SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP
On Islamic Law
- In “Digitalization of Islamic Banking” (Neraca: Jurnal Ekonomi, Manajemen dan Akuntansi 2, no. 2 (2024)), Fero Arum Cahyani (STIS Al Wafa) and others argue that the digitalization of Islamic banking “was created to ease user transactions and improve the economy.”
- In “Family Law Reform in Tunisia (Reading the Rules of Polygamy in The Tunisian Code of Personal Status 1957)” (Mizan 8, no. 1 (2024)), Mufliha Wijayati “examines polygamy in the context of legislation in Muslim countries by taking the context of Tunisia.”
- A chapter from Sherman Jackson‘s (University of Southern California) new book, The Islamic Secular (Oxford University Press, 2024), can be read here.
On Islam and Data Science
- In “Islamic finance as a driver for enhancing economic sustainability and innovation in the GCC” (Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, January 25, 2024), Salah Alhammadi (Faculty of Business Studies, Arab Open University – Kuwait) explores “Islamic finance’s potential to significantly contribute to the GCC’s economic diversification and resilience against global economic downturns.”
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:
- Mardum-i-Iran is a Farsi periodical that can be accessed online through a webpage maintained by the Digital Library of the Middle East. The online collection comprises 50 issues of the periodical.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Calendar:
- Call for Submissions: Pedagogy Files in Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā, September 1, 2024.
- Call for Papers: “Islamic Law and Social Movements,” 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), September 9, 2024.
- Call for Proposals: Hot Topics Program, 2025 Association of American Law Schools Meeting, October 14, 2024.
- Conference: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, December 19-20, 2024.
- Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025.
- 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.