Week of Events
Workshop: Constitutional Law and Political Structure of Iran
Course Description This course provides theoretical and practical training in terms of the Constitutional law of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Postgraduates and undergraduates students are particularly welcomed to participate. Besides, those wishing to improve their ability to critically understand the Iran’s legal regime are invited. Classes will mainly be seminar-based and the students are … Continue reading Workshop: Constitutional Law and Political Structure of Iran
Call for Applications: College of William & Mary: Visiting Ass’t Professor in Middle Eastern History
Call for Applications: College of William & Mary: Visiting Ass’t Professor in Middle Eastern History
The Department of History at William & Mary invites applications for a one-year, non-tenure-track Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern History that will begin August 10, 2019. Specialization is open. The successful applicant will be expected to be an effective teacher and will have a 3-3 teaching load, including broad surveys of pre-Modern and Modern … Continue reading Call for Applications: College of William & Mary: Visiting Ass’t Professor in Middle Eastern History
Call for Applications: International Criminal Law Summer Course in Italy
The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights is organizing its 19th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on “Human Rights and Criminal Justice” in Siracusa (Italy) from June 2 until June 10, 2019. We will select 60 participants who should have a university degree, ideally in law or with … Continue reading Call for Applications: International Criminal Law Summer Course in Italy
Princeton Lecture: Shariah at the University (Khaled Abou El Fadl)
Princeton Lecture: Shariah at the University (Khaled Abou El Fadl)
What is Shariah's place in American intellectual life? What role can academics and academic institutions play in public discussions of this contentious topic? In this lecture, Dr. Abou El Fadl will offer his analysis, informed by decades of research and teaching on Islamic law, on the past, present, and future of the study of Shariah … Continue reading Princeton Lecture: Shariah at the University (Khaled Abou El Fadl)
Harvard Lecture: City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries
Harvard Lecture: City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries
The Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies brings experts from an array of fields within the field of Islamic studies to Harvard. These seminars are meant to bolster intellectual engagement within the field of Islamic studies more broadly on the Harvard campus, and to allow students to engage with cutting-edge insights and scholarship on Islam … Continue reading Harvard Lecture: City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries