Islamic Legal Genres – Samy Ayoub
Posted on August 18, 2021On May 26, 2021, Samy Ayoub (University of Texas) presented “Creativity in Continuity: al-Rasa’il al-Fiqhiyya as a Genre for Legal Change.” Ayoub’s lecture expanded an ongoing conversation in the Islamic […]
Islamic Legal Genres – Ahmed El Shamsy
Posted on August 18, 2021On April 28, 2021, Ahmed El Shamsy (University of Chicago) presented “What kind of thing is a gloss (hashiya)?” El Shamsy’s lecture described the history, impact, and receptions of legal […]
Islamic Legal Genres – Sohail Hanif
Posted on August 18, 2021On March 31, 2021, Sohail Hanif (Cambridge Muslim College) presented “Form, Function, and Historical Development of the Sharḥ Literature as a Genre.” Hanif argued that this genre is the centerpiece […]
Islamic Legal Genres – Mohammed Fadel
Posted on August 18, 2021On February 24, 2021, Mohammed Fadel (University of Toronto) presented “Form, Function, and Historical Development of Mukhtaṣar as a Genre.” Fadel’s lecture described the history, purpose, and nature of late […]
Islamic Legal Genres – Murteza Bedir
Posted on August 18, 2021On January 27, 2021, Murteza Bedir (Istanbul University) presented “Form, Function, and Historical Development of Uṣūl al-fiqh as a Genre.” He discussed the theoretical sciences, structure, and organization of the […]
SHARIAsource Lab- Reza Takhshid
Posted on August 06, 2021On Monday, February 22, 2021, Reza Takhshid presented “NLP for Lawyers and Islamic Law Scholars” as part of our Islamic Law, Data Science, and AI Lab. Machine learning and natural […]
Journal of Islamic Law Volume 2
Posted on August 03, 2021The Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce the publication of the second volume of the open-access, peer-reviewed Journal of Islamic Law. We invite you to digitally explore […]
August Newsletter
Posted on August 03, 2021The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of August! Content includes an announcement about our new 2021-2022 Program in Islamic Law Fellows, Hedayat Heikal and […]
July Newsletter
Posted on July 14, 2021The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of July! Content includes our new issue of the Journal of Islamic Law, which includes in the main Journal two […]
June Newsletter
Posted on July 14, 2021The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of June! This month’s newsletter took the form of an end-of-the-year event roundup, featuring a 2020-2021 year-in-pictures […]