Week of Events
Call for Applications: Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
Radcliffe fellows are exceptional scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, and artists whose work is making a difference in their professional fields and in the larger world. Based in Radcliffe Yard—a sanctuary in the heart of Harvard University—fellows join a uniquely interdisciplinary and creative community. A fellowship at Radcliffe is an opportunity to step away from … Continue reading Call for Applications: Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
Conference: “Negotiation in Conquest: Wars, Treaties and Recollections of the Rise of the Caliphate,” Leiden University
Negotiation in Conquest: wars, treaties and recollections of the rise of the caliphate Date Thursday 12 September 2019 - Saturday 14 September 2019 Location Gravensteen Pieterskerkhof 6 2311 SR Leiden Room 0.11 The great conquests of the seventh and eight centuries brought under Arab-Muslim control an area that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the … Continue reading Conference: “Negotiation in Conquest: Wars, Treaties and Recollections of the Rise of the Caliphate,” Leiden University
Call for Papers: Digital Methods and Resources in Legal History
In order to provide an opportunity for the critical discussion of digital methods and resources in legal history, and in order to learn about the vast array of such methods and resources, the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History will be holding a conference on "Digital Methods and Resources in Legal History" on March 19-20, 2020. … Continue reading Call for Papers: Digital Methods and Resources in Legal History
Call for Applications: Professor of Islam in Africa, University of Chicago Divinity School
The University of Chicago Divinity School seeks scholar(s) in the study of Islam in Africa for an appointment date of July 1, 2020. Rank and salary are open. We welcome applications at the assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor rank. We are particularly interested in candidates with scholarly expertise in Islamic religious thought and practice in Africa … Continue reading Call for Applications: Professor of Islam in Africa, University of Chicago Divinity School
Call for Applications: Assistant Professor, University of Southern California in Los Angeles
The Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles seeks to fill the Farhang Foundation Junior Chair in Iranian Studies at the Assistant Professor rank (tenure track). We are looking for a specialist of modern Iran with a social science orientation. Applicants with training in anthropology, sociology, political economy, … Continue reading Call for Applications: Assistant Professor, University of Southern California in Los Angeles
Conference: “Democracy and Good Governance in Muslim-Majority Countries: Lessons from the Last 20 Years”
Conference: “Democracy and Good Governance in Muslim-Majority Countries: Lessons from the Last 20 Years”
20th Annual Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy The Georgetown University's Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the University of Denver's Center for Middle East Studies, and the Center for Global Policy are hosting a conference entitled "Democracy and Good Governance in Muslim-Majority Countries: Lessons from the Last 20 Years." Featuring Keynote Speaker Carl Gershman, … Continue reading Conference: “Democracy and Good Governance in Muslim-Majority Countries: Lessons from the Last 20 Years”