Harvard Law School is fortunate to have funding to enable students with serious individual research and independent clinical projects (i.e., those not part of a clinical course) to spend time abroad during the winter term. In a typical winter, HLS supports more than 75 students carrying out such work in some 35 nations; in addition, … Continue reading International Travel Grants: Independent Clinicals, Harvard Law School
Research/Writing Projects HLS J.D. and LL.M. students may register for the Winter Term Writing Program and devote Winter Term to intensive, independent research and writing under the supervision of an HLS faculty member. Please see the Winter Term Writing Program information in the HLS Handbook of Academic Policies for more information, including specifics regarding credits, and this … Continue reading Winter Term Writing Program: Research/Writing Projects, Harvard Law School
Mapping History Workshop Oct 30-31 |10 am – 2 pm Mapping is an effective tool for reconstructing the past, which reveals the spatial relationships that stimulated cultural, social and political change over time. In this workshop, we will introduce digital tools and workflows for visualizing and interpreting historical data. We will cover the basics of … Continue reading Workshop: Mapping History, Harvard University
October 30-31, 10am-2pm Mapping is an effective tool for reconstructing the past, which reveals the spatial relationships that stimulated cultural, social and political change over time. In this workshop, we will introduce digital tools and workflows for visualizing and interpreting historical data. We will cover the basics of QGIS, web mapping with Leaflet, georeferencing historical … Continue reading Workshop: Mapping History, Harvard University
The Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS) is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts for an international conference on gender and women’s studies in the Middle East in the second week of March 2021 in Beirut, Lebanon, in partnership with local universities (American University of Beirut and Lebanese American University). This is the first … Continue reading Call for Papers: Women and Gender Studies in the Middle East
Durham University is looking for a scholar to join their internationally-renowned Department of History. Durham University has an outstanding reputation in the field of medieval studies and the Department is closely involved in the multi-disciplinary Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, which brings together colleagues from across the University. The Departments welcomes applications from … Continue reading Call for Applications: Assistant Professor in History, Durham University
Call for Applications in Iranian Studies As part of the recently established Cluster of Excellence "Understanding Written Artefacts" at the Universität Hamburg, the faculty of humanities announced a call for application for a professorship in Iranian studies. For more information on the Cluster of Excellence, please visit the homepage Understanding the Written Artefect. The professor … Continue reading Call for Applications: Professorship in Iranian Studies, University of Hamburg
Call for Applications in Islamic Studies As part of the recently established Cluster of Excellence "Understanding Written Artefacts" at the Universität Hamburg, the faculty of humanities announced a call for application for a professorship in Islamic studies. For more information on the Cluster of Excellence, please visit the homepage Understanding the Written Artefect. The professor … Continue reading Call for Applications: Professorship in Islamic Studies, University of Hamburg
The Department of History at The Ohio State University invites applications for the Carter V. Findley Professorship in Ottoman and Turkish History, to begin in Autumn 2020. Rank is open, although the department’s preference is for a candidate who is a tenure-eligible assistant professor, an associate professor or a recently-promoted full professor. Area of specialty … Continue reading Call for Applications: Professorship in Ottoman and Turkish History, Department of History, Ohio State University
The George Mason University Department of History and Art History invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Medieval and Islamic Art History. Candidates for this position should have an active scholarly agenda in the field of pre-modern Islamic, Medieval European, or Byzantine art history. We especially welcome candidates whose research demonstrates critical engagements with global, … Continue reading Call for Applications: Assistant Professor of Medieval and Islamic Art History, George Mason University
Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) offers a world-class program in media education with degree programs in journalism and in communication built on a strong foundation of liberal arts. NU-Q is one of six schools from leading American universities that have established campuses in Education City, Doha, as a result of collaborative agreements between the universities … Continue reading Call for Applications: Dean, Northwestern University in Qatar
34th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics Date: 27-Feb-2020 - 01-Mar-2020 Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA Contact Person: Mahmoud Azaz Meeting Email: mazaz@email.arizona.edu Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2019 Meeting Description: The Arabic Linguistics Society together with the University of Arizona's School of Middle Eastern and North … Continue reading Call for Papers: 34th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (Feb 27-Mar 1, 2020 | Tucson, Arizona)
A conference on “Status and Justice in Law, Religion, and Society” will be held at Washington and Lee University School of Law, November 1-3, 2019. It will include lots of interest for legal historians. The organizers are Timothy Lubin and Kemilya Atanasova, both of Washington and Lee University. Clifford Ando (University of Chicago) and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan (Indiana University) will give keynote lectures on citizenship … Continue reading Conference: Status and Justice in Law, Religion, and Society, Washington and Lee University School of Law
The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies invites applications for a Postdoctoral Position funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. We are interested in attracting outstanding postdoctoral researchers who are engaged in research projects relevant to our research focus. We expect fellows to participate in our academic life, to give presentations on their research, and … Continue reading Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Position, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
Troubling Translation(s) University of Pennsylvania, February 21-22, 2020. The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Program for Comparative Literature and Theory, Department of South Asia Studies, Department of Religious Studies, and South Asia Center invite graduate students of all stages to consider translation as concept, practice, and method. Our discussions will … Continue reading Call for Papers: “Troubling Translation(s)” Graduate Conference ( 21-22 Feb, 2020 | University of Pennsylvania)
Position Description: The School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland, College Park invites applications for an appointment as Assistant Professor (tenure-track) of Arabic Studies. Strong candidates will have research interests centered on expressions of contemporary social and political phenomena in the Arab World, including but not limited to migration and … Continue reading Call for Applications: Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
Prof. Marcus Milwright, "The Shock of the New? Writing and the Propagation of Religious Ideology in early Islam" Tue 5 Nov, 6pm G.06, 50 George Square University of Edinburgh The prominent role played by writing in the visual cultures of the Islamic world is, of course, well known. Ornamental scripts adorn buildings and objects of … Continue reading Talk: Professor Marcus Milwright, “The Shock of the New? Writing and the Propagation of Religious Ideology in early Islam”
The Annual Law and Society Association is accepting proposals for their annual meeting. The submission period for the Law and Society Association’s Call for Submissions opens on September 5, and the deadline is November 6, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. ET (USA). The Program Committee welcomes any scholar studying sociolegal activities to submit a paper proposal. We … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (28-31 May 2020 | Denver, Colorado)
The Islamicate Digital Humanities Network is hosting their second IDHN member’s meeting on Wednesday, November 6th, 2019. IDHN members will receive an invitation with the access code and link in the network’s newsletter. Guests can request an access code by sending an e-mail to info@idhn.org. The network welcomes contributions from both members and guests developing or employing digital … Continue reading Second Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Members’ Meeting
SoFCB Junior Fellows Program Each year, ten Junior Fellows are selected to join the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) through an open application process. After completing two years in good standing as Junior Fellows, participants have the option to become Senior Fellows. Junior and Senior Fellows form a thriving community of scholars working across … Continue reading Call for Applications: Junior Fellows Program, Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Tenured or Tenure-Track Position in Comparative Literature New York University: NYU - Domestic: Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS): Comparative Literature Location New York, New York Open Date Sep 23, 2019 Deadline Nov 12, 2019 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Description The Department of Comparative Literature at NYU seeks applications for a tenured or tenure-track position … Continue reading Call for Applications: Tenured or Tenure-Track Position in Comparative Literature, New York University
Throughout the academic year, the Program in Islamic Law puts on an "Islamic Law Lecture Series" in which distinguished faculty and fellows present their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past … Continue reading Islamic Law Lecture Series: Dana Lee, The Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School
The Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) at Princeton University invites outstanding faculty members of any discipline, independent scholars, lawyers, and judges to apply for residential fellowships for 2020-2021. LAPA Fellows devote the major portion of their time to their own research and writing on law-related subjects of empirical, interpretive, doctrinal and/or normative significance. In addition, LAPA Fellows … Continue reading Call for Applications: Residential Fellowships (2020-2021), Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Join the Harvard Law School Library community and Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Faculty Director, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, among other scholars, in … Continue reading Book Talk: Islamic Criminal Law in Conversation with Kamali’s “Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England”
MESA’s 53rd ANNUAL MEETING will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans from November 14-17. If you have not already made arrangements to attend, please consider joining your colleagues in exciting New Orleans. Nothing Quite Compares to New Orleans “The rhythms, tastes, colors, neighborhoods, personality, and culture of New Orleans are un-matched in the United States. On … Continue reading Annual Meeting: Middle East Studies Association
Since 1967, MESA has held an annual meeting in the fall where members gather to share research. MESA has been the hub for scholarly exchange from its first meeting at The University of Chicago in 1967 where a small group gathered for eight sessions to MESA's 50th anniversary meeting in Boston in 2016 where 312 … Continue reading MESA 2019 Annual Meeting
Workshop Programme “Mosques, power and politics” Copenhagen, Denmark 22-24 January 2020 Venue: University of Copenhagen, South Campus Karen Blixens Plads 8, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark Workshop theme: For this workshop we address the changing politics of mosque building, the different kinds of conflict surrounding the building of a mosque and the symbolic appropriation of territory by … Continue reading Call for Papers: “Mosques, power and politics” Workshop (22-24 January 2020 | University of Copenhagen)
FALL Session 2–4 December at Somerville College, Oxford University The upcoming 17th International Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies is a forum for discourse and presentation of papers by scholars who have a particular interest in the study of religion. Canon Brian Mountford MBE, former Vicar of St Mary's Church and Fellow of St Hilda's College in the University of Oxford, will host the meeting. You are … Continue reading Call for Papers: Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies, Oxford University
FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT JOHN JAY COLLEGE John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY) led by President Karol V. Mason and an internationally recognized leader in educating for justice. John Jay is a federally-designated Hispanic-serving institution, it is ranked third in the nation in … Continue reading Call for Applications: Professorship in Law & Society, John Jay College of the City University of New York
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ISLAMIC WORLD, SUNY - GENESEO The History Department at SUNY-Geneseo is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a focus on the history of the Islamic World before 1800 to begin August 2020. The department consists of twelve full-time faculty who teach courses in history and other interdisciplinary programs. History … Continue reading Call for Applications: Assistant Professor of Islamic World, SUNY-Geneseo
The Near Eastern Studies graduate students at UC Berkeley would like to invite the graduate students in your department to participate in the 2020 UC Berkeley Near Eastern Studies Graduate Student Conference. The conference will take place on March 13–14, 2020 on the UC Berkeley campus, consisting of two days of thematically-organized panel sessions. Faculty will serve as the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Near Eastern Studies Graduate Student Conference, UC Berkeley (13-14 Mar | UC Berkeley)
Leon B. Poullada Postdoctoral Research Associate in Central Asian Studies. The Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for the position of Leon B. Poullada Postdoctoral Research Associate, or Associate Research Scholar, in Central Asian Studies. The initial appointment will be for one year, September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021, with the possibility of … Continue reading Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University
The Symposium, held at colleges in the University of Oxford, is a forum for discourse and presentation of papers or commentaries by scholars, students, religious leaders, and others who have an interest in issues related to religion and ethics. You may participate as an observer, panel member or a presenter. We accept abstracts on a … Continue reading Call for Papers: Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies
Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies Monday 6th-Tuesday 7th April 2020 The Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations 10 Handyside Street, London, N1C 4DN Call for Papers and Panels Following the success of its conferences in Edinburgh (2014), London (2015 and 2016), Chester (2017), Exeter (2018) and Nottingham (2019), … Continue reading Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies
Rushain Abbasi, "The Prophet and the Profane: An Inquiry into the Boundaries of Prophetic Authority" When: Monday, November 18th What: Workshop Session hosting Rushain Abbasi (PhD Candidate, NELC), who will workshop a chapter of his dissertation entitled, "The Prophet and the Profane: An Inquiry into the Boundaries of Prophetic Authority". Dr. Dana Lee (Research Fellow, Program in Islamic … Continue reading Workshop session: Rushain Abbasi, “The Prophet and the Profane: An Inquiry into the Boundaries of Prophetic Authority”
Mejlis Institute Persian Language and Cinema Winter Program Yerevan, Armenia January 2 - 17, 2020 Mejlis Institute is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the intensive winter program that will take place between January 2 and 17, 2020. The objective of the program is to give students an opportunity to improve their reading, … Continue reading Call for Applications: Mejlis Institute Persian Language and Cinema Winter Program (2-17 Jan, 2020 | Armenia)
The annual meeting of the American Society for Legal History will be held in Boston from November 21 to 24, 2019. More information on the conference can be found at this link. A draft of the program can be found at this link.
Seminar with Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies, University of Exeter Nov 25 | Time and Location TBD Sponsors: Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, The Committee on Study of Religion, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish & Israeli Law at Harvard Law school, the Program in Islamic Law, and the Program on … Continue reading Seminar: Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program
Seminar: Presentation on Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shi'ite Islam Project Monday, November 25th | 1-2:30pm | Wasserstein Hall 3016 Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies, University of Exeter Co-sponsors: The … Continue reading Seminar: Presentation on Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shi’ite Islam Project
"Early Shiite Law and the Construction of the Shari'a" What: Lecture by Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies Where: Wasserstein Hall 3016 When: Monday, November 25, 2019, 1-2:30pm
The Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College is looking to hire a part-time Affiliated Faculty to fill one History course opening for the Spring 2020 semester, January 14-May 1, 2020. The course is HI204 Islam in the World. HI204 Islam in the World pursues an interdisciplinary study of the origins of … Continue reading Call for Applications: Affiliated Faculty (Part-Time), Emerson College
Conference Announcement & Call for Papers Modern Law and Institutional Decay The Ecology of Institutional Transplants in the Muslim World 10–11 February 2020, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Austria Comparative governance has become a major field of inquiry across a number of related disciplines. This reflects a sense of urgency in a world characterised … Continue reading Call for Papers: “The Ecology of Institutional Transplants in the Muslim World” Conference,University of Vienna, Austria (10-11 Feb 2020 | Vienna, Austria)
