Arabic History / Studies

CALL FOR EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS!

The peer-reviewed academic journal, Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (Sherm Journal), is currently looking for qualified individuals to join our Editorial Advisory Board. We are particularly interested in hearing from those who specialize in the social-scientific study of religion or ministry of non-Christian religious traditions and from minority applicants (females, ethnic or religious minorities, etc.).

The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) will offer its third summerschool (August 20-30, 2019) on philology and manuscripts from the Muslim World, with lectures by experts, hands-on classes and much practice with manuscripts from its famous collection of oriental manuscript

The Leiden University Centre for the Study of islam and Society (LUCIS) will offer its third Summerschool on philology and manuscripts from the muslim world, with lectures by experts, hands-on classes and much practice with manuscripts from its famous collection of oriental manuscripts. The course is meant for graduate students and researchers. For info about the programme and application, please visit the website of Leiden University, then search LUCIS Summer School Philology.

The Governance Programme at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) invites papers in the disciplines of legal anthropology, law and comparative law, legal pragmatics, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, politics and translation studies for a two-day conference on translations of legal discourse in Arabic-speaking contexts.

Part of DIALOGUES 2019: a thought-provoking series of seminars on governance in Muslim contexts

Workshop “Acts of Rebellions and Revolts in the early Islamic Empire”, 7-8 November 2019, Leiden University

As part of the ERC-funded project, “Embedding Conquest, Naturalising Muslim Rule (600-1000)”, at Leiden University, this conference aims to bring together both senior and junior scholars to present research which illuminates the political and social dynamics implicit in the act of rebellion and revolt across the caliphate.

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture

The Governance Programme at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) invites papers in the disciplines of legal anthropology, law and comparative law, legal pragmatics, sociolinguistics and

"The Maghrib in the Mashriq"

Public Lecture by Prof. Maribel Fierro

Wed 3 April 2019; at Al-Furqan Headquarters, London

22a Old Court Place, W8 4PL, London

RSVP: 

https://maghribinthemashriq.eventbrite.co.uk

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The 7th Annual Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop on “The Efficacy of Financial Structures for Islamic Taxes and Dues”

4^th – 5^th July 2019 at Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, United Kingdom