ILSS: Youcef L. Soufi 

On Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Youcef L. Soufi (University of Toronto) gave a book talk on The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal […]

Roundtable on Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States

On March 4, 2024 via Zoom, we convened a Roundtable on Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States. Organized by our Research Fellow Fatma Gül Karagöz, […]

February Newsletter

The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of February! This  newsletter takes a look at the Roundtable on Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land […]

ILSS: Mohammed Allehbi

On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Mohammed Allehbi (Harvard Law School) will present “Creating a new Criminal Law: The Military-Administrative origins of Siyasa” as part […]

January Newsletter

The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of January! This special edition newsletter takes a look at our Spring calendar of events, a fellow […]

Roundtable on Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States

We are kicking off the semester with our Roundtable on Transformation and Adaptation of Ottoman Land Law in 19th-Century Successor States! Throughout the month of February, scholars of Islamic law and history […]

Call for Submissions: Journal of Islamic Law Special Issue

Call for Papers: Authority and Jurisprudence: The Interplay of Governance and Islamic Law The Journal of Islamic Law invites papers that study how political authority and governance function as a […]

PIL–LC Research Fellowship Application, 2024-2025

In collaboration with the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School is pleased to invite applications for the 2024-2025 […]

December Newsletter

The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of December! This special edition newsletter takes a look back at what we’ve been up to in […]

Call for Applications: Research Assistantship (RA) for the SHARIAsource Lab

Professor Intisar Rabb is accepting applications for J-Term and Spring 2024 student research assistants for work in the SHARIAsource Lab for 1 credit or for pay. Led by Prof. Rabb […]