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ILSP: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Apocalypticism and the Mahdi in Early Islam

Mohammad Sagha, SHARIAsource Editor and Iran Project Coordinator at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, will discuss Ibn al-Munādī’s Kitāb al-Malāḥim and sectarian identity in the ḥadīth corpus of Shīʿī and Sunnī law schools. The role and identity of the Mahdī in early Islamic thought is an important concept shared almost … Continue reading ILSP: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Apocalypticism and the Mahdi in Early Islam

SHARIAsource Welcome Lunch

Lunch with current ILSP: SHARIAsource staff, fellows, and affiliates who will discuss their research and other work in Islamic law this year. By invitation only.

Digital Islamic Law Lab

Members of this Lab are students interested in assessing the way Islamic law functions in contemporary and historical contexts, and interested in building or testing new apps for the same. Each Lab member will work on a discrete research project in a collaborative, interactive setting. Access restricted to Lab members.

HLS Library Tour & Orientation: The Islamic Law Collection

Langdell Library

Islamic Law Librarian Gayle Fischer will provide an orientation for those interested in becoming familiar with the Islamic law resources available at the Harvard Law School Library, both online and offline. Harvard Law School’s Islamic Law Collection is one of the largest institutional collections in the world. Gayle will conduct a mini-session on research strategies … Continue reading HLS Library Tour & Orientation: The Islamic Law Collection

SHARIAsource Open House

Austin 102 Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, United States

Come learn about the Islamic Legal Studies Program & SHARIAsource.com, which offers content and context on Islamic law. SHARIAsource provides an Islamic law portal <beta.shariasource.com>, built in partnership with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, as well as a blog <islamiclaw.blog> with regular and relevant commentary on new developments and new scholarship in … Continue reading SHARIAsource Open House

HLS Library Tour & Orientation: The Islamic Law Collection

Islamic Law Librarian Gayle Fischer will provide an orientation for those interested in becoming familiar with the Islamic law resources available at the Harvard Law School Library, both online and offline. Harvard Law School’s Islamic Law Collection is one of the largest institutional collections in the world. Gayle will conduct a mini-session on research strategies … Continue reading HLS Library Tour & Orientation: The Islamic Law Collection

SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Authority through Organization? Professionalization and Bureaucratization at Early Islamic Courts

Austin 102 Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, United States

Nahed Samour, Early Career Fellow, Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Göttingen Institute for Advance Study The talk focuses on the judge's authority as it emanated from the judicial organization under the early Abbasids. It discusses the concept of office as well as theories of professionalization and bureaucratization and their applicability to the Islamic history of adjudication. Dr. Nahed Samour … Continue reading SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Authority through Organization? Professionalization and Bureaucratization at Early Islamic Courts

Digital Islamic Law Lab

Members of this Lab are students interested in assessing the way Islamic law functions in contemporary and historical contexts, and interested in building or testing new apps for the same. Each Lab member will work on a discrete research project in a collaborative, interactive setting. Access restricted to Lab members.

Workshop :: Tools for Digital Islamic Law

Jeremy Guillette, Digital Scholarship Facilitator, Harvard University will demonstrate and discuss established and emerging digital tools students of Islamic legal history and contemporary Islamic law may use in their research. Space is limited. For details and location, RSVP to [email protected].

Digital Islamic Law Lab

Members of this Lab are students interested in assessing the way Islamic law functions in contemporary and historical contexts, and interested in building or testing new apps for the same. Each Lab member will work on a discrete research project in a collaborative, interactive setting. Access restricted to Lab members.

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