Editors: Holly Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen, & Elizabeth Sepper Moderator: Intisar Rabb Panelists: Glenn Cohen, Liz Sepper, and Diane Moore. A panel of scholars, will discuss a recently published book on the intersection of law, religion, and health. Sponsored by the HLS Library.
Alex Metcalfe, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Lancaster University, UK Dr. Metcalfe will discuss part of his research on the Islamic world in the Mediterranean basin. Presented by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Professor of Law, NYU Law School Pound Hall 100, Harvard Law School Ziba Mir-Hosseini, a leading scholar of Islamic feminism, will discuss the emerging reformist and feminist voices in Islam and their potential in challenging the long-established classical interpretations of Shari’a and rethinking their underlying patriarchal ethical values and norms, with a particular … Continue reading LUNCH DISCUSSION :: Feminist Voices in Islam: Rethinking Patriarchal Ethics
The Program Chair has begun assigning panels and papers for adjudication, a process that should take about two weeks. If you can compete a submission in that time, the Program Chair should be able to route your submission for adjudication with the understanding that proposals received by 9/15 will have priority for inclusion in the … Continue reading CFP: Association for Iranian Studies 2018 Biennial Conference
Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or a tenured Associate Professor faculty position in Islam and the Arts. The search is open to scholars focused on Islamic religious arts and performance; non-religious artistic and literary productions of the diverse cultures of Islamic societies; and scholar/artist practitioners. The applicant must have a conferred … Continue reading Due: Assistant- or Associate-Level Faculty Position in Islam and the Arts at Stanford University
Author: Jed Kroncke, FG Direito, Brazil / Emory Moderator: William Alford Panelists: David Armitage, Intisar Rabb, Hu Xiaoqian A panel of scholars will discuss Jed Kroncke’s recent book on law and development, with its implications for Chinese law, Islamic law, and global legal history. Sponsored by the East Asian Legal Studies Program.
The conference will focus on the topic of Islamic law and the implementation of Islamic law in Asia and the Middle East. Conference Themes Islamic Law and Freedom of Religion or Belief Constitutionalism And Human Rights in Arab & Muslim World Women's Rights and Modern Muslim Practices Islamic Law: International Terrorism, Radicalisation and Religious Extremism … Continue reading Islamic Law and its Implementation in Asia and The Middle-East
The Boston University Department of Anthropology invites applications from social or cultural anthropologists specializing in modern Turkey for a tenure track position starting in July 2018, pending budgetary approval. While the topical area is open, the department is especially interested in scholars who conduct research on political or economic anthropology, gender, religion, refugees and diaspora, … Continue reading Applications due :: Tenure-track faculty position opening- Boston University
Members of the Society are hereby invited to submit communications to be presented at the 228th Meeting. Deadline for submission is October 15, 2017. Note: The Program Committee will not accept papers for inclusion on the Program submitted by members who have not paid 2018 membership dues and pre-registration fees in full or who neglect … Continue reading Call for Papers: American Oriental Society 228th Meeting
Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or a tenured Associate Professor faculty position focused on law and legal institutions of Islam and/or Muslim societies in any time period. The successful applicant for this position will be jointly appointed in the Stanford Law School and one of the following departments within the School … Continue reading DUE: Assistant- or Associate-Level Faculty Position in Law and Legal Institutions in Muslim Societies
Position Description: The Department of History seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in modern Middle East history, with an emphasis on the Arab world from the late Ottoman to the contemporary era. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2018. The appointee will teach and advise at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Basic … Continue reading DUE: Tenure-Track Professor in Modern Middle East History, Harvard University
Seven Agir, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, will present and discuss his work as part of Harvard Business School's Business History Seminar at the Chao Center.
Come see the film screening of the 2011 movie A Separation—about marriage, divorce, crime, and regret—directed by Oscar Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi (for the Salesman, 2017). A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to do so. It also won the Golden Globe for Best … Continue reading ILSP FILM SCREENING :: A SEPARATION
For thousands of years the place where the City of Toronto is located has been a crossroad where many peoples have met and had fruitful exchanges. According to some Indigenous knowledge keepers, the word “Toronto” comes from the Wendat term for a fishing weir constructed of sticks standing in the water. Lake and river fishing … Continue reading CFP: Law at the Crossroads: Le Droit a la Croisée des Chemins
Dawood Ahmed, Comparative Constitutions Project, University of Chicago Law School For Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to [email protected] for room location and paper.
Ahmed El Shamsy, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School The publication of al-Shāfiʿī’s (d. 204/820) multivolume magnum opus, al-Umm, in 1903-7 opened a window into early Islamic legal thought and provided the basis for all subsequent historiography of Islamic law. However, the work's publication was anything but inevitable: though it is today considered a … Continue reading ILSP LUNCH TALK :: RESURRECTING THE ANCIENT JURISTS IN PRINT
Today’s scholars expect Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of texts in library collections. Despite expectations that all texts are equally discoverable, we know that countless handwritten manuscripts and documents in non-Roman fonts have neither been OCR’ed nor transcribed. Three esteemed Harvard colleagues will discuss OCR projects that promise to open up vast quantities of knowledge to … Continue reading Panel on Optical Character Recognition
Apart from the constant of student prayer before exams, the study of religion and law has changed and evolved over the years at the law school. On one hand, faculty and alumni on the courts have long engaged the topic of church and state in U.S. constitutional law, making important contributions to doctrine and practice. … Continue reading HLS Bicentennial Panel: God on Mass Ave.
Chair & Commentator: Intisar Rabb, Harvard University Michael O’Sullivan, UCLA The “Muslim Bank” in a Late Imperial Age, 1908–1925 Ari Schriber, Harvard University ([email protected]) The Transformation of the Qadi in Protectorate Morocco Adnan Zulfiqar, Rutgers Law School ([email protected]) Violent Necessity: Enacting Jihad in the Colonial Period
Junior Research Fellow 2018-2020 The Crown Center for Middle East Studies is offering two-year fellowships to outstanding scholars of Middle East politics, economics, history, religion, anthropology, or sociology for the 2018-2020 academic years. This consecutive, two-year fellowship is targeted at junior scholars with PhD in hand and not yet tenured. The fellowship’s goal is to … Continue reading Due: Junior Research Fellow 2018-2020 at Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
