Weekend Scholarship Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "On the History of the Princeton University Library Collection of Islamic Manuscripts" (Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, September 26, 2022), Garrett Davidson (The College of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup

Seminar: Islamic Judgeship, Sectarian Narratives, and the Medieval Legal Genre of “Judicial Protocols (Adab al-Qāḍī),” Princeton University, January 31, 2022 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm

Topic: NES Seminar Series: Islamic Judgeship, Sectarian Narratives, and the Medieval Legal Genre of “Judicial Protocols (Adab al-Qāḍī)” Speaker: Raha Rafii, University of Exeter Respondent: Intisar Rabb, Harvard University Time: … Continue reading Seminar: Islamic Judgeship, Sectarian Narratives, and the Medieval Legal Genre of “Judicial Protocols (Adab al-Qāḍī),” Princeton University, January 31, 2022 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm

Seminar: “Skin and Blood? Blackness and Arabness in Middle Eastern Perspectives by Rachel Schine (NYU AbuDhabi) & Peter Webb (Leiden University),” Princeton University, December 14, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:30 PM

From the organizers: Please join us for our next seminar of the virtual series entitled “Race, Race-thinking and Identity in the Middle Ages and Medieval Studies” A SEMINAR SERIES We aim … Continue reading Seminar: “Skin and Blood? Blackness and Arabness in Middle Eastern Perspectives by Rachel Schine (NYU AbuDhabi) & Peter Webb (Leiden University),” Princeton University, December 14, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Toni Morrison, John Ralph Willis, and Black Muslim History

By Kristina L. Richardson Allow me to share a factoid about Toni Morrison’s (1931-2019) little known connection to Islamic historians. She grew up in Lorain, Ohio, with her younger cousin … Continue reading Toni Morrison, John Ralph Willis, and Black Muslim History

Seminar: Sirat ‘Antar and Formation of Arab Tribal Identity in Mamluk Egypt by Yossef Rapoport, The Department & Program in Near Eastern Studies (Princeton University), November 23, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm

Topic: NES Seminar Series #12 Sirat 'Antar and formation of Arab tribal identity in Mamluk Egypt Speaker: Yossef Rapoport, Queen Mary University of London Respondent: Marina Rustow, Princeton University _____________________________________________________________ … Continue reading Seminar: Sirat ‘Antar and Formation of Arab Tribal Identity in Mamluk Egypt by Yossef Rapoport, The Department & Program in Near Eastern Studies (Princeton University), November 23, 2020 @ 12:00 – 1:20 pm