Thank you, Matthew L. Keegan, for joining us as guest blog editor in May. In case you missed his essays, here they are: Why Study Islamic Legal Riddles? Riddles, Influence, and Borrowing from Rival Legal Schools Moral Registers in Islamic Law, Adab, and Ethics Skullduggery, Literature, and the Legal Imagination Thank you! Follow Matthew L. … Continue reading Thank you, Matthew L. Keegan!
Thank you, Lev Weitz, for joining us as guest blog editor in April. In case you missed his essays, here they are: Documentary Sources and Islamic Legal History: The View from the Provinces Tracing the Judicial Infrastructure of a Rural Province Tax Receipts and Rent for a Mill: The Multiple Normative Orders of Medieval Islamic … Continue reading Thank you, Lev Weitz!
Thank you, Elizabeth Lhost, for joining us as guest blog editor in March. In case you missed her essays, here they are: Breaking out of “Anglo-Muslim” hybrids, or the case for studying the princely states Raftār-i Taraqqī-yi ʿAdālat: Rethinking “progress” in the history of Hyderabad’s Āṣafī Courts Farāmīn-i Niẓāmat: Looking at legal layers in a … Continue reading Thank you, Elizabeth Lhost!
Thank you, Aaron Rock-Singer, for joining us as guest blog editor in February. In case you missed his essays, here they are: Sources for Islamic Law and Society in the modern period: A methodological reflection The Challenge of Absence: Writing a History of Salafī practice Islamic periodicals and Islamic law: the case of gender segregation … Continue reading Thank you, Aaron Rock-Singer!
Thank you, Marina Rustow and Ph.D. students, Amel Bensalim and Athina Pfeiffer, for joining us as guest blog editors in January. In case you missed their blog posts, here they are: Are Medieval Arabic Judicial Documents as Opaque as They Look? (Rustow) Why I No Longer Use the Term “Qāḍī-Court Documents” (Rustow) Getting to know … Continue reading Thank you, Marina Rustow, Amel Bensalim, and Athina Pfeiffer!
Thank you, Iza Hussin for joining us as guest blog editor in December. In case you missed her blog posts, here they are: Introduction: How to do things with translation How to do things with translation: ‘Law’ in the Malay world How to do things with translation: ‘Religion’ How to do things with translation: ‘Personal … Continue reading Thank you, Iza Hussin!
Please welcome our new Research Editor, Hadi Qazwini! Hadi Qazwini is an educator and researcher. His scholarly interests are in Islamic intellectual history, with a focus on theology, law, and Imami Shiʿism. He completed a PhD in Religious and Islamic Studies at the University of Southern California. His dissertation, titled “The Islamic Debate on Juristic In/Fallibility … Continue reading Welcome to our Research Editor, Hadi Qazwini!
Thank you, Guy Burak for joining us as guest blog editor in October. In case you missed his essays, here they are: Narrating Change Terminological Tensions Thank you! Follow Guy Burak's scholarly work on his Academia page.
Thank you, Felicitas Opwis for joining us as guest blog editor in September. In case you missed her essays, here they are: The Discursive Tradition of Commentaries (shurūḥ) – Lessons from Matn Abī Shujāʿ The Content of Commentaries The Commentary as Platform for Debate, Change, and Authority Construction The Forms of Commentaries Thank you! Follow … Continue reading Thank you, Felicitas Opwis!
This interview is part of our Fellow Spotlight series. This series features interviews with current and previous PIL Fellows, highlighting their work with the Program, their path getting here, and the road going forward. For more information on our Fellows, visit our website. Can you tell us a little bit about your background - where … Continue reading Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Rabiat Akande
