University of Oxford Faculty of Oriental Studies Instructor in Arabic £28,098 - £33,518 per annum, full time Two posts: one permanent appointment, one fixed term appointment for five years We are looking for two committed and highly effective Instructors in Arabic, to commence on 1 October 2018. The Instructors will give instruction in Arabic language … Continue reading Arabic Instructor – University of Oxford
At the Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture
Europe’s past is overwhelmingly monarchical, yet the monarchies that remain in place today hardly resemble those that governed Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. Modernity has transformed monarchy from a matter of unquestioned and often sacred fact to a matter of largely secular and usually democratic choice. If the words remain the same … Continue reading Call for Papers: Monarchy and Modernity, 1500-1945
The Aga Khan Museum (AKM) in Toronto, Canada offers visitors a window into worlds unknown or unfamiliar: the artistic, intellectual, and scientific heritage of Muslim civilizations across the centuries from the Iberian Peninsula to China. Its mission is to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the contribution that Muslim civilizations have made to world … Continue reading Call for Applications: Aga Khan Museum: Curator, Islamic Art History
The Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the “Middle East” as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries, mobility and transformation. Our goal is to … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop
We are inviting advanced doctoral students and early career researchers in the area of Islamic legal studies, to apply to participate in the USPPIP Autumn School. USPPIP is a collaborative project of the universities of Exeter, Bergen, Göttingen, and Leiden. The project (running from 2016 to 2018) aims to explore how the past is employed … Continue reading Call for Applications: Autumn School: Uses of the Past in Islamic Legal Thought and Practice
Contributors are sought for an edited collection designed for undergraduate through first-year graduate students, under contract with publishers Taylor and Francis, that illuminates the many worlds of the Medieval Mediterranean, 470-1350. Contributors are asked to provide narrative essays accompanied by primary source materials, written and/or visual, illustrative of their argument, and meant to engage students … Continue reading Call for Chapter Contributors: Windows into the Medieval Mediterranean
The conference will discuss, among other topics of sociology of law and justice, the contribution of law to the power of citizens, at a time of increasing competition between state law, once the main source of people’s rights, and multiple global and local normativities. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Sociology of Law and Justice Section of … Continue reading The RCSL-SDJ Lisbon Meeting 2018: “Law and Citizenship Beyond The States”
Lunch with current ILSP: SHARIAsource staff, fellows, and affiliates who will discuss their research and other work in Islamic law this year. By invitation only.
West Africa and the Maghreb: Reassessing Intellectual Connections in the 21st Century Thursday, September 13, 2018 Welcome Address 5.30-5.45 PM David N. Hempton, Dean of Harvard Divinity School HDS Faculty Grant Program Janet Gyatso, Academic Dean of Harvard Divinity School Keynote Lecture 5.45-7.00 PM Ousmane Kane, “The Transformation of the Pilgrimage Tradition in West … Continue reading Conference: West Africa and the Maghreb (Harvard University)
