ILSS: Sherman Jackson, The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Monday, March 30, 2026On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Professor Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California) will give a talk on his publication The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2023). The basic point […]
Roundtable on Knowledge in the Islamic Court
Friday, March 27, 2026Join us next month on April 16th at 12pm EST via Zoom for the Roundtable on Knowledge in the Islamic Court which will conclude the series of essays on the ISLAMICLAWblog! The Roundtable explores questions such as: […]
ILSS: Ihsan Yilmaz, Sharia as Informal Law: Lived Experiences of Young Muslims in Western Societies (Routledge, 2024)
Monday, March 09, 2026On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Ihsan Yilmaz (Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University) will discuss his monograph Sharia as Informal Law: Lived Experiences of […]
ILSS: Sohaira Siddiqui, Islamic Law on Trial: Contesting Colonial Power in British India (University of California Press, 2025)
Tuesday, February 10, 2026On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Sohaira Siddiqui (Georgetown University) will introduce her latest monograph, Islamic Law on Trial: Contesting Colonial Power in British India (University of California Press, […]
ILSS: Rami Koujah
Saturday, October 18, 2025On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Dr. Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School) presented “The Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: From Artifact to Ontology,” a chapter from his forthcoming book, Islamic Legal Personhood: […]
Workshop: Library Resources for Scholars of Islamic Studies, Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University
Wednesday, October 30, 2024The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University will hold a workshop titled “Library Resources for Scholars of Islamic Studies” on November 8, 2024, from 2:30 to 4:30 […]
ILSS: Sarah Savant, A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse
Monday, October 14, 2024On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Sarah Savant (Aga Khan University) will present “A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly […]
ILSS: Mohsen Kadivar, The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam
Monday, October 14, 2024On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Mohsen Kadivar (Duke University) will present “The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam.” […]
ILSS: Malika Zeghal, The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024)
Monday, October 14, 2024On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Malika Zeghal (Harvard University) will present The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle […]
PIL 2024-2025 Event Calendar
Saturday, October 12, 2024PIL convenes an Islamic Law Speaker Series that provides a forum for established and emerging scholars to talk about their own recent scholarship, works-in-progress, or developments in the field. Unless […]