Week of Events
Award: Alwaleed Bin Talal Doctoral Dissertation Prize, May 15, 2026
From the organizers: Harvard University is pleased to announce that we are accepting submissions for the Alwaleed Bin Talal Doctoral Dissertation Prize in Islamic Studies. The prizes recognize students who make original contributions to current scholarly discourse on Islam and Muslim societies, past and present. Theses will be evaluated based on the quality of the … Continue reading Award: Alwaleed Bin Talal Doctoral Dissertation Prize, May 15, 2026
Award: Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize, April 17, 2026
From the organizers: We are pleased to announce that we are accepting submissions for the Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize. The prize recognizes students who make original contributions to current scholarly discourse on Islam and Muslim societies, past and present. Theses will be evaluated based on the quality of the research, originality of topic, … Continue reading Award: Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize, April 17, 2026
Fellowship: Normativity and Citizens of Muslim-Majority Countries, University of Turin, April 9, 2026
From the organizers: Project Title: MISLAM: normativity and citizens of muslim-majority countries. Interdisciplinary comparisons of legislation, jurisprudence, practice and inter/national literature in family and juvenile rights, immigration and asylum, and healthcare Projection Description:The project attempts to reconcile human rights with shariʿah by investigating the dynamics affecting and molding the migration routes of nationals of Muslim-majority-countries … Continue reading Fellowship: Normativity and Citizens of Muslim-Majority Countries, University of Turin, April 9, 2026
Workshop: Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Graduate Student Workshop, July 25–26, 2026
From the organizers: The Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) is proud to announce its 2026 graduate student workshop, to take place on the weekend of July 25-26 via Zoom. The workshop will provide PhD students working on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula the opportunity to present their research, engage in conversations with … Continue reading Workshop: Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Graduate Student Workshop, July 25–26, 2026
Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Amadu Kunateh, “Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive,” April 6, 2026 @ 6:15pm
Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Amadu Kunateh, “Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive,” April 6, 2026 @ 6:15pm
Amadu Kunateh (CSR), “Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive.” Nicholas Judt (CSR) will respond. We will be meeting from 6:15-7:30pm in the Finnegan Room (Barker 403) and dinner will be provided. See event flyer for more info and to RSVP. The Middle East Beyond Borders (MEBB) workshop aims to foster … Continue reading Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Amadu Kunateh, “Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive,” April 6, 2026 @ 6:15pm
Islamic Law Speaker Series: Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California), “The Islamic Secular,” April 7, 2026 @ 12:30pm
Islamic Law Speaker Series: Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California), “The Islamic Secular,” April 7, 2026 @ 12:30pm
On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Professor Sherman Jackson will be speaking on his book, The Islamic Secular. The basic point of the secular in the modern West is to "liberate" certain pursuits—the state, the economy, science—from the authority of religion. This is also assumed to be the goal and meaning of … Continue reading Islamic Law Speaker Series: Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California), “The Islamic Secular,” April 7, 2026 @ 12:30pm