Week of Events
Call for Applications: Tarleton State University: Assistant Professor, World History
Tarleton State University, a member of the Texas A&M System, invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track, Assistant Professor of History. The successful candidate will teach four courses in both the fall and spring semesters for the newly organized Department of History, Sociology and Geography. In addition, the successful candidate will engage in campus service, advising, … Continue reading Call for Applications: Tarleton State University: Assistant Professor, World History
Islamic Law and Civilization Fellowships at Yale Law School
The Abdallah S. Kamel Center at the Yale Law School for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization invites applications for its 2019-2020 residence research fellowships. The fellowships bring promising junior scholars to the Law School where they are expected to advance their academic research relating to Islamic law and civilization and to contribute to … Continue reading Islamic Law and Civilization Fellowships at Yale Law School
Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship for Transregional Studies in Berlin
The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien and the Irmgard Coninx Foundation invite postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship for Transregional Studies in the framework of its research programs: Europe in the Middle East— The Middle East in Europe (EUME) and Prisma Ukraїna – Research Network Eastern … Continue reading Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship for Transregional Studies in Berlin
Call for Papers: Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire
“The Ties that Bind”: Structures and Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire (2-6th December 2019) Event Description As part of the ERC-funded project, “Embedding Conquest, Naturalising Muslim Rule (600-1000)”, at Leiden University, this conference aims to bring together both senior and junior scholars to present research which illuminates the structures and mechanisms … Continue reading Call for Papers: Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire
Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School Visiting Fellowship
Formerly under the rubric of the Islamic Legal Studies Program, we now announce a revamped Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School and the opening of applications for Visiting Fellowships. The Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School invites applications for the 2019-2020 academic year. The purpose of the fellowship is to provide … Continue reading Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School Visiting Fellowship
Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School Senior Fellowship
Formerly under the rubric of the Islamic Legal Studies Program, we now announce a revamped Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School and the opening of applications for Senior Fellowships. The Program in Islamic Law is now accepting application for Senior Fellowships, which are designed to provide tenured professors in the field the opportunity to spend … Continue reading Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School Senior Fellowship
Call for Papers: Migration, Diaspora, and Movement of Peoples
34th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference The University of Chicago May 3-5, 2019 We invite proposals from graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars of the Middle East from roughly the first millennium BCE to the present day, whose research interests include but are not limited to: religious studies, history, geography, anthropology, political science, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Migration, Diaspora, and Movement of Peoples
Call for Papers: Law and Development Institute (UAE) Conference
The Law and Development Institute will host its tenth annual international conference on law and development in Dubai, UAE, on December 6, 2019 in collaboration with the University of Dubai College of Law and the University of Sharjah College of Law. Law, legal frameworks, and institutions have significant impact on economic and social development; however, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Law and Development Institute (UAE) Conference
Call for Applications: American Center of Oriental Research in Amman Fellowships
ACOR fellowship opportunities for the 2019–2020 cycle are now online and the application portal is open. ACOR promotes study, teaching, and increased knowledge of Middle Eastern studies. NEH Fellowship: One award of six months for a scholar who has a Ph.D. or has completed their professional training. Fields of research include: modern and classical languages, … Continue reading Call for Applications: American Center of Oriental Research in Amman Fellowships
Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language
THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: For summer 2019 (late June - early August 2019; dates to be determined in the spring), the American Research Institute in Turkey will offer approximately 15 fellowships for advanced students for participation in the summer program in intensive advanced Turkish language at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. This intensive program offers the equivalent … Continue reading Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language
Registration for Law and Society Association Conference
May 30 - June 2, 2019 Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 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 law and society tradition. Dignity is a core idea … Continue reading Registration for Law and Society Association Conference
Yale Lecture: Sufism in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Yale Lecture: Sufism in Post-Soviet Central Asia
The Yale Program in Iranian Studies presents: "Excavating Spirituality on the Silk Road: Sufism in Post-Soviet Central Asia" By Dr. Emily Jane O'Dell, Research Scholar in Law and Islamic Law, … Continue reading Yale Lecture: Sufism in Post-Soviet Central Asia