Name: Postdoctoral researcher position: University of Galway, May 16, 2024
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April 2024

Fellowship: Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program, April 15, 2024

April 15

From the Harvard University Center for African Studies: Harvard University President Derek Bok established the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program in 1979 to address the needs of South Africans denied access to advanced education by the apartheid system. The creation of this program was a direct response to the strong movement by Harvard students and … Continue reading Fellowship: Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program, April 15, 2024

Call for Submissions: Berkeley Law Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, April 15, 2024

April 15

The Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law (JMEIL) is accepting academic articles and student notes for Volume 13. Submissions should be related to social-legal issues pertaining to the Middle East and/or Islamic Law. Please submit a short bio alongside your submission. Deadline: April 15 Submissions are accepted via email: [email protected]

Johnson Program: The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, April 15, 2024

April 15

"The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University is delighted to host the Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors, a program designed to provide support and mentorship to scholars working towards the publication of their first book on the law and legal culture of the early middle ages. In conversation with peers and with the … Continue reading Johnson Program: The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, April 15, 2024

Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Partnership for Heritage. Documentation and heritage management for the protection of the Nafousa Mountains, April 17, 2024

April 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Session 7 (17 April 2024, 18h CET) Partnership for Heritage. Documentation and heritage management for the protection of the Nafousa Mountains (Libya) (in Arabic), Mahmoud Hadia and Ahmed Masoud (Department of Antiquities, Libya) Link on demand at: [email protected]

Lecture: From Ownership to Partnership: Rethinking the Theory of Marriage in Islamic Law with Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Harvard Law School, April 17, 2024 @ 12:15 – 1:15 PM

April 17 @ 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

From the organizers: In this presentation, Havva Guney-Reubenacker will discuss her ongoing work on Islamic legal critiques that challenge the legitimacy of women’s inequality in Islamic law’s traditional theory of marriage. Event Overview Please join us for a presentation by Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, on the theory of marriage in Islamic … Continue reading Lecture: From Ownership to Partnership: Rethinking the Theory of Marriage in Islamic Law with Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Harvard Law School, April 17, 2024 @ 12:15 – 1:15 PM

Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: Blessed Aristocracies: Charismatic authority, rural elites, and historiography in Medieval Yemen (6th-9th/12th-15th c.), April 22, 2024

April 22 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

From Ekaterina Pukhovaia at the Leiden University (see here): Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that this spring Leiden University will host the first round of a series of online talks about Yemen. The series, running from January 2024 till June 2025 and sponsored by the Horizon-2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project EMStaD YEMEN, brings together experts … Continue reading Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: Blessed Aristocracies: Charismatic authority, rural elites, and historiography in Medieval Yemen (6th-9th/12th-15th c.), April 22, 2024

May 2024

MESA Scholarship: MESA Global Academy, 2024-2025, May 1, 2024

May 1

The MESA Global Academy offers competitive fellowships to Middle East Studies scholars from the MENA region, primarily those who are currently displaced in North America. Eligibility criteria for the fellowships include: 1) holding a PhD or equivalent in a field in the social sciences or humanities (graduate students will not be considered); 2) the primary … Continue reading MESA Scholarship: MESA Global Academy, 2024-2025, May 1, 2024

Call for Proposals: Symposium, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, May 6, 2024

May 6

From the organizers: General Guidelines for All Open Submission Proposals Programs may be proposed by full-time faculty members or administrators at AALS Member or Fee-Paid law schools. International faculty, visiting faculty (who do not retain a permanent affiliation at another law school), graduate students, and non-law school faculty are not eligible to submit proposals but … Continue reading Call for Proposals: Symposium, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, May 6, 2024

Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c. 750–850” with Philip Wood, Program in Islamic Law, May 14, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

May 14 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Philip Wood (Aga Khan University) will give a book talk on The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c. 750–850 (Princeton University Press, 2021) as part of our Islamic Law Speaker Series. This book examines how Christian leaders adopted and adapted the political practices … Continue reading Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c. 750–850” with Philip Wood, Program in Islamic Law, May 14, 2024 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Postdoctoral researcher position: University of Galway, May 16, 2024

May 16

BILQIS is a five-year (2023-2028) European Research Council Consolidator Grant. The PI is Professor Roja Fazaeli, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway. BILQIS investigates Muslim women’s access to justice in Europe by studying of how Muslim women in Europe have navigated questions of agency and authority from the long 19th century to the … Continue reading Postdoctoral researcher position: University of Galway, May 16, 2024