SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP
On Islamic Law
- In “Respect for the dead under Islamic law: considerations for humanitarian forensics” (Humanitarian Law & Policy, June 19, 2025), Ahmed Al-Dawoody (ICRC) observes: “With a significant number of armed conflicts occurring in Muslim contexts, understanding how Islamic law mandates dignified treatment of the deceased is essential to ensure that forensic interventions align with cultural and legal norms.”
- In “Utilizing Qawā’id Fiqhiyyah in Legal Analysis: A Review of Their Evolution and Application in Indonesian Islamic Jurisprudence” (Istinbáth: Jurnal Hukum dan Ekonomi Islam 24, no. 1 (2025)), Ismail Jalili and Ilham Syukri (UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu, Indonesia) “examine[] the evolution of Qawā’id Fiqhiyyah (Islamic legal maxims), exploring their foundational roots in classical Islamic jurisprudence and analyzing their adaptation and relevance in contemporary Indonesian legal and societal contexts.”
On Islam and Data Science
- In “Liability Gap, Personhood Theories and Effective AI Legal Framework in the GCC Countries: Shariah as the Thread That Binds” (in Intellectual Property and Innovation (Springer 2025)), Ida Madieha Abdul Ghani Azmi and Mahyuddin Daud (International Islamic University Malaysia) argue that “[w]ith the ability of AI platforms being capable of matching humans with excellence, in addition to the astronomical resources being poured into the development of human-like sentient AI, there is a fresh call for the legal status of AI to be revisited.”
- In “The Moderating Role of Shariah Compliance on the Relationship between Ethical Commitment and Corruption in Malaysian Companies” (The Asian Economic Review 29, no. 2 (2025)) Siti Nurain Muhmad (University of Malaysia, Terengganu) and others explore “the relationship between ethical commitment and corruption and examine the moderating effect of Shariah compliance on this relationship.”
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 new resources to this list:
- Middle East & Islamic Studies is a webpage maintained by Queen’s University Library that provides resources on “Culture & Society,” “Islam,” “Literature,” and “Politics & History.”
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Calendar:
- Wallace Johnson First Book Program, June 27, 2025.
- Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series, American Society for Legal History, June 30, 2025.
- Workshop: “From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies,” Hamburg University, July 1-4, 2025 (Deadline: April 30, 2025)
- Summer Language Intensive Program: Istanbul University Institute for Islamic Studies, July 7 – August 8, 2025.
- Prize: Colin B. Picker Prize, Younger Comparativists Committee, August 15, 2025.
- Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, Leiden University, August 18-29, 2025 (Application deadline: May 5, 2025).
- Faculty Fellow: Faculty Fellow in Near Eastern Studies, New York University, 2025-2026, September 1, 2025 (Deadline: March 24, 2025).
- Summer School on Digital Humanities and Islamic Studies, September 1-4, 2025, Switzerland (Deadline: June 13, 2025).
- Call for Proposals: Paris Congress at 125: Comparative Law’s Entanglement with Power from Paris to Today, McGill University, Canada, October 16-18, 2025 (Deadline: May 31, 2025).
- Conference: 5th ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization, University of Pittsburgh, November 5-7, 2025.
- Call for Papers: ASLH 2025 Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, November 13-15, 2025 (Deadline: March 25, 2025).
- Call for Papers: International Conference “Poetry and Knowledge,” University of Münster, November 20-22, 2025 (Deadline: June 1, 2025).
- Conference: MESA 2025, Westin Downtown, Washington DC, November 22-25, 2025 (Proposal deadline: February 13, 2025).
- Position opening: Senior Lecturer in Law, History, and Society, Vanderbilt University, 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.