Week of Events
Visiting Scholar Opportunity: The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, 2023
The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, announces the Fares Visiting Fellowship for the fall semester of 2023. The information below outlines the status, rights, and responsibilities of a Visiting Fellow. General Information The Fares Visiting Fellowship is an honorary title awarded to junior or senior scholars visiting … Continue reading Visiting Scholar Opportunity: The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, 2023
Call for Papers: Secularism as a Value, Princeton, New Jersey, May 4-6, 2023
Secularism is a central feature of many constitutions. Over the last several decades, critical scholars have mounted highly effective challenges to secularism – arguing that it is ethnocentric and oppresses minorities. But the rise of populist and authoritarian nationalism movements, which have co-opted religious institutions and traditions, has given legal and political guarantees of secularism … Continue reading Call for Papers: Secularism as a Value, Princeton, New Jersey, May 4-6, 2023
Call for Papers: Fall 2023 Works-in-Progress Workshop on Comparative Constitutional Law in the Global South, Columbia Law School
From the organizers: Columbia Law School invites submissions for a works-in-progress workshop in comparative constitutional law. The workshop, convened with the support of the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Fund at Columbia Law School (the “Ambedkar Fund”), will focus on themes that are linked to the theory and practice of constitutionalism in the Global South. We welcome, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Fall 2023 Works-in-Progress Workshop on Comparative Constitutional Law in the Global South, Columbia Law School
Call for Applications: The Inaugural Harvard-Zaytuna Thesis Symposium, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, March 3-5, 2023
The Alwaleed Program is proud to support The Inaugural Harvard-Zaytuna Thesis Symposium Spring 2023 This collaboration is a joint effort initiated by students at Harvard University and Zaytuna College. We aim to provide a space for undergraduates and masters’ students at each respective institution to present their research culminating in their thesis. This will provide … Continue reading Call for Applications: The Inaugural Harvard-Zaytuna Thesis Symposium, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, March 3-5, 2023
Webinar: “Contesting Sharia Law and Moral Enforcement in Aceh, Indonesia: A Contextual Approach” by Reza Idra, Stanford University, March 2, 2023 @ 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Webinar: “Contesting Sharia Law and Moral Enforcement in Aceh, Indonesia: A Contextual Approach” by Reza Idra, Stanford University, March 2, 2023 @ 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
From the organizers: This webinar will address the complexities and the unexpected outcomes of enforcing Sharia—Islamic law—through the machinery of inefficient statecraft in the Indonesian province of Aceh, which is located on the periphery of the world’s largest archipelagic nation. Reza Idria is an Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology in the Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Banda Aceh, … Continue reading Webinar: “Contesting Sharia Law and Moral Enforcement in Aceh, Indonesia: A Contextual Approach” by Reza Idra, Stanford University, March 2, 2023 @ 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Islam in Africa Initiative: Umar Tahir, Swartz Hall, Garvin Room, Harvard University, March 3, 2023 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Islam in Africa Initiative: Umar Tahir, Swartz Hall, Garvin Room, Harvard University, March 3, 2023 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Umar Tahir, Columbia Unversity, ‘Rediscovering 18th Century Knowledge Tradition: al-Kashnāwī’s (d.1742) Intellectual Networks in Bilād al-Sudān and Hijāz’.
SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes, Harvard Law School, March 4, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes, Harvard Law School, March 4, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
On Saturday March 4, 2023 at 11:00AM-4:00PM US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event. Join us for a chance to help write the next chapter in the history of the Arabic script where we bring our efforts together to finally … Continue reading SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes, Harvard Law School, March 4, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.