Week of Events
Sixth Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies Registration Deadline
The Sixth Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies will be held at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, on June 15-17, 2019. The schedule is available here. Panel discussions include: Mamluk Scholarship and the Transmission of Knowledge Versatile Approach to the Diplomatic Dialogue: Levels and Strategies of Interchange in the Mamluk Diplomacy Mobility of Ideas, … Continue reading Sixth Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies Registration Deadline
Call for Papers: Mosques, Families, and Islamic Law
"Danish Mosques – Significance, Use and Influence" together with the "Nordic Mosques Research network" invites papers and applications for participation. This will be the first workshop as part of the HS-NOS funding and the mid-term conference in the Danish Mosques research project. The workshop will take place at in Göteborg in Sweden at the Hotel … Continue reading Call for Papers: Mosques, Families, and Islamic Law
Summer School in Languages (Armenian, Persian, Turkish) and Connected Histories
Yerevan, Armenia July 15 - August 15, 2019 This intensive summer program will take place between July 15 and August 15, 2019, lasting four weeks. The program will consist of three parallel language courses – Armenian, Persian and Turkish – and a series of seminars devoted to topics in connected histories of Armenia, Iran and … Continue reading Summer School in Languages (Armenian, Persian, Turkish) and Connected Histories
American University in Cairo Summer Institute for Islamic Studies
The American University in Cairo is pleased to announce the launch of a Summer@AUC Islamic Studies Institute. It includes two four-week programs, each one conducted by international scholars of Qur'an, Hadith, Law, and Sufism, combining group lectures with Arabic language tutoring, primary source textual readings, and engagement with scholars in the field. Open to students … Continue reading American University in Cairo Summer Institute for Islamic Studies
Harvard Medieval Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize
The Committee on Medieval Studies will award one prize of $250 for the best paper on any topic in Medieval Studies by a student in Harvard College. Students in all concentrations are eligible for consideration. Applicants should submit the following materials by 5:00 on Friday, 3 May 2019: The student information form (available at the "Undergraduate … Continue reading Harvard Medieval Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize
Harvard Lecture: Race, Religion, and Revolution in Islamic West Africa since 1770
Harvard Lecture: Race, Religion, and Revolution in Islamic West Africa since 1770
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: Race, Religion, and Revolution in Islamic West Africa since 1770