ILSS: Dilyara Agisheva

On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, Dillyara Agisheva (Harvard Law School) will present “The Entangled Legal Formations and the Russian annexation of Crimea in the 18th century” as part of […]

ILSS: Elizabeth Lhost

On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, Elizabeth Lhost (Dartmouth College) will give a book talk on her recent publication Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia (University of North […]

Program in Islamic Law Writing Prize

We are excited to announce the call for submissions for the Program in Islamic Law Writing Prize! We award a prize of $1,000 annually to the Harvard Law School student writing the […]

ILSS: Marion Katz

On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, Marion Katz (New York University) gave a talk on her recent publication Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics […]

Critical Perspectives in the Development and Dynamics of Islam in Africa Lecture Series

Islam in Africa has become an important and increasingly vibrant sub-field in Islamic Studies, attracting numerous extremely talented students who are conducting fine studies that have great impact in all […]

ILSS: Haroun Rahimi

Join us on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, where Haroun Rahimi (The American University of Afghanistan) will present “Taliban and Modernity” as part of our Islamic […]

SHARIAsource Lab: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes

On Saturday March 4, 2023 at 11:00AM-4:00PM US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event […]

Kenneth Roth, “The Global Contest between Democracy and Autocracy: Less Dire Than It Seems”

Join us tomorrow February 9 at 12:30 PM EST, for the discussion “The Global Contest between Democracy and Autocracy: Less Dire Than It Seems” with Kenneth Roth. Roth has served for nearly three […]

Professor Intisar Rabb, “Metacanons: Comparative Textualism [Or: Reading Law, Comparatively in American and Islamic Law]”, Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory, U.C. Berkeley

On Friday, February 3, 2023 from 12:15-2:00 p.m. PST, PIL Faculty Director, Professor Intisar Rabb, will be presenting “Metacanons: Comparative Textualism [Or: Reading Law, Comparatively in American and Islamic Law]” […]

ILSS: Marion Katz

On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, Marion Katz (New York University) will give a book talk on her recent publication Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics before Modernity (Columbia […]