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 We will read, discuss and analyze unpublished and … Continue reading Summer Course: “Reading Aljamiado Mansucripts,” Mediterranean Studies Summer Skills Seminar, August 12-15, 2024 via Teams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
Professor Intisar Rabb is accepting applications for the Fall term to participate in the Writing Group: Topics in Islamic Law and History course for 1 or 2 credits. Interested applicants should submit a single paragraph of interest, resume, and unofficial transcript, all in PDF Format to Marzieh Noori at [email protected]. If accepted, applicants are expected … Continue reading Writing Group: Islamic Law and History (1 or 2 Credits) – Fall Term, September 9, 2024
Professor Intisar Rabb is accepting student applications for the Fall Term to participate in the SHARIAsource Lab for 1 credit. Led by Professor Rabb & Research Data Scientist Noah Tashbook, the Lab meets every week, and is part of the Harvard Program in Islamic Law’s initiative to build data science tools to aid the study … Continue reading SHARIAsource Lab Research Opportunities, September 9, 2024
Deadline for Submission: September 9, 2024 Panel Sponsor: Islamic Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Panel Co-Sponsor: International Law Section of the AALS The Islamic Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), in co-sponsorship with the International Law Section, invites submission of paper abstracts for a panel entitled … Continue reading Call for Papers (CFP): “Islamic Law and Social Movements,” 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), September 9, 2024
Professor Intisar Rabb is accepting applications for Fall/Spring Term student Research Assistants for work on various projects related to Islamic law (1 RA) and criminal law (1 RA), for pay (~10 hrs/week). Positions are open to all HLS students. Interested applicants should submit a single paragraph of interest, resume, and unofficial transcript, all in PDF … Continue reading Research Assistant: Islamic Law and Criminal Law, Harvard Law School
