Islamic Legal Genres – Marion Katz
Posted on January 02, 2022On October 27, 2021, Marion Katz (New York University) presented “Form, Function and Historical Development of the ṭabaqāt al-fuqaha literature.” Katz’ talk was composed of three sections: a review of […]
December Newsletter
Posted on December 15, 2021The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of December! Content includes a look back at this past year and all that we have been […]
Book Talk: Katharina Ivanyi
Posted on December 09, 2021On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Dr. Katharina Ivanyi (University of Vienna) spoke about her new book, Virtue, Piety and the Law: A Study of Birgivī Meḥmed Efendī’s (d. 981/1573) al-Ṭarīqa al-muḥammadiyya (Brill, […]
November Newsletter
Posted on November 30, 2021The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of November! Content includes a Fellow Spotlight of our PIL Research Fellow, Dr. Hedayat Heikal, a sneak […]
New Book – Leaving Iberia by Jocelyn Hendrickson
Posted on November 17, 2021We are excited to announce the publication of the latest book in our Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Jocelyn Hendrickson‘s Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa! This book examines […]
Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Hedayat Heikal
Posted on November 12, 2021This month we launched our Fellow Spotlight series, which features interviews with current and previous PIL Fellows, highlighting their work with the Program, their path getting here, and the road […]
ILSS: Yusuf Celik
Posted on November 11, 2021On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, PIL Data Science Fellow, Dr. Yusuf Celik, presented “Islamicate Digital Humanities and Redefining the Hermeneutical Circle in the Age of Data Science.” Noting that one of the most recognizable […]
Islamic Legal Genres – Anas Sarmini
Posted on October 29, 2021On September 29, 2021, Anas Sarmini (29 Mayis University, Istanbul) presented “Form, Function, and Historical Development of Ikhtilāf al-fuqahāʾ as a Genre.” Sarmini’s lecture described the historical development of ikhtilāf literature over […]
Islamic Legal Genres – Walter Edward Young
Posted on October 29, 2021On August 25, 2021, Walter Edward Young (McGill University) presented “Form, Function, and Historical Development of Genres of Juristic Dialectic.” Young discussed the topic of juristic dialectic, in Arabic, ʿilm al-jadal […]
New Special Collection!
Posted on October 26, 2021We are excited to announce our new Islamic Law in the Age of Colonialism Special Collection: a collection of over 3300 legal writings, compendia, and related studies commissioned by, or in relation to, […]