Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP

On Islamic Law

  • In “Contractual Issues in Islam” (Science & Society 1, no. 4 (2024)), Shahlo Fayzullayeva “explores the complex landscape of contractual issues within Islamic law, examining the foundational principles, legal frameworks, and contemporary challenges. Drawing upon Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and modern legal scholarship, it investigates various aspects such as forming contracts, contractual obligations, and resolving disputes.”
  • In “Islamic Apocalyptic Jurisprudence” (Islamic Law & Society, February 14, 2024), Ali Rod Khadem (Suffolk Law School) “introduces Islamic apocalyptic jurisprudence (theories of final law that will govern humanity in the End Times) to academic study.”
  • In “Islamic Criminal Law: A Comparison Of Its Application In Indonesia And Other Countries” (Pena Justisia 23, no. 1 (2024)), Maswandi Maswandi and others argue that “[t]he crucial issue in grounding Islamic criminal law is that there are still many Islamic criminal law terms that use Arabic terms and Arabic backgrounds, so that Islamic criminal law is only considered to fit the Arabic context.”

On Islam and Data Science

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 links to primary sources and archival collections around the world, online.We recently added new resources to this list:

 

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

PIL & Harvard Calendar:

  • 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.
  • Fellowship: Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program, April 15, 2024.
  • Lecture: From Ownership to Partnership: Rethinking the Theory of Marriage in Islamic Law with Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, Harvard Law School, April 17, 2024.
  • Islamic Law Speaker Series: “The Umayyad Empire” with Andrew Marsham, Program in Islamic Law, May 14, 2024.

Calendar:

  • Call for Proposals: Open Source Submissions Program, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, April 8, 2024.
  • Call for Proposals: Discussion Groups, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, April 8, 2024.
  • Conference: Middle East, Law, & Practice, New York University Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association, NYU School of Law Greenberg Lounge, April 9, 2024.
  • Summer Course: “Reading Aljamiado Mansucripts,” Mediterranean Studies Summer Skills Seminar, August 12-15, 2024 via Teams (application deadline: April 15, 2024).
  • Call for Submissions: Berkeley Law Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, April 15, 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.
  • Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: Blessed Aristocracies: Charismatic authority, rural elites, and historiography in Medieval Yemen (6th-9th/12th-15th c.), April 22, 2024.
  • MESA Scholarship: MESA Global Academy, 2024-2025, May 1, 2024.
  • Call for Proposals: Symposium, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, May 6, 2024.
  • Conference: The 2024 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award Presentation and Conference, May 16-17, 2024.
  • Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study, May 20, 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.
  • Call for Papers: The Medieval Academy at 100, The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, March 20-22, 2025 (deadline: June 3, 2024).
  • Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series: Mapping the Past, Imagining the Future: Heritage Politics in Ḥūthī Yemen, June 24, 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.
  • Workshop: ASLH Early Career Virtual Workshop, June 30, 2024.
  • Call for Papers: De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar’iah, June 2024.
  • Call for Proposals: Hot Topics Program, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, October 14, 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.

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