Week of Events
Middle East Beyond Borders Graduate Student Workshop
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
UChicago Shi’i Studies Symposium
(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
International Conference: Law, Gender, and Sexuality
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
Conceptions of Law: Between “Theology” and Positive Law
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
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)
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)
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)