Week of Events
Open Call for Academic Book Proposals: Ethics International Press
Ethics International Press are continuing our Open Call for academic book proposals. Proposals should primarily be for scholarly books, including text/reference books. You can download a Book Proposal Form here and see information for authors on our website, www.ethicspress.com Ethics International Press aims to be broad in scope, inclusive and welcoming of diverse voices and … Continue reading Open Call for Academic Book Proposals: Ethics International Press
Lecture series on “Sharia or holy law of Muslims,” Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Middle East of the CSIC, September 21, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
From the organizers (translated from Spanish): On Tuesday September 21 we continue with the cycle dedicated to the 'sharia' with this conference by Carmelo Pérez Beltrán, Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies of the Department of Semitic Studies of the University of Granada. It can be seen on our YouTube channel and on Facebook Live . The objective of this … Continue reading Lecture series on “Sharia or holy law of Muslims,” Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Middle East of the CSIC, September 21, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
Webinar: “Global Jihad: A Brief History,” Brandeis University, September 20, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Webinar: “Global Jihad: A Brief History,” Brandeis University, September 20, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Topic: Global Jihad: A Brief History Description: A Crown Seminar with Glenn Robinson Most violent jihadi movements in the twentieth century focused on removing corrupt, repressive, secular regimes in the Muslim world. But, following the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, a new form of jihadism emerged: global jihad, turning to the international arena as the … Continue reading Webinar: “Global Jihad: A Brief History,” Brandeis University, September 20, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Webinar: “Afghanistan: The End of a Forever War?,” Tufts Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, September 21, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Webinar: “Afghanistan: The End of a Forever War?,” Tufts Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, September 21, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Speakers: Benjamin Hopkins Ahmed Rashid Nilofer Sakhi Rory Stewart Title: Afghanistan: The End of a Forever War? Location: 11 am EST via Zoom Webinar on Thursday, September 21st. Zoom Link to follow. Speaker's Bio: Benjamin D. Hopkins is a historian of modern South Asia, specializing in the history of Afghanistan and British imperialism on the … Continue reading Webinar: “Afghanistan: The End of a Forever War?,” Tufts Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, September 21, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Webinar: “Entangled Histories: The Bamiyan Buddhas-Past, Present, and Future,” The Harvard Art Museums, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 7:00-8:15pm
Webinar: “Entangled Histories: The Bamiyan Buddhas-Past, Present, and Future,” The Harvard Art Museums, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 7:00-8:15pm
Western scholarship has focused on the monumental sculptures in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley as Buddhas created in the late sixth and early seventh centuries. This lecture tells an alternative story based on Islamic sources from the tenth to the twentieth century, which saw these sculptures not as Buddhas but as legendary heroes representing the mythic conversion … Continue reading Webinar: “Entangled Histories: The Bamiyan Buddhas-Past, Present, and Future,” The Harvard Art Museums, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 7:00-8:15pm
Ulrich Haarmann Memorial Lecture: Book talk, “In the Sultan’s Salon: Learning, Religion, and Rulership at the Mamluk Court of Qanisawh al-Ghawri (r. 1501-1516)” by Christan Mauder (Bergen), Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, September 23, 2021 @ 4-5pm CEST
Ulrich Haarmann Memorial Lecture: Book talk, “In the Sultan’s Salon: Learning, Religion, and Rulership at the Mamluk Court of Qanisawh al-Ghawri (r. 1501-1516)” by Christan Mauder (Bergen), Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, September 23, 2021 @ 4-5pm CEST
For registration, please contact [email protected]. Zoom links will be circulated a day ahead of each lecture.