Name: Call for Papers: Islamic Law & Constitutionalism, AALS Annual Meeting, September 15, 2023
Start: 2023-09-15T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-15T23:59:59-04:00

August 2023

Workshop: TraSIS (Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies) and the BCDSS (Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies) Murtensee, August 30, 2023 – September 1, 2023

August 30, 2023 - September 1, 2023

From the organizers: Recent scholarship on various forms of dependency has demonstrated that a straightforward freedom/slavery binary does not help to account for how slavery operates in different historical and social contexts. In this workshop, we aim to contribute to discussions on the necessity of transcending this binary, focusing in particular on legal sources from … Continue reading Workshop: TraSIS (Trajectories of Slavery in Islamicate Societies) and the BCDSS (Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies) Murtensee, August 30, 2023 – September 1, 2023

Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, August 31, 2023

August 31, 2023

The Call For Papers for IMC 2024 has officially opened (https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2024/) with the theme 'Crisis'. Proposals for single papers will be due by 31 August 2023 and proposals for panels will be due by 30 September 2023 (sorry for the short notice). If you are organizing a panel and are interested in MEM sponsorship, please … Continue reading Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, August 31, 2023

Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies

August 31, 2023

The MESA Board of Directors invites applications and nominations for the next editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES) for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2024. Candidates should be internationally recognized Middle East scholars in either the humanities or the social sciences and be affiliated with an academic institution prepared to … Continue reading Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies

September 2023

Call for Abstracts: Comparative Law Perspectives on the Future of Constitutional Government in the Global World Order, AALS, September 1, 2023

September 1, 2023

The Section on Comparative Law invites submissions for the Section's Main Program to be held at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association of the American Law Schools (AALS), on January 3-6, 2024, in Washington, D.C. This year's program is entitled Comparative Law Perspectives on the Future of Constitutional Government in the Global World Order. … Continue reading Call for Abstracts: Comparative Law Perspectives on the Future of Constitutional Government in the Global World Order, AALS, September 1, 2023

Travel Grant: MESA 2023, September 1, 2023

September 1, 2023

Application deadline: September 1, 2023. MESA’s Board of Directors has established a fund to subsidize travel expenses for graduate students who are presenting on the program at the MESA annual meeting. For 2023, we will issue approximately 50 US$500 grants or more if contributions to the fund extend beyond that. To be eligible for a … Continue reading Travel Grant: MESA 2023, September 1, 2023

Call for Papers: Legislation & Law of the Political Process, AALS, September 5, 2023

September 5, 2023

The Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process is pleased to announce a Call for Papers from which one or two additional presenters will be selected for a program on "Legislation, Governance, and Democratic Fragility." The panel will be co-sponsored with the Election Law Section and is to be held during the AALS … Continue reading Call for Papers: Legislation & Law of the Political Process, AALS, September 5, 2023

Postdoctoral researcher: Ottoman History, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway, September 12, 2023

September 12, 2023

The University of Galway is looking to fill a three-year Postdoctoral Research position in Ottoman History for a European Research Council consolidator grant (BILQIS: Building Conceptual and Methodological Expertise for the Study of Gender, Agency and Authority in Islam). The application deadline is September 12, 2023. For application details, see here.

MESA 2023 Travel Grants for Graduate Students and Contingent/Precariously Employed, September 13, 2023

September 13, 2023

From MESA: MESA's Travel Grant program awards $500 grants to students and to precariously employed or contingent faculty who have no other institutional support to attend the conference. This year, we have received 140 applications from students and from contingent faculty/precariously employed. So that we can offer the maximum number of travel grants, the Board … Continue reading MESA 2023 Travel Grants for Graduate Students and Contingent/Precariously Employed, September 13, 2023

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Religions: “A Critique of the Modern Discourse of Maqāṣid,” September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023

From the organizers: The open access journal Religions (ISSN 2077-1444) is pleased to announce a new Special Issue entitled "A Critique of the Modern Discourse of Maqāṣid". Dr. Mohamed Mosaad Abdelaziz Mohamed is serving as Guest Editor for this issue. The submission deadline is 15 September 2023 and papers may be submitted immediately or at … Continue reading Call for Papers: Special Issue of Religions: “A Critique of the Modern Discourse of Maqāṣid,” September 15, 2023

Call for Papers: Islamic Law & Constitutionalism, AALS Annual Meeting, September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023

Deadline for Submission: September 15, 2023 Panel Sponsor: Islamic Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) The Islamic Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) invites submission of papers for its panel entitled Islamic Law and Constitutionalism at the annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in January 2024. The panel … Continue reading Call for Papers: Islamic Law & Constitutionalism, AALS Annual Meeting, September 15, 2023