Week of Events
Call for Proposals: Elements Series on Law and Religion, The Center for the Study of Law and Religion, October 31, 2024
From the organizers: The Center for the Study of Law and Religion is accepting book proposals for a new "Elements Series on Law and Religion" currently under discussion with Cambridge University Press. We are particularly interested in receiving proposals related to Islamic Law. Cambridge has already embarked on several such Elements Series on different themes, described here. … Continue reading Call for Proposals: Elements Series on Law and Religion, The Center for the Study of Law and Religion, October 31, 2024
The Weatherhead Scholars Program: Visiting Scholars & Postdoctoral Fellows, November 1, 2024
From the Weatherhead Center: Visiting Scholars The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs accepts six to ten visiting faculty members each academic year through the Weatherhead Scholars Program. Visiting faculty must hold tenured or tenure-track positions at another institution, from which they will be on leave during the time that they are at Harvard. The application … Continue reading The Weatherhead Scholars Program: Visiting Scholars & Postdoctoral Fellows, November 1, 2024
Scholarship: Rare Book School Scholarships, November 1, 2024
The Rare Book School is awarding a number of scholarships. "There are several types of scholarships awarded by RBS each fall, all of which are conducted through a single application process. Applications for the next cycle of RBS-awarded scholarships will open in Fall 2024. Scholarships are awarded without reference to admission to any particular course. … Continue reading Scholarship: Rare Book School Scholarships, November 1, 2024
Fellowship: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography Junior Fellows Program, Rare Book School, November 1, 2024
"Each year, ten Junior Fellows will be selected to join the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) through an open application process. After completing two years in good standing as Junior Fellows, participants will have the option to become Senior Fellows." For more details on this year's application logistics and eligibility requirements, … Continue reading Fellowship: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography Junior Fellows Program, Rare Book School, November 1, 2024
Talk: “Faith, Work, and the Law with Jonathan Berry,” Harvard Law School, October 29, 2024 @ 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Talk: “Faith, Work, and the Law with Jonathan Berry,” Harvard Law School, October 29, 2024 @ 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Venue: Austin Hall; 101 Classroom - East "Jonathan Berry (Managing Partner, Boyden Gray PLLC) will discuss the relationship between faith, our work as lawyers, and the character and substance of the law." For more details, please see here.
Talk: “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State” by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, October 29, 2024 @ 7 – 10 pm ET
Talk: “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State” by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, October 29, 2024 @ 7 – 10 pm ET
Where: Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 / 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific Time) "Between the 1850s and World War I, the Ottoman Empire welcomed about a million Muslim refugees from Russia. In his new book, Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State, Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky examines how Circassian, Chechen, Dagestani, and … Continue reading Talk: “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State” by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, October 29, 2024 @ 7 – 10 pm ET
Discussion: Comparison and Scalar Reading: Niqula al-Haddad’s Translation of Ignatious Donnelly’s Caesar’s Column, a Tale of the 20th Century, Europe in the Middle East, October 30, 2024
Discussion: Comparison and Scalar Reading: Niqula al-Haddad’s Translation of Ignatious Donnelly’s Caesar’s Column, a Tale of the 20th Century, Europe in the Middle East, October 30, 2024
EUME Berliner Seminar Wed 30 Oct 2024 | 17:00–18:30 (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET) Comparison and Scalar Reading: Niqula al-Haddad’s Translation of Ignatious Donnelly’s Caesar’s Column, a Tale of the 20th Century Samah Selim (Rutgers University / EUME), Chair: Georges Khalil (EUME / Forum Transregionale Studien) Forum Transregionale Studien, Wallotstr. 14, 14193 Berlin
Webinar: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa” with Malika Zeghal, Brandeis University, October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 am
Webinar: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa” with Malika Zeghal, Brandeis University, October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 am
From the organizers: Challenging claims that Middle Eastern states have become secular in modern times, this Crown Seminar features Malika Zeghal, in conversation with Eva Bellin. Zeghal will offer an innovative analysis of the continuity of the state's custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion based on her new book, The Making of the Modern … Continue reading Webinar: “The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa” with Malika Zeghal, Brandeis University, October 30, 2024 @ 11:00 am
Panel: Islamophobia & the Law, University of Cincinnati, October 30, 2024 @ 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Panel: Islamophobia & the Law, University of Cincinnati, October 30, 2024 @ 12:00 – 1:00 pm
From the organizers: Dean Haider Ala Hamoudi, along with a panel of attorneys, will discuss the challenge of Islamophobia and how it manifests within the legal profession. This event, “Islamophobia & the Law”, will be held 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at Bricker Graydon Law Offices (312 Walnut St., Ste. 1800). The panel discussion will … Continue reading Panel: Islamophobia & the Law, University of Cincinnati, October 30, 2024 @ 12:00 – 1:00 pm