From the organizers: As part of the Copyright in Islamic Law Project, we are in the process of arranging a symposium entitled "Symposium on Copyright in Islamic Legal Tradition". The event is scheduled to be held in Istanbul on the dates of June 28-29, 2024. The central objective of this symposium is to convene a diverse … Continue reading Symposium on Copyright in Islamic Legal Tradition, Istanbul, June 28-29, 2024
From the organizers: Subject Fields: Law and Legal History ASLH Early Career (Virtual) Legal History Workshop Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2024 The American Society for Legal History (ASLH) is delighted to announce a new virtual initiative – the Early Career (Virtual) Legal History Workshop – designed to provide support and intellectual community to early … Continue reading Workshop: ASLH Early Career Virtual Workshop, June 30, 2024
ISILS invites paper proposals for its eleventh Islamic Legal Studies conference, to be held at the University of Münster, 22-24 May 2025. The Third International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies, held at Harvard University Law School in May 2000, was devoted to the madhhab. 25 years later, we want to revisit this topic: what impact has the scholarly debate … Continue reading Call for Papers: The XI Islamic Legal Studies Conference, University of Muenster, June 30, 2024
Please submit applications at this form by June 30 (including an abstract of maximum 300 words). Participants will be selected based on the following criteria: Relevance to the symposium theme. Novel contribution to the study of evidence, proof, and/or procedure in Islamic legal contexts. Potential to address broader questions in Islamic and Islamic legal studies. … Continue reading Symposium: Knowledge in the Islamic Court: Evidence, Proof, Procedure Symposium – May 14-15, 2025 (Rabat, Morocco)
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to announce the 2024 iteration of its biennial prize for the best dissertation on the medieval Middle East (roughly 500–1500 CE). In an effort to recognize excellent doctoral research in the field, MEM will award this prize at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), to be … Continue reading Prize: Best dissertation, Middle East Medievalists, June 30, 2024
From the organizers: This conference aims to bring together scholars working on the legal history of the Muslim world who focus on the colonial period and are interested in ‘gender-coded law’ (i.e. all legal domains that automatically invoke connotations of gender). The conference will be held at the University of Amsterdam on December 19 and 20, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, July 1, 2024 (Conference: December 19-20, 2024)
Call for Papers: New Frontiers in Comparative Law: A Works in Progress Showcase 2025 AALS Annual Meeting: Courage in Action The Section on Comparative Law is pleased to announce a call for papers for the "New Frontiers in Comparative Law: A Works in Progress Showcase" program at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting, to be held … Continue reading Call for Papers: New Frontiers in Comparative Law: A Works in Progress Showcase 2025 AALS Annual Meeting: Courage in Action, August 1, 2024
From the seminar: This four-day intensive skills seminar will provide participants with an overview of the interests and preoccupations of the Muslim communities of Aragon in the fifteenth, sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries, as expressed on their own terms, in their own texts, using this unique alphabetic system. We will read, discuss and analyze unpublished and … Continue reading Summer Course: “Reading Aljamiado Mansucripts,” Mediterranean Studies Summer Skills Seminar, August 12-15, 2024 via Teams
Subject: Indian Diaspora Washington DC Metro Event: Prof. Malika Zeghal, Harvard University, USA, Presents, “The Making of the Modern Muslim State. Islam & Governance in theModern Middle East -Saturday, August 17, 2024, 11:00 AM USA (EST), 8:30 PM India Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83337021563?pwd=NFg3OXovbTRQY1B3OXR0T0ZOMmJzQT09 ID: 83337021563 ; Passcode: 608608
Call for Submissions: Pedagogy Files in Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā Is there a primary source from the medieval Middle East that you particularly enjoy teaching? If so, we encourage you to submit a “pedagogy file” to Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā. Our new pedagogy section, launched in 2023 with a file entitled “Textiles across Medieval Eurasia,” is focused on primary … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Pedagogy Files in Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā, September 1, 2024
