Weekend Scholarship Roundup

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SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP

On Islamic Law

On Islam and Data Science

  • In “Legal Protection and Justice for Franchise Business Operators from an Islamic Law Perspective” (Journal of Ecohumanism 3, no. 6 (2024)), Agung Satryo Wibowo (Faculty of Law Sunan Giri University, Indonesia) and others, “us[ing] an empirical juridical legal approach to explore the concept of franchising, Islamic legal principles, and the impact of legal protection on franchise business operators,” conclude that “[f]ranchise businesses can be a suitable form of enterprise that aligns with the values and principles of Islamic economics, providing a positive contribution to the economy and society overall.”

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:

  • Pigham-i Imruz 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 91 issues of the periodical.

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

PIL & Harvard Calendar:

  • Research Assistant: Islamic Law and Criminal Law, Harvard Law School, September 9, 2024.
  • SHARIAsource Lab Research Opportunities, September 9, 2024.
  • Writing Group: Islamic Law and History (1 or 2 Credits) – Fall Term, September 9, 2024.
  • Seminar: “Nahj al-Balaghah, The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali: Ethics, Aesthetics, Faith, and Politics in Early Islam” by Tahera Qutbuddin, Harvard University, September 11, 2024.
  • Seminar: “Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia: Nahdlatul Ulama and the Quest for an Inclusive Public Ethics” by Robert Hefner, Harvard University, October 7, 2024.
  • Seminar: “Travel Writing and the Production of a Global Imagination in Muslim South Asia” by Daniel Majchrowicz, Harvard University, November 6, 2024.

Calendar:

  • 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: 2024 American Society of Comparative Law Annual Meeting, Texas A&M University School of Law, October 17-19, 2024 (Call for Submissions: October 15, 2024).
  • Talk: “Unsettlements: History of Land Reclamation in British Mandate of Palestine” with Nurfadzilah Yahaya, Stanford University, October 28, 2024.
  • Conference: Law, colonialism and gender in the Muslim world, December 19-20, 2024.
  • Conference: Eleventh Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies, Queen Mary University, UK, May 8-10, 2025 (Paper proposals: October 31, 2024; Panel proposals: November 30, 2024).
  • Conference: Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, May 22-25, 2025 (Registration: January 3, 2025).
  • 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.

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