Memorial Service: Professor Roy Parviz Mottahedeh

Following the passing of our dear friend, colleague, and mentor, Professor Roy Parviz Mottahedeh on July 30, 2024, a memorial service was held on October 25th at Harvard’s Memorial Church. There, family, faculty, students, and […]

Workshop: Library Resources for Scholars of Islamic Studies, Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University

The 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: Recep Senturk

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024 via Zoom, Professor Recep Senturk (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) presented Ādamiyyah: An Islamic Approach to Universal Human Rights (Usul Academy Press, 2025). This book explores […]

ILSS: Sarah Savant, A Cultural History of the Arabic Book: Digital Explorations of Writerly Practices and Text Reuse 

On 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 […]

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ILSS: Mohsen Kadivar, The Genealogy of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy in Islam

On 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)

On 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 […]

September Newsletter

The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of September! This  newsletter takes a look at our fall events, a series on the life and […]

Fatima Essop, Muslim Family Law Hub

The recently launched Muslim Family Law Hub, co-founded by Fatima Essop, a former research affiliate at the Program in Islamic Law (PIL), is an innovative platform designed to offer comprehensive […]

Sohaib Baig, From data to action: Leveraging insights to make more informed collection decisions

In a recent blog post for OCLC, Sohaib Baig, a former Research Fellow at the Program in Islamic Law (PIL), delves into the critical role that library collections play in […]

PIL 2024-2025 Event Calendar

PIL 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 […]