Week of Events
Hamburg Course: Islamicate Digital Humanities for Scholars in Manuscript Studies
This summer course is for graduate (MA and PhD) students and researchers who work with manuscript materials in Arabic script and want to learn how to apply digital technology in their research. It includes both theoretical and practical sessions on digital encoding and editing of manuscript texts, data annotation, search, and visualization. Limited to 20 … Continue reading Hamburg Course: Islamicate Digital Humanities for Scholars in Manuscript Studies
Call for Papers: Teaching Comparative Civil Rights Law
Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting Civil Rights Section & Comparative Law Section (Jan 2-5, 2020 in Washington, DC) Civil rights law is increasingly globalized, as states around the world borrow from one another, and from international conventions, in defining the rights of individuals and groups to be free from discrimination and oppression. … Continue reading Call for Papers: Teaching Comparative Civil Rights Law
Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors
The Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors, sponsored by the American Society for Legal History (ASLH), is designed to provide advice and support to scholars working toward the publication of first books in legal history, broadly defined. In conversation with peers and with the advice of senior scholars, participants will learn about approaching and … Continue reading Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors
American University in Cairo Summer Course on Islamic Law
Designed specifically for students interested in Islamic law, this program brings together a group of specialists in different areas of the law to explore new ways of thinking about Islamic law. Some important themes of the program include: bridging the divide between theory and practice, the question of modernity, and the role of Islamic law … Continue reading American University in Cairo Summer Course on Islamic Law