses on the context, the production, transmission, and reception of the manuscripts that for centuries carried the works we study today. Knowing what was copied, read, endowed, or owned when, … Continue reading Webinar: Bibliotheca Arabica – A Digital Home for the Arabic Manuscript Tradition, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies (Near Eastern Studies) and Digital Scholarship@IAS, April 14, 2021 @ 12pm

Call for Submissions: New Journal: Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (JLAIBS)

From the editors: We are pleased to announce the launch of a new journal, Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (JLAIBS), https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/jlaibs, published by Edinburgh University Press. The JLAIBS as a hotspot for interdisciplinary dialogue aims to disseminate new approaches and methodologies that intend to transform our understanding of broader Late Antique and Medieval phenomena, such as knowledge transfer … Continue reading Call for Submissions: New Journal: Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (JLAIBS)

Online Webinar: Research Methods Workshop: The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, St. John’s University, Collegeville, Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, April 22, 2021 @ 11 am – 1 pm

From the organizers: Speakers: Columba Stewart, Executive Director Catherine Walsh, Director of Cataloging Joshua Mugler, Curator of Islamic Manuscripts David Calabro, Curator of Eastern Christian Manuscripts Daniel Gullo, Director of the Malta Study Center Ali Diakite and Paul Naylor, Catalogers of West African Manuscripts Celeste Gianni, Cataloger of Arabic Manuscripts Co-sponsor: Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval … Continue reading Online Webinar: Research Methods Workshop: The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, St. John’s University, Collegeville, Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, April 22, 2021 @ 11 am – 1 pm

Webinar: A talk with Ahmed El Shamsy on the ḥāshiya

The ḥāshiya (gloss/supercommentary) is a characteristic literary genre of postclassical Muslim scholarship. In the field of Sunni Islamic law, the ḥāshiya became the central site at which the dominant teaching of each school of law was elaborated, making earlier works obsolete. At the same time, the ḥāshiya operated within the influential “hierarchy of jurists” model developed in the thirteenth century, according … Continue reading Webinar: A talk with Ahmed El Shamsy on the ḥāshiya

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