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Lecture: “Women Islamic leaders in West Africa,” Islam in Africa Lecture Series, Harvard Divinity School

Harvard Divinity School

Joseph Hill, University of Alberta, will be presenting on "Women Islamic leaders in West Africa" in this week's installment of the "Islam in Africa Lecture Series." Islam in Africa Lecture Series Critical Perspectives on the Development and Dynamics of Islam in Africa Islam in Africa has become an important and increasingly vibrant sub-field in Islamic … Continue reading Lecture: “Women Islamic leaders in West Africa,” Islam in Africa Lecture Series, Harvard Divinity School

Open House: “Roy Reminisces with Professor Roy Mottahedeh,” Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

CMES, Room 102 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

Please join us for our first Roy Reminisces—tea and cookies with Professor Roy Mottahedeh! Monday, February 24 from 1-3 pm at 38 Kirkland Street, Room 102. Prof. Mottahedeh will join us to share memories of the history of CMES and other tales. It’s an open house, and stop by when you can. This event is … Continue reading Open House: “Roy Reminisces with Professor Roy Mottahedeh,” Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Damascus Restored: Shafi’ism in 5th/11th and 6th/12th Century Damascus,” Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School

Barker Center 114 Harvard University

MEBB WORKSHOP: DAMASCUS RESTORED: SHĀFIʿISM IN 5TH/11TH AND 6TH/12TH CENTURY DAMASCUS Feb 24 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Barker Center 114 Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, HLS The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop: “Damascus Restored: Shafi’ism in 5th/11th and 6th/12th Century Damascus,” Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School

Book Talk: “Narrating Muslim Sicily War and Peace in the Medieval Muslim World,” William E. Granara, Gordon Gray Professor of the Practice of Arabic, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations & Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

CMES, Room 102 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

CMES and the Committee on Medieval Studies present a book talk Narrating Muslim Sicily War and Peace in the Medieval Muslim World William E. Granara Gordon Gray Professor of the Practice of Arabic, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations  & Department of Comparative Literature; Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University  In 902 the last … Continue reading Book Talk: “Narrating Muslim Sicily War and Peace in the Medieval Muslim World,” William E. Granara, Gordon Gray Professor of the Practice of Arabic, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations & Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

Book Talk: “Narrating Muslim Sicily: War and Peace in the Medieval Muslim World”, William E. Granara, Gordon Gray Professor of the Practice of Arabic, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations & Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St

BOOK TALK: “NARRATING MUSLIM SICILY: WAR AND PEACE IN THE MEDIEVAL MUSLIM WORLD” Feb 25 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM | CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St William E. Granara, Gordon Gray Professor of the Practice of Arabic, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations & Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Co-sponsored by the Center … Continue reading Book Talk: “Narrating Muslim Sicily: War and Peace in the Medieval Muslim World”, William E. Granara, Gordon Gray Professor of the Practice of Arabic, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations & Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

Lecture: “Tribal Law as Islamic Law: The Berber Example,” Lawrence Rosen, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, Princeton University

Location TBD

ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present.   LAWRENCE ROSEN, WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY EMERITUS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY FEB 26 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | LOCATION TBD Tribal Law as Islamic Law: The Berber Example

Book Talk: “The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity,” Darryl Li, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College, and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago

TSAI AUDITORIUM, CGIS SOUTH S010

ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. DARRYL LI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE COLLEGE, AND LECTURER IN LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FEB 26 | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | TSAI AUDITORIUM, CGIS SOUTH S010 Book … Continue reading Book Talk: “The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity,” Darryl Li, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College, and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago

Call for Applications: Editor/Research Assistant for Prof. Dawood Ahmed on “Islam in Constitutions”

Dawood Ahmed, B.A. and M.A. degrees in Jurisprudence from Oxford University, and LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago, is looking to hire an Editor/Research Assistant. Dr. Ahmed seeks support with completing an academic book on the role of “Islam” clauses in constitutions, particularly their co-relation with human rights, providing hypothesis for the … Continue reading Call for Applications: Editor/Research Assistant for Prof. Dawood Ahmed on “Islam in Constitutions”

Call for Submissions: “Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World,” Harvard University

Harvard University

Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World invites submissions for the forthcoming volume 38, to be published in 2021 Muqarnas is a scholarly journal that publishes articles on art, architectural history, and archaeology, as well as all aspects of Islamic visual and material cultures, historical and contemporary. Full-length articles are accompanied by … Continue reading Call for Submissions: “Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World,” Harvard University

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