PIL Book Talk Series- Nurfadzilah Yahaya
Posted on September 17, 2020On September 15, 2020, Nurfadzilah Yahaya (National University of Singapore) spoke about her new book Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia (Cornell University Press, 2020). She was joined by discussant Iza Hussin (Cambridge).
SHARIAsource Lab – Adnan Zulfiqar
Posted on September 12, 2020On Friday, August 7, 2020, Professor Adnan Zulfiqar (Rutgers University) presented “Mapping COVID-19 Fatwas Project” as part of our Digital Islamic Law Lab series. The Project came about in early March 2020 when global awareness of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) extended beyond hot spots in China, Iran and Italy. Zulfiqar began noticing increased commentary from […]
Sep 2020 Newsletter
Posted on September 11, 2020Start this unprecedented academic year with the Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) new monthly newsletter out for the month of September! Content includes a welcome message from Faculty Director Prof. Intisar Rabb, information on PIL’s Fall 2020 event line-up, and new podcasts and videos. We also take a look at Guest Editor Zuhair Abbasi’s most recent […]
Congratulations to Professor Mariam Sheibani
Posted on August 27, 2020A warm congratulations to former HLS Program in Islamic Law Research Fellow (2018-2020), Dr. Mariam Sheibani for her new position at the University of Toronto, Scarborough! Professor Sheibani is a Visiting Assistant Professor in History at the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, and will be teaching courses on Islamic history and seminars on early […]
Symposium and Book Talk- al-Muwatta’
Posted on August 12, 2020On December 9, 2019, Professor and Faculty Director of the Program in Islamic Law, Intisar Rabb and former research fellow, Dana Lee, convened the symposium and book talk for al-Muwatta’. Joined by author-translators Professor Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto Faculty of Law) and Vice Chancellor Connell Monette (American College Casablanca), along with commentators Professor Kecia […]
August Newsletter
Posted on August 12, 2020The Program in Islamic Law’s monthly newsletter is out for the month of August! Some of the content we covered this month includes the Turkish Decision on Hagia Sofia on the Islamic Law Blog. Other content included an exploration into Maxim Romanov’s al-Turayyā Project, and a short piece on our Digital Islamic Law Lab (DILL) […]
SHARIAsource Lab – Najam Haider
Posted on August 12, 2020On Friday, July 10, 2020, Professor Najam Haider (Barnard College) presented “What Geography and Maps Can Sound Like” as part of our Digital Islamic Law Lab series. He discussed how textual sources, with the proper computational power, can self-generate maps and geographic designations. Haider examined Hajj pilgrimage manuals as an example of sources that can help […]
Islamic Law Lecture Series- Maya Shatzmiller
Posted on August 11, 2020On October 22, 2019, Maya Shatzmiller (University of Western Ontario) gave a lecture on “Equity and Equality: The Economics Behind Women’s Property Rights in Islamic Law.” Watch her lecture and other lectures hosted by the Program in Islamic Law (PIL) on the Program in Islamic Law Vimeo Channel.
Program in Islamic Law Podcast
Posted on August 10, 2020Join the Program in Islamic Law Podcast discussion with Omar Farahat on his new book, “The Foundation of Norms in Islamic Jurisprudence and Theology.” This podcast is available to stream on SoundCloud.
Program in Islamic Law Podcast
Posted on August 10, 2020Join the Program in Islamic Law Podcast discussion with Maya Shatzmiller on “Equity and Equality: The Economics Behind Women’s Property Rights in Islamic Law.” Available now to stream on SoundCloud.