Symposium: Knowledge in the Islamic Court: Evidence, Proof, Procedure Symposium – May 14-15, 2025 (Rabat, Morocco)

Please submit applications at this form by June 30 (including an abstract of maximum 300 words). Participants will be selected based on the following criteria: Relevance to the symposium theme. Novel contribution to the study of evidence, proof, and/or procedure in Islamic legal contexts.  Potential to address broader questions in Islamic and Islamic legal studies.

Prize: Best dissertation, Middle East Medievalists, June 30, 2024

Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is pleased to announce the 2024 iteration of its biennial prize for the best dissertation on the medieval Middle East (roughly 500–1500 CE). In an effort to recognize excellent doctoral research in the field, MEM will award this prize at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), to be

Call for Papers: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, July 1, 2024 (Conference: December 19-20, 2024)

From the organizers: This conference aims to bring together scholars working on the legal history of the Muslim world who focus on the colonial period and are interested in ‘gender-coded law’ (i.e. all legal domains that automatically invoke connotations of gender). The conference will be held at the University of Amsterdam on December 19 and 20,

Indian Diaspora Washington DC Metro Event: Prof. Malika Zeghal, Harvard University, USA, Presents, “The Making of the Modern Muslim State. Islam & Governance in the Modern Middle East -Saturday, August 17, 2024, 11:00 AM USA (EST)

Subject: Indian Diaspora Washington DC Metro Event: Prof. Malika Zeghal, Harvard University, USA, Presents, “The Making of the Modern Muslim State. Islam & Governance in theModern Middle East -Saturday, August 17, 2024, 11:00 AM USA (EST), 8:30 PM India Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83337021563?pwd=NFg3OXovbTRQY1B3OXR0T0ZOMmJzQT09 ID: 83337021563 ; Passcode: 608608

SHARIAsource Lab Research Opportunities, September 9, 2024

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