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Webinar: Holding Marriage Hostage: Male Guardianship in Muslim Women’s Application for Marriage in Contemporary Malaysia, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (Harvard Law School), February 18, 2021, 12-1 pm

From the organizers: Under Malaysia's Islamic Family Law, Muslim women may only marry with the signed authorization of a male guardian ( wali), usually their biological father. Drawing on court observations and archival research conducted in the Syariah Court of the Malaysian State of Kelantan, this talk examines "wali refusal" cases, where women's right to … Continue reading Webinar: Holding Marriage Hostage: Male Guardianship in Muslim Women’s Application for Marriage in Contemporary Malaysia, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (Harvard Law School), February 18, 2021, 12-1 pm

Conference: 18th Annual Duke-UNC Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Conference Call for Papers, Duke – UNC, February 20-21, 2020

What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? Racialization and Worldwide Islam The Islamicate Graduate Student Association invites papers for our 18th Annual Duke-UNC Conference, one of the longest running graduate student Middle East & Islamic Studies conferences in the U.S. This year’s conference, “What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? Racialization and Worldwide … Continue reading Conference: 18th Annual Duke-UNC Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Conference Call for Papers, Duke – UNC, February 20-21, 2020

Webinar: Islamic Law, Data Science, and AI Lab Presents Reza Takhshid, NLP Engineer, Computational Linguist, Python Developer NLP for Lawyers and Islamic Law Scholars, February 22, 2021 @ 12-1 pm

Join us for the Program in Islamic Law’s Islamic Law, Data Science, and AI Lab! Machine learning and natural language processing are becoming inseparable part of many studies in the fields of humanities. While most of current NLP models are trained for the purpose of understanding general and everyday language, they can be fine-tuned to … Continue reading Webinar: Islamic Law, Data Science, and AI Lab Presents Reza Takhshid, NLP Engineer, Computational Linguist, Python Developer NLP for Lawyers and Islamic Law Scholars, February 22, 2021 @ 12-1 pm

Webinar: Becoming Turāth: Tradition in Modern Egypt with Youssef Ben Ismail, Harvard Law School, 6-7:30pm

This is a reminder that we will meet tonight (February 22, 2021) from 6:00-7:30pm (EST) on Zoom. Mary Elston (Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School) will present "Becoming Turāth: Tradition in Modern Egypt." Thanks in advance to our respondent, Youssef Ben Ismail (PhD Candidate, NELC).  There is still time to RSVP if you have not done so … Continue reading Webinar: Becoming Turāth: Tradition in Modern Egypt with Youssef Ben Ismail, Harvard Law School, 6-7:30pm

Online Lecture: “Political vs. Idealized Shari’ah in Northern Nigeria” by Sarah Eltantawi and a panel discussion, Yale Law School, February 25, 2021 @ 4:15-5:45 pm

The lecture will be recorded. For more information, please write to [email protected]. The Kamel Center is an academic endeavor entirely devoted to improving the understanding of Islamic law and civilization by organizing interdisciplinary discussions with leading scholars and thinkers and supporting the research of promising junior scholars. Register here. The lecture will be followed by a … Continue reading Online Lecture: “Political vs. Idealized Shari’ah in Northern Nigeria” by Sarah Eltantawi and a panel discussion, Yale Law School, February 25, 2021 @ 4:15-5:45 pm

Webinar: Why Your Grandma’s Qur’an Matters, Smithsonian National Museum, February 25, 2021 @ 7pm

From the organizers: Peace and Greetings Everyone, I hope this email finds you well. Like many of you, I know we are all "zoomed" out. And yet, I write to invite you to join me in a very special conversation planned for Thursday, February 25, 2021, 7pm ET. As History Editor for Sapelo Square, an … Continue reading Webinar: Why Your Grandma’s Qur’an Matters, Smithsonian National Museum, February 25, 2021 @ 7pm

Call for Proposals: The 2021 Medworlds Workshop: “Coexistence in Practice: Politics, Trade and Culture in the Late Medieval Anatolia and Iberia,” Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, July 1-2, 2021

Proposals are being sought for “Coexistence in Practice: Politics, Trade and Culture in the Late Medieval Anatolia and Iberia,” the 2021 Medworlds Workshop, to be held in Istanbul on 1 & 2 July 2021. Stretching along continents, the Mediterranean Sea has played an important role in creating an environment of, voluntary or otherwise, cultural interactions … Continue reading Call for Proposals: The 2021 Medworlds Workshop: “Coexistence in Practice: Politics, Trade and Culture in the Late Medieval Anatolia and Iberia,” Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, July 1-2, 2021

Call for Papers: Expectations of justice and political power in the Islamicate world (ca. 600-1500 CE), Leiden University, October 27-29, 2021

In the Islamicate world, as elsewhere, requests for just rule surface constantly as notions of justice are debated and contested. Exemplary rule can be sought in direct and open ways, through entreaties and demands, but also subversively through irony, flattery and satire. Expectations of justice can be pursued through reform or revolution, or via secession, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Expectations of justice and political power in the Islamicate world (ca. 600-1500 CE), Leiden University, October 27-29, 2021

Michigan Data Science Fellows Program 2021

The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) is seeking applications for its Michigan Data Science Fellows (DS Fellows) Program. This two-year program provides outstanding young researchers with intensive data science experience as they ready themselves for independent research and faculty positions. APPLY NOW MIDAS is dedicated to building a data science research community and external partnerships, advancing innovative and responsible data … Continue reading Michigan Data Science Fellows Program 2021

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