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American University in Cairo Presidential Associates Program
About the Program: Established in 1981 and formerly known as the Presidential Internship Program, the Presidential Associates Program (rebranded October 2018) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) provides recent university graduates who are American citizens or permanent residents the opportunity to work at the highest levels of an international university, experience life in Cairo, … Continue reading American University in Cairo Presidential Associates Program
CFP for MESA 2019: Exploring Freedom, Emancipation, and Manumission in the Middle East
Enslavement and related asymmetric systems of power are relationships that operate on multiple levels. These include, but are not limited to, the interpersonal, those negotiated within the social and cultural structure, linguistics, economy, and law. How systems of slavery are justified and maintained reaches deeply into the question of humanity. Institutions of slavery employ emotional, … Continue reading CFP for MESA 2019: Exploring Freedom, Emancipation, and Manumission in the Middle East
Princeton Brown Bag Lunch Series: Sharia Ethnography
Princeton Brown Bag Lunch Series: Sharia Ethnography
Brinkley Messick is Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University. He was the Chair of the Department of Anthropology from 2004-2011; was a founding co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies (2010-15); and currently is the Director of the Middle East Institute. In 2009, he received the … Continue reading Princeton Brown Bag Lunch Series: Sharia Ethnography
Lunch Talk :: Book Talk on Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British Empires (Harvard University Press, 2017)
Lunch Talk :: Book Talk on Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British Empires (Harvard University Press, 2017)
Author: Faiz Ahmed, Associate Professor of History, Brown University Moderator: Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School Respondent: Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life In Afghanistan Rising, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of Afghanistan, the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence, codify its … Continue reading Lunch Talk :: Book Talk on Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British Empires (Harvard University Press, 2017)