Professor Intisar Rabb is accepting student applications for the Fall Term to participate in the SHARIAsource Lab for 1 credit.

Led by Professor Rabb & Research Data Scientist Noah Tashbook, the Lab meets every week, and is part of the Harvard Program in Islamic Law’s initiative to build data science tools to aid the study of Islamic law and history. Participation in the Lab is an opportunity for students to conduct research, data preparation, and/or text analysis on materials related to Islamic law with the use of data science tools; participants may also have opportunities to write and get short essays published on the Islamic Law Blog with acknowledgement credit as authors/student editors.

Positions are open to all HLS students for credit, and VERY limited slots available for pay (~10 hr/week). Knowledge of Arabic and/or Persian is a plus, but not required. [Harvard students not at HLS with knowledge of Computer Science and/or Arabic language are eligible to apply.]

Interested applicants should submit a single paragraph of interest, resume, and unofficial transcript, all in PDF Format to Marzieh Noori at [email protected]. The assumption is that you are applying for credit; please indicate if you are seeking one of the limited RA positions. Position terms run through Fall 2024, with the possibility of renewal for Winter 2025 and Spring 2025 dependent on need and performance.