Archive for September 19th, 2018

BAHRAIN: Further Retaliation Against Female Political Prisoner Following UN Secretary General’s Report

19 September 2018 – On 16 September, female political prisoner Hajer Mansoor Hassan, mother-in-law of UK-based activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, was subjected to assault and retaliation, which required hospitalisation, by the head of Isa Town Prison Centre. This followed the publication of a major report by the UN Secretary-General that details the reprisals targeting family…

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The Project aims at facilitating access to the growing number of available Persian historical deeds and documents, both published and unpublished. It shall allow work on archival material with the help of incorporated facsimiles without recourse to the original – often remote – place of publication or storage.

The Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam project (ww.lawalisi.eu an ERC advanced award) at the University of Exeter is recruiting three postdoctoral research fellows:

ONE one-year fixed term post focussing on early Islamic legal developments (up until 15th century, with a focus on Imami Shii law) with a preference for those working in the areas of legal theory/legal doctrine OR Fatwas/Fiqh. Closing date 17th October 2018. Job description and details here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BMW153/postdoctoral-research-fellow
TWO two-year fixed term posts focussing on classical and postclassical Islamic legal developments (15th century to the modern period, with a focus on Imami Shii law) with a preference for those working in the area of legal educational institutions OR law/politics. Closing date 18th October 2018. Job description and details are here:

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BML029/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-islamic-studies

Note: the TWO two-year fellowships were previously advertised – the closing date has been extended to 18th October.

For questions, email Prof Rob Gleave, R.Gleave@exeter.ac.uk