Call for RAs for Professor Intisar Rabb

Posted on September 07, 2025

Professor Intisar Rabb is seeking student research assistants for Fall 2025. Positions are available in the SHARIAsource Lab, which meets every other week as part of the Harvard Program in Islamic Law’s initiative to leverage AI and data science tools to aid the study of Islamic law and history. The Lab offers opportunities for students to conduct research, prepare data, and/or perform text analysis on materials related to Islamic law with the use of data science tools.Knowledge of Arabic and/or Persian is a plus, but not required.

Positions are open to all HLS students. [Harvard students not at HLS are eligible to apply, with knowledge of Computer Science and/or Arabic language. Students not enrolled at Harvard are not eligible.]

Please submit applications by Sep. 12 at noon via this online form, asking for a single paragraph statement of interest, resume, and unofficial transcript. Positions run through Fall 2025 with a possibility of renewal.