On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Professor Sherman Jackson will be speaking on his book, The Islamic Secular. The basic point of the secular in the modern … Continue reading Islamic Law Speaker Series: Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California), “The Islamic Secular,” April 7, 2026 @ 12:30pm
Djelemory Diabate (CSR), “Closing the Sufi Age: Authority, Finality, and Political Theology in Umar al-Futi Tal's Kitab Rimah.” Amadu Kunateh (CSR) will respond. We will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in … Continue reading Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Djelemory Diabate, “Closing the Sufi Age: Authority, Finality, and Political Theology in Umar al-Futi Tal’s Kitab Rimah,” April 20, 2026 @ 6:15pm
Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis Inaugural Humanities of AI Workshop Johns Hopkins University, April 24-26, 2026 As a creative aspiration, the Greek notion of mimesis (“imitation”) manifested not only … Continue reading Conference: Humanities of AI—Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis, Johns Hopkins University, April 24-26, 2026
From the organizers: The 236th Meeting of the American Society for Premodern Asia will be held Friday, April 24, 2026 through Monday, April 27, 2026, in Los Angeles, CA USA. … Continue reading Conference: American Society for Premodern Asia Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 24–27, 2026
The 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT) at The University of Chicago will take place on May 1-2, 2026. About the Conference. Since its inception four decades ago, … Continue reading Conference: 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, May 1–2, 2026
Applications now are being accepted for the fourth annual Digital Medieval Studies Institutes, organized by Dr. Laura Morreale and Dr. N. Kıvılcım Yavuz. The first will take place on 13 … Continue reading Call for Participation: Digital Medieval Studies Institute, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 13, 2026
From the organizers: The LSA Annual Meeting will take place in San Francisco, California, USA, from May 28-31, 2026. The conference will be held at the Hilton Union Square. This … Continue reading Conference: Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, May 28–31, 2026
From the organizers: 2026 LAW AND HUMANITIES WORKSHOP FOR JUNIOR SCHOLARS Georgetown University Law Center, Stanford Law School, UCLA School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of … Continue reading Workshop: The Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, June 8–9, 2026
From the organizers: Every year, the Association holds it annual conference, usually a two-day affair, as well as a graduate student workshop, usually held the day before the annual conference. … Continue reading Conference: Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Conference, Chicago, June 17–18, 2026
The Department of History at Colby College invites applications for a three-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle East/Islamic history beginning July 1, 2026. The annual teaching load is 4.5 courses, … Continue reading Position Opening: Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval Middle East, Colby College, July 1, 2026
