SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP
On Islamic Law
- In “Changes in Islamic Legal Culture in Customary Marriage at Uluan Musi Community” (Journal of Population and Social Studies 32 (2024)), Syahril Jamil (Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang, Indonesia) and others explore how marriage in the Uluan Musi community in Indonesia is regulated by the interlocking Islamic, national, and customary laws.
- In “Critical Study of Sharia Regional Regulations on Women’s Emancipation” (International Journal of Religion 5, no. 2 (2024)), Mohamad Hidayat Muhtar (Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia) and others argue that the Indonesian Constitution can be interpreted to license the issuance of local shar’ī regulations in the country and also urge stakeholders to use such regulations to “accommodate women’s liberation.”
- In “Problems of Transliteration of Fiqh Legal Terms (Library Research on The Book Al-Fiqh Al-Islami Wa Adillatuhu Using the Al-Munawwir Dictionary)” (Journal of Social Work and Science Education 5, no. 1 (2024)), Izzat Muhammad Daud (Universitas Islam Negeri Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi) and others “investigate[] the difficulties encountered when translating fiqh terms from the Al-Munawwir dictionary to the ‘Islamic Fiqh wa Adillatuh’ book.”
On Islam and Data Science
- In “Challenges and obstacles to issuing Islamic Sukuk in Palestine: an analytical study of Islamic banks operating in Palestine” (Competitiveness Review 34, no. 1 (2024)), Bahaa Subhi Awwad (Department of Computerized Banking and Finance Sciences, Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, Ramallah, Palestine) and others, using a survey of 500 bank employees, “conclude[] that the issuance of Islamic Sukuk in Palestine suffers from economic, legal and legislative challenges and obstacles.”
Scholar Updates
- “The Karwaan Book Awards is an annual book award that recognises outstanding contributions to historical research. This year’s winner is Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia by Elizabeth Lhost, published by the University of North Carolina Press.”
FIELD GUIDE TO ISLAMIC LAW ONLINE: RECENT SOURCES
The Field Guide to Islamic Law Online is an ever-growing collection of links to hundreds of primary sources and archival collections around the world, online. We recently added a new resource to this list:
- LexiQamus is a subscription-based “dictionary that gives you a list of Ottoman words through a special software, based on the letters you enter in different parts of the word and the parts you cannot read, and gives you a list of results that meet these conditions.”
UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
*** Fellowship: Program in Islamic Law –Library of Congress Research Fellowship Application, 2024-2025, February 15, 2024 ***
PIL & Harvard Calendar:
- Student work opportunity: Research assistant, Widener Library, Harvard University.Islamic Law Speaker Series: “Creating a new Criminal Law: The Military-Administrative origins of Siyasa” with Mohammed Allehbi, Program in Islamic Law, February 13, 2024.
- Book talk: “Bedouin Bureaucrats: Mobility and Property in the Ottoman Empire” with Nora Barakat, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, February 14, 2024.
- Fellowship: The Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, Harvard Law School, 2024-2025, February 15, 2024.Roundtable: Islamic Land Law, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, February 21, 2024.
- SHARIAsource Lab :: Hackathon: Arabic OCR Community Scribes, Program in Islamic Law, March 2, 2024.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal Debate” with Youcef L. Soufi, Program in Islamic Law, March 5, 2024.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Transition of Ottoman Land Law: Theory and Practice between 16th-18th Centuries” with Fatma Gul Karagoz, Program in Islamic Law, April 9, 2024.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Umayyad Empire” with Andrew Marsham, Program in Islamic Law, May 14, 2024.
Global Calendar:
- Fellowship: UCHV Fellows in Law and Normative Thinking for Academic Year 2024-25, Princeton University, February 2, 2024.
- Call for Nominations: Islamic Law and Society CRN of the Law and Society Association, February 9, 2024.
- Islamic Law Speaker Series: “Creating a new Criminal Law: The Military-Administrative origins of Siyasa” with Mohammed Allehbi, Program in Islamic Law, February 13, 2024.
- Call for Papers: MESA 2024, February 15, 2024.
- Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Looking for Libya in Coptic-Arabic historiographical sources, February 21, 2024.
- Fellowship: Anthony Lester Fellowships, 2024-2025, Bard College, February 28, 2024.
- Book award: The Sharmin & Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University, April 1, 2024.
- Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Partnership for Heritage. Documentation and heritage management for the protection of the Nafousa Mountains, April 17, 2024.
- Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Between Ṭarābulus and Aṭrābulus. The journey of the toponym and difficulties in determining its form, May 22, 2024.
- Webinar: Revisiting the History of Medieval Libya (7th-16th centuries): Surveying and documentation of the archaeological city of Barca (Al-Marj), June 26, 2024.
- Symposium on Copyright in Islamic Legal Tradition, Istanbul, June 28-29, 2024.
- Call for Papers: De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar’iah, June 2024.
- Search for Editor: International Journal of Middle East Studies, until an appointment is made.
- Internship opportunity: The Executive Office of the President, White House, various deadlines.
- Position opening: Academic mentor and field researcher in Iraq, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich, rolling basis.
- Position opening: Academic mentor for researcher in Mogadishu, Cordoba Peace Institute-Geneva (CPI) & ETH Zurich.
- Call for Papers: Special Section – Lifewriting Annual and Islam.
- Call for Manuscripts: Advances in the Study of Islam, Edinburgh University Press.