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.
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 …
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST via Zoom, Professor Recep Senturk (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) will present Ādamiyyah: I am Therefore I have Rights (Usul Academy Press, 2025). This book explores the concept of Ādamiyya and Huqūq al-Ādamiyyīn in Islamic law and its implications in practice from the time of Prophet Muhammad, His Predecessors, …
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024, 2:30pm to 4:30pm Location: Lamont B30 Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Harvard Libraries present: Research Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop: Library Resources for Scholars of Islamic Studies Program: 2:30-2:45 Emily Coolidge-Toker (Lamont) 2:45-3:00 Kristine Greive (Houghton) 3:00-3:15 Cem Tecimer (SHARIAsource) 3:15-3:30 COFFEE BREAK 3:30-3:45 Matthew Smith (Persian collection) 3:45:4:30 Joanne Bloom & Amanda Steinberg (Fine Arts …
Call for Submissions: Journal of Islamic Law Special Issue Moratoriums on Islamic Criminal Punishments: Legal Debates and Current Practices The Journal of Islamic Law invites papers that explore both theoretical discussions and practical applications concerning the ḥudūd, penalties that Muslim jurists consider to be divinely ordained punishments. With the establishment of modern Islamic states and …
TUE 14 OCT 2025 | 12.30-1.30p US EST | Zoom Islamic Law Speaker Series: Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School) The Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: Artifact to Ontology (Harvard University Press) Dr. Rami Koujah (Harvard Law School) will present “The Invention of Islamic Legal Personhood: From Artifact to Ontology,” a chapter from his forthcoming book, Islamic Legal …
The Journal of Islamic Law welcomes scholarship in Islamic law for its main publication as well as its dynamic forum, which features scholarly responses, debates, and new developments in Islamic law scholarship or at the intersection of Islamic law and data science. We seek articles of up to 15,000 words for the Journal of Islamic …
TUE 11 NOV 2025 | 12.30-1.30p US EST | Zoom Islamic Law Speaker Series :: Youssef Belal (United Nations) “Thinking the World with Islamic Knowledges” Youssef Belal (United Nations) will present “Thinking the World with Islamic Knowledges” from his book titled The Life of Shari’a: A Comparative Anthropology of Law (University of California Press, 2025). Is there a way to think …
On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Dr. Sohaira Siddiqui will present her latest monograph, Islamic Law on Trial: Contesting Colonial Power in British India, which reexamines long-held assumptions about Islamic law under British rule. The book uncovers how colonial interventions disrupted existing legal traditions while revealing the strategies through which Muslim elites …
On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 12:30-1:30PM US EST, Professor Yilmaz will be speaking on his book Sharia as Informal Law: Lived Experiences of Young Muslims in Western Societies. This …
