Program in Islamic Law

Islamic Law Lecture Series: Maya Shatzmiller, The Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School

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Call for Applications: Assistant Professor in Studies on Islam, Columbia University

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PIL Special Event, WorkshopMuwaṭṭaʾ Book Launch & WorkshopDec 2019 | Morgan Courtroom, Austin Hall Following an online symposium in the new Journal in Islamic Law on the ideas that followed from the early Islamic law treatise, Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ (by Mālik b. Anas in the 8th century), a select panel of scholars will bring the written ideas into conversation with one another in a […]

PIL Special Event, symposiumDec 2019 | Online Forum <see: law.harvard.edu/pil> The Program in Islamic Law has newly launched a Journal of Islamic Law, which will host a first-time symposium on our forthcoming book publication: a translation of one of the earliest treatises on Islamic law, Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ (by Mālik b. Anas in the 8th century), which has central, enduring […]

Lunch Talk, Series in Islamic LawDana Lee, Research Fellow, Program in Islamic Law Nov 12 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Austin 102

Lunch Talk, Series in Islamic LawMaya Shatzmiller, Professor of Islamic History, Western University Islamic law gives women and men identical property rights. With some modifications, these rights enable women to earn and acquire income and property, transact with it and consent to the practice of birth control. This paper argues and empirically demonstrates that equity was behind equality. It shows […]

Open House, PIL Special EventSep 24 | 4.00-6.00p | Austin 102 The Program for Islamic law welcomes students, faculty, and staff back for the new year. Come learn about the program, meet others with similar interests, and more. Refreshments will be served.

Announcement, NewsProfessor Intisar Rabb to Speak on Keynote Panel at 2019 Political Theology ConferenceProfessor Intisar Rabb will be a featured speaker alongside Professor Michelle Alexander, Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, and others at the Political Theology Conference to be held in October 2019. The sponsoring network of schools has posted registration information. From <https://politicaltheology.com> Political Theology names a multidisciplinary field of research that engages the unwieldy relationship between […]

NewsSHARIAsource Partners at UMD & OpenITI Receive $800k Mellon Grant to Create Arabic OCR ToolThe Mellon Foundation awarded SHARIAsource partners at UMD & OpenITI a grant of $800,000 to continue work on Corpus Builder: the first Arabic OCR tool for historical texts, and an integral tool for research on Islamic law. SHARIAsource provided significant support in building the initial infrastructure for CorpusBuilder 1.0 and will play a lead role […]

Opportunities, StudentsProfessor Rabb seeks Summer RAs for projects on Islamic Law Professor Rabb seeks 2-3 Research Assistants (HLS students or Harvard graduate students) for research on Islamic law, in conjunction with the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School. Knowledge of Arabic, Persian, or other foreign languages is not necessary (but welcome). Open to HLS […]

EventsCheck back soon for our fall 2019 schedule of lectures, lunch talks, and workshops!

Lunch Talk, Series in Islamic LawMarzieh Tofighi Darian, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School Based on a recently-published work on the Islamic Law Forum, Marzieh Tofighi Darian will discuss the practice of the Guardian Council, the organ of judicial review in Iran. Expanding its constitutional mandate, the Guardian Council has now become the major player in Iran’s constitutional politics. She examines […]

Lunch Talk, Series in Islamic LawAuthor: Faiz Ahmed, Associate Professor of History, Brown University Moderator: Mariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School Respondent: Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life In Afghanistan Rising, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of Afghanistan, the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence, codify its […]

Lunch Talk, Series in Islamic LawInfluence or Borrowing? Legal Canons in Mamlūk-era Islamic LawMariam Sheibani, Visiting Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School This paper analyzes two early compilations of legal canons and distinctions by Mamluk-era jurists: the Qawāʿid by the Shāfiʿī jurist ʿIzz al-Dīn b. ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 660/1262) and the Furūq by his student, the Mālikī jurist Shihāb al-Dīn al-Qarāfī (d. 684/1285). A close comparison of these unexamined collections demonstrates that al-Qarāfī based his collection […]

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