The United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Taliban's subsequent takeover of the country has brought, once again, Islam and Islamic law to the fore in recent news coverage, reports, … Continue reading Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law
In "Digitized Canon: Intisar Rabb's Work to Develop SHARIAsource and Other Resources on Islamic Law" (The Institute for Quantitative Social Science, September 1, 2021), Jonathan Colburn (Institute for Quantitative Social … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup
We are delighted to share with you that the Library of Congress and the Program in Islamic Law have initiated a collaborative effort to "identify, select and assess the copyright … Continue reading The Library of Congress Announces Collaboration with the Program in Islamic Law!
The Program in Islamic Law and the Library of Congress have announced a historic collaborative project whereby the official gazettes of Muslim countries will be identified and analyzed from a … Continue reading Islamic Law in the News Roundup
In a book review titled “Isn’t the Opposite Equally True?” written for the London Review of Books, former Program in Islamic Law fellow Lawrence Rosen (Princeton University) reviews two recent … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
The Program in Islamic Law (PIL) is pleased to announce that Sohaib Baig, PIL fellow, won the Thomas E. Lifka Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation in the Department of … Continue reading PIL Fellow Sohaib Baig Wins Best Dissertation Prize!
The Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce that it is hosting a book talk by Dr. Elias Saba (Senior Lecturer at Grinnell College) titled … Continue reading Book Talk: Harmonizing Similarities: A History of Distinctions Literature in Islamic Law by Dr. Elias Saba on November 17, 2020 @12:00 – 1:00 PM
The Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce that Mona Rahmani has joined the Program as our new Associate Director. Mona comes to Harvard with … Continue reading Message from the Director
The Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School invites applications to its 2020-2021 Fellowship Program (due Jan. 31, 2020). Research Fellowships are designed to provide an intellectual home to … Continue reading PIL Fellowship Applications for 2020-2021 [Now Closed]
Earlier this fall, the Program in Islamic Law published the eighth volume in its Harvard Series on Islamic Law, an English translation of al-Muwaṭṭaʾ, the Royal Moroccan Edition, The Recension … Continue reading Program in Islamic Law Celebrates Its New English Translation of al-Muwaṭṭaʾ
