Tag: General Interest

Hospital administration is complex during the best of times. Hospitals are now struggling to respond to the surge of COVID-19 patients, including obtaining enough PPE, ventilators, and other materials. They must also manage a sharp decrease in revenue from a pause on most other medical procedures. Hospitals are also considering the needs of their workforces, […]

The Radcliffe Institute is offering a two-part series of virtual programs to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incarcerated people. Part II of this discussion series considers how public officials responsible for the operation of jails and prisons are responding to the current pandemic. What challenges and opportunities present themselves, given the reality […]

The Radcliffe Institute is offering a two-part series of virtual programs to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incarcerated people. Part I of this discussion series, cosponsored by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, focuses on people in jails and prisons as well as the communities from which they come […]

Prisons, jails, and detention centers have been called ‘a ticking time bomb’ when it comes to COVID-19. One Ohio prison recently found that more than 70% of its inmates are COVID-19 positive. Social distancing is difficult to enact in these facilities, with some prisons stopping visitation and severely limiting the amount of time inmates can […]

Nada Moumtaz, Assistant Professor, Department Of The Study of Religion, University of Toronto. This Event is part of the CMES Modern Middle East Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

PIL is pleased to welcome Dana Lee, Research Fellow, Program In Islamic Law, Harvard Law School as part of its Islamic Law Series. Details forthcoming. Subscribe to our lists below to stay up-to-date on PIL events.

PIL is pleased to welcome Farzin Vejdani, Associate Professor, Ryerson University, as part of its Islamic Law Series. Details forthcoming. Subscribe to our lists below to stay up-to-date on PIL events.

The Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School, presents: “Halakhists, Humanists, and Legal Codification: Organizing Jewish Law in the Early Modern Period” Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg (Harvard Society of Fellows) Wednesday, 1 April 2020, at 12pm Location: Hauser 101 Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA Lunch from Milk Street Café Around the middle […]

PIL is pleased to welcome Dr. Mariam Sheibani, Program in Islamic Law Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School, as part of its Islamic Law Series. Details forthcoming. Subscribe to our lists below to stay up-to-date on PIL events.

PIL is pleased to welcome Mariam Sheibani, Research Fellow, Program In Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, as part of its Islamic Law Series. Details forthcoming. Subscribe to our lists below to stay up-to-date on PIL events.

The Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School, presents: “The Innovation of the Baal Teshuva Yeshiva, Its Educational Philosophy, and Model” A Lecture by Rav Nota Schiller Rav Nota Schiller will speak about the innovation of the Baal Teshuva yeshiva, its educational philosophy and model. An institute of advanced Torah study […]

Lâle Can, Assistant Professor, Department Of History, The City College Of New York This Event Is Part Of The Cmes Modern Middle East Speaker Series. Sponsored By The Center For Middle Eastern Studies.

PIL is pleased to welcome Omar Farahat, Assistant Professor, Mcgill University Faculty Of Law, as part of its Islamic Law Series. Details forthcoming. Subscribe to our lists below to stay up-to-date on PIL events.

PIL is pleased to welcome Zahra Takhshid, Reginald F. Lewis Fellow, Harvard Law School, as part of its Islamic Law Series. This talk is based on an article that aims to contribute to the legal scholarship on online disinformation and defamation by focusing on false and defamatory speech in Islam. With over 1.5 billion Muslims […]

Rosie Bsheer, Assistant Professor Of History, Harvard University. This Event Is Part Of The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar. Co-Sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs And The Center For Middle Eastern Studies.

We are proud to present this year's Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum speaker: Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO, National Women's Law Center (NWLC)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Program In Islamic Law welcomes, Darryl Li, Assistant Professor Of Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College, and Lecturer in Law, University Of Chicago as part of the CMES Modern Middle East Speaker Series. Location: Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Please note: this […]

Lawrence Rosen, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, Princeton University Tribes are characterized less by their structural forms and purported evolutionary history than by their cultural orientations and shape-shifting capability. In many parts of MENA and Asia these qualities have also contributed to tribes’ amalgamation of Islamic law. Using as the main example the […]

Please join us for a tour of HLS Library spaces, popular resources, and services for HLS faculty and staff. Learn about some of our art and history along the way, including a final stop at our latest exhibit. Tours are offered on the third Friday of each month at 11am. Please sign up in advance […]