The Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars working on the past and present of the Middle East. It takes as its founding premise the idea that the “Middle East” as an object of inquiry must fundamentally engage notions of boundaries, mobility and transformation. Our goal is to … Continue reading Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop
Reasoning With God: Reclaiming Shari'ah in the Modern Age A lecture and Q&A with Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl Monday, October 1st @ 6:30 pm Wellesley College, Tishman Room Campus Center Reception and book signing to follow Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Shari'ah, Islamic law and Islam, … Continue reading Lecture at Wellesley College: Prof. Khaled Abou El Fadl
The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are delighted to announce the fourth round BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. This international prize will be awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis or unpublished first monograph based on a doctoral thesis. English-language submissions on … Continue reading Call for Applications: BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in Islamic Studies
Khaled M. Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Islamic law and Islam, and a prominent scholar in the field of human rights. He is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law … Continue reading SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Islamic Law in an Age of Fear
Members of this Lab are students interested in assessing the way Islamic law functions in contemporary and historical contexts, and interested in building or testing new apps for the same. Each Lab member will work on a discrete research project in a collaborative, interactive setting. Access restricted to Lab members.
Aaron Spevack, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School Talfīq--the juristic practice of combining differing legal opinions to resolve a new issue and thereby produce an unprecedented ruling--is often framed as an impious and capricious endeavor aimed at cutting corners. However, jurists have used this practice in ways that have had tremendous social impact, both … Continue reading SHARIASOURCE LUNCH TALK :: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF LEGAL PATCHWORKING (TALFĪQ)
The Asian Studies program of Hamilton College invites applications for a tenure track position in any discipline on Islam in Asia, including Iran/Persia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, to begin July 1, 2019. Mastery of a relevant Asian language is expected. Ph.D. by the time of appointment is preferred, but ABDs nearing completion of the … Continue reading Call for Applications: Hamilton College: Assistant Professor, Asian Islam
The Governance Programme at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations is hosting Sharia in Europe? — In Anticipation of the ECtHR Ruling on the Molla Sali v Greece Case on Monday 8 October 2018, 12:30-14:30. Abstracts Sharia Law in Europe: A Greek Case Before the ECtHR that May Bring Changes Konstantinos Tsitselikis, University of … Continue reading Lecture: Aga Khan University: Sharia in Europe?
The aim of this exploratory and informal workshop is to reflect on methodologies, research agendas, and case studies for investigating history writing in Arabic in the Middle East and North Africa in any period from the seventh century to the present. We are interested in papers that consider the practical and conceptual challenges of working … Continue reading Arabic Pasts: Histories and Historiographies
AISP’s annual workshop familiarizes faculty and graduate students with new methodologies and technologies; spotlights the bibliographic resources available at Harvard; and emphasises the potential of the digital humanities for Islamic and Middle East Studies. This year’s line-up focuses on digital scholarship and will include a session on SHARIAsource’s Portal.
"State Authority, Administrative Structures and Its Reflection on Coinage" (winter term 2018/2019) - Prof. Stefan Heidemann Bi-weekly, Wednesday, 4.00 to 6.00 pm CET First session: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Last session: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 This webinar is part of the "Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture" jointly organized by the Universität Bonn (Bethany Walker), … Continue reading Online Course on Islamic Coins
School of Historical Studies, Opportunities for Scholars 2019-2020. The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single … Continue reading Fellowship with the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
4th National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference We are excited to announce the Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference will be held March 21-24, 2019, at American University Washington College of Law. The Conference will feature distinguished keynote speakers, plenary sessions, concurrent panel discussions, works-in-progress workshops, and shorter incubator sessions to discuss … Continue reading Call for Papers: People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference
The Center for the Theory and History of the Image invites applications from outstanding junior and senior researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences for three one-year NOMIS Fellowships beginning September 1, 2019. Since 2005, eikones has served as a center for graduate and postgraduate research on images. The center is dedicated to the … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Basel: Postdoctoral Researcher, Theory and History of the Image
Call for Papers: “Law as Resistance” Open panel(s) for the 14th Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO) Turin, 31 January–2 February 2019 CfP for a panel for the 14th Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO) on "Law as Resistance" (Turin, 31 January–2 February 2019) organized by Roberta … Continue reading Call for Papers: Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO) Conference
Members of this Lab are students interested in assessing the way Islamic law functions in contemporary and historical contexts, and interested in building or testing new apps for the same. Each Lab member will work on a discrete research project in a collaborative, interactive setting. Access restricted to Lab members.
The Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam project (http://www.lawalisi.eu an ERC advanced award) at the University of Exeter is now recruiting three postdoctoral research fellows: ONE one-year fixed term post focussing on early Islamic legal developments (up until 15th century, with a focus on Imami Shii law) with a preference for those working … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Exeter: Postdoctoral Fellows, Shīʿī Islamic Studies
Author: Will Smiley, Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire Moderator: Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Professor of History, Harvard University Respondents: Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Harvard University Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School Will Smiley will discuss the research underlying his new book, in which … Continue reading Harvard Worldwide Week Event: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Book Talk on From Slaves to Prisoners of War: The Ottoman Empire, Russia, and International Law (Oxford University Press, 2018)
(Free and Open to the Public) About the Symposium The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium is an endeavor of the Shiʿi Studies Group, established in 2010, to provide an interdisciplinary, non-area-specific forum for the discussion of research on Shiʿism by faculty and graduate students at the University and beyond. The annual symposium aims to … Continue reading UChicago Shi’i Studies Symposium
The 2nd Annual International Conference of the Asian Yearbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, jointly organized by the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Brill-Nijhoff publishers, will challenge the traditional perspectives and static representations of gender and sexuality in Asia, Middle East, and the West. Gathering high-profile speakers from around the … Continue reading International Conference: Law, Gender, and Sexuality
Sunday, October 28, 2018 (Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building, N101) 4:30 PM Keynote Address - “The Contested History of American Religious Freedom" Tisa Wenger, Yale University Monday, October 29, 2018 (301 Marx Hall) 9:30 AM Conference Panel Mohamed Fadel, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law Gustavo Maya, Princeton University Nomi Stolzenberg, University … Continue reading Conceptions of Law: Between “Theology” and Positive Law
The Department of Art at Wellesley College (http://www.wellesley.edu/art) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in the art, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world before 1500. The successful candidate will develop a curriculum attentive to the intersections of Islamicate arts with the arts of the Western Medieval and Byzantine worlds. We seek … Continue reading Call for Applications: Wellesley College: Assistant Professor, Islamic Art
A collaborative workshop by the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London and the Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam (LAWALISI) Project at the University of Exeter. See a list of speakers and topics here. The workshop is free to attend, but places are limited. Pre-registration is required. To register, please email lawalisi@exeter.ac.uk before … Continue reading Workshop: Ḥadīth, Law and Theology in Early Shiʿīte Islam (London)
Members of this Lab are students interested in assessing the way Islamic law functions in contemporary and historical contexts, and interested in building or testing new apps for the same. Each Lab member will work on a discrete research project in a collaborative, interactive setting. Access restricted to Lab members.
The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University invites applications for a postdoctoral or more senior research position in the history, politics, economics, religion, and/or culture of Iran and the Persian Gulf region in the 20th and/or 21st century, starting in September 2019. This full-time twelve-month position may … Continue reading Call for Applications: Princeton University: Postdoctoral Researcher, Modern Iran
We are pleased to announce the Sixth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies which will be held at Waseda University in Tokyo from June 15 to 17, 2019. The conference will be conducted in two parts, and will be preceded by a three-day intensive course on Mamluk archival material from June 12 to 14, 2019, to be … Continue reading Call for Papers: School of Mamluk Studies, Tokyo Conference
