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
Call for Papers: Law and Society Association (LSA) Conference
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Annual Meeting on Law and Society! May 30-June 2, 2019 in Washington, DC This year’s theme is: Dignity Dignity embraces justice, rights, rule of law, respect for humanity and diversity as well as a commitment to human engagement, subjects that have been central in the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Law and Society Association (LSA) Conference
American Society for Legal Society Annual Meeting: “Judges and Courts in Islamic History”
This session's date is TBD. Panelists will include Raha Rafii, PhD Candidate in the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department at UPenn, Amir Toft, PhD candidate at the University of Chicago and research fellow at Yale Law School, and Intisar Rabb, Professor of Law and History at Harvard Law School and Harvard University.
ASLH Pre-conference Workshop on Teaching Legal History
All those attending the 2018 American Society for Legal History conference in Houston are welcome to pre-register for the pre-conference workshop on teaching legal history held in the conference hotel on Thurs, Nov 8 from 11-4 pm. 30 participants will have an opportunity to share their own challenges and successes in dialogue with workshop facilitators … Continue reading ASLH Pre-conference Workshop on Teaching Legal History
Workshop: Ibn Taymiyya and the Shi’a (Exeter, UK)
A workshop organized by the Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam (LAWALISI) Project at the University of Exeter. See a list of speakers and topics here. To register, please email [email protected].
Conference: Islamic Civilization (Yale Law School)
Fifty years after Marshall Hodgson and the Idea of a Discernible Islamic Civilization Symposium sponsored by the Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization Yale Law School, Room 129 9:30 am – 12:00 pm The interaction of Islam with other traditions, cultures, religions and civilizations Ahmed El-Shamsy, University of Chicago … Continue reading Conference: Islamic Civilization (Yale Law School)
Conference: Law, Islam and Anthropology
The conference brings together the disciplines of law, anthropology and Islamic studies, with all of their multiple entanglements. Conference papers address field observation, as well as methods and theories that provide insights into norms that are often given Islamic justification. The discussion will range from the traditional domain of family-related regulations regarding commercial transactions to … Continue reading Conference: Law, Islam and Anthropology
Call for Papers: Transformations and Continuities in Islamic Intellectual Thought
On March 17th and 18th, 2019, Georgetown University in Qatar is proud to host an international, multidisciplinary conference with the aim of bringing together scholars involved in research on Islamic intellectual thought between the 16th and 18th centuries. The Organizing Committee for the 2019 Transformations and Continuities in Islamic Intellectual Thought Conference is now accepting … Continue reading Call for Papers: Transformations and Continuities in Islamic Intellectual Thought
Harvard Lecture: Writing a New History of Islamic Spain
Harvard Lecture: Writing a New History of Islamic Spain
The Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the Committee on Medieval Studies present the Inaugural Joint Lecture in Medieval Eastern Studies: "Kingdoms of Faith – Writing a New History of Islamic Spain" featuring Brian Catlos, Professor of Religious Studies at University of Colorado, Boulder