Week of Events
Call for Papers: MESA’s 53rd Annual Meeting
The Middle East Studies Association invites submissions for its 53rd Annual Meeting, November 14-17, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana! All submissions within MESA's purview are welcome. All submissions must be made through the myMESA electronic submission system: https://mesana.org/mymesa/login.php by no later than Friday, February 15, 2019 at midnight Mountain Standard Time, at which time the myMESA system … Continue reading Call for Papers: MESA’s 53rd Annual Meeting
Call for Papers: Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages
Venue and date: University of Amsterdam, 13-14 June 2019 Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages This international workshop brings together researchers who are engaged in empirical, ethnographically grounded research about the multiple materialities involved in Muslim marriages. We employ the term ‘Muslim marriages’ in a broad sense, referring to marriages with at least one of the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Multiple Materialities of Muslim Marriages
HLS Legal History Fellowship
Raoul Berger-Mark DeWolfe Howe Legal History Fellowship Harvard Law School invites applications for the Berger-Howe Fellowship for the academic year 2019-2020. Eligible applicants include those who have a first law degree, who have completed the required coursework for a doctorate, or who have recently been awarded a doctoral degree. A J.D. is preferred, but not … Continue reading HLS Legal History Fellowship
Call for Applications: Northwestern University: Postdoc, Legal History
Northwestern’s Center for Legal Studies is pleased to continue a collaborative partnership with the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History. We seek applications for the centerpiece of the partnership: a two-year post-doctoral fellowship held in residence at Northwestern University’s Center for Legal Studies beginning September 1, 2019. A strong preference will … Continue reading Call for Applications: Northwestern University: Postdoc, Legal History
Harvard Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World
Harvard Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World
3rd International Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World (1400-1650) Location: RCC Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge MA Visual strategies of legitimization became increasingly important for Iberian monarchies during the late medieval and early modern periods. Their dynastic, diplomatic, and military endeavors called for effective propaganda, both in the metropolis and in … Continue reading Harvard Workshop: Art and Court Cultures in the Iberian World
Program in Islamic Law Lecture :: Marion Katz, “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics”
Program in Islamic Law Lecture :: Marion Katz, “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics”
Marion Katz , Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University Lecture: “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics” Recent years have seen a rise in the study of Islamic ethics, from the “ethical turn” in the anthropology of Islam to the foundation of a Journal of Islamic Ethics. The … Continue reading Program in Islamic Law Lecture :: Marion Katz, “Wives, Housework, and the Changing Boundary between Islamic Law and Ethics”
Harvard Lecture: Religious Minorities in Iran’s Constitution
Harvard Lecture: Religious Minorities in Iran’s Constitution
The Iran Circle at Harvard presents a talk in Farsi on "Religious Minorities in Iran's Constitution, Civil Law and Criminal Law," by Prof. Houchang Chehabi. The Iranian Constitution recognizes four Muslim mazhabs other than Iran's official Twelver Shi'ism and three religions other than Islam. This does not exhaust Iran's religious diversity, however. This talk will … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: Religious Minorities in Iran’s Constitution