The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal Debate This event will take place via Zoom. The link is available here.
Palestinian Women in Gaza: War, Health, and Feminist Solidarity Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 11:00am to 12:30pm Location: Online webinar. For more information, see here.
Book talk “The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran” Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 5:00pm to 6:30pm Location: CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 See here for more information.
Islamic Law Speaker Series:: Fatma Gül Karagöz (2023-2024 PIL-LC Fellow) The Transition of Ottoman Land Law: Theory and Practice between 16th-18th Centuries This event will take place via Zoom. The link for this event is available here.
From the Harvard University Center for African Studies: Harvard University President Derek Bok established the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program in 1979 to address the needs of South Africans denied access to advanced education by the apartheid system. The creation of this program was a direct response to the strong movement by Harvard students and …
From the organizers: In this presentation, Havva Guney-Reubenacker will discuss her ongoing work on Islamic legal critiques that challenge the legitimacy of women’s inequality in Islamic law’s traditional theory of marriage. Event Overview Please join us for a presentation by Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, on the theory of marriage in Islamic …
On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Philip Wood (Aga Khan University) will give a book talk on The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c. 750–850 (Princeton University Press, 2021) as part of our Islamic Law Speaker Series. This book examines how Christian leaders adopted and adapted the political practices …
The Committee on Medieval Studies invites applications for its Undergraduate Research Fellows Program, which offers qualified students in Harvard College the opportunity to work closely with scholars across the disciplines on research projects and initiatives. Unlike research assistants in most other departments, Research Fellows are employed directly by the Committee on Medieval Studies, and work …
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 …
Date: Monday, September 23, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm Location: Divinity Hall, Room 114, Harvard Divinity School Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divnity School Book Talk “Islam in North America: An Introduction” edited by Hussein Rashid, Huma Muhibbullah, Vincent Biondo For more details and registration, see here.
