# WIGH Seminar: Julia Stephens, "Governing Islam: Law and Ritual in Imperial Contexts” #### calendar\_today Date and Time **November 27, 2017** 04:00PM - 06:00PM EST #### pin\_drop Location **Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library** "Governing Islam: Law and Ritual in Imperial Contexts” [Julia Stephens](http://history.rutgers.edu/faculty-directory/700-stephens-julia), Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers University Commentator: Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Harvard University Graduate Student Commentator: [Mitchell Bacci](https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/mitchell-bacci-hmes), PhD Candidate, History and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University This graduate-faculty research seminar is designed to bring together interested faculty and students on a continuing basis to cover topics on global history. It is part of History 2950A, Approaches to Global History, and includes both reading sessions designed for graduate students and research sessions open to the interested public during which students and faculty participants will present current research. Faculty participants will be drawn from a number of schools, and, most especially, from the group of fellows in global history who are spending the academic year 2015/16 at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History. Discussions will be moderated by Professors Sven Beckert, Charles S. Maier, and Sugata Bose. Papers will be precirculated and available on the[ ](/https:/canvas.harvard.edu/courses/30350)[course website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/30350) (Harvard ID required) or by request to one week ahead of time. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are in the Lower Level Library, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, from 4:00-6:00pm. See also:- [ Seminars ](/filter_by/seminars) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/1145551/event-feed.ics) Copy link link