ILSS: Marion Katz

On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, Marion Katz (New York University) gave a talk on her recent publication Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics […]

Critical Perspectives in the Development and Dynamics of Islam in Africa Lecture Series

Islam in Africa has become an important and increasingly vibrant sub-field in Islamic Studies, attracting numerous extremely talented students who are conducting fine studies that have great impact in all […]

ILSS: Haroun Rahimi

Join us on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, where Haroun Rahimi (The American University of Afghanistan) will present “Taliban and Modernity” as part of our Islamic […]

SHARIAsource Lab: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes

On Saturday March 4, 2023 at 11:00AM-4:00PM US EST at the Program in Islamic Law’s office in Austin Hall, our SHARIAsource Lab will lead a Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes event […]

February Newsletter

The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of February! Content includes an overview of our Spring calendar of events, the recently published Islamic Criminal […]

Congratulations Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi!

We are excited to share that the University of Pittsburgh School of Law has appointed Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi as Interim Dean, following his positions as Vice Dean, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and Associate Dean […]

Kenneth Roth, “The Global Contest between Democracy and Autocracy: Less Dire Than It Seems”

Join us tomorrow February 9 at 12:30 PM EST, for the discussion “The Global Contest between Democracy and Autocracy: Less Dire Than It Seems” with Kenneth Roth. Roth has served for nearly three […]

Professor Intisar Rabb, “Metacanons: Comparative Textualism [Or: Reading Law, Comparatively in American and Islamic Law]”, Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory, U.C. Berkeley

On Friday, February 3, 2023 from 12:15-2:00 p.m. PST, PIL Faculty Director, Professor Intisar Rabb, will be presenting “Metacanons: Comparative Textualism [Or: Reading Law, Comparatively in American and Islamic Law]” […]

ILSS: Marion Katz

On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 12:00-1:00PM US EST via Zoom, Marion Katz (New York University) will give a book talk on her recent publication Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics before Modernity (Columbia […]

January Newsletter

The Program in Islamic Law’s (PIL) monthly newsletter is out for the month of January! Content includes a Year in Review, an Ottoman formal explanation for the war with Russia […]