Clark Lombardi, Professor of Law; University of Washington School of Law For Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to [email protected] for room location and paper.
Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bioethics The Shapiro Fellowship supports outstanding scholars studying ethical issues arising from developments in medicine, the biological sciences, or population health. We particularly encourage proposals focusing on problems of practical importance that have broader theoretical interest. Application Deadline: Monday November 13 Values and Public Policy Postdoctoral Research Associate … Continue reading Postdoctoral positions in the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Seval Yildirim, Visiting Researcher, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School Professor Yildirim will discuss her work-in-progress exploring the legal construction of Muslim identity through a study of U.S. court cases dating back to the 19th century. The paper identifies three distinct typologies of how courts have defined Muslim identity and the broader political and normative implications … Continue reading ILSP LUNCH TALK :: THE M WORD: LEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF MUSLIM IDENTITY IN THE U.S.
Seval Yildirim, Visiting Researcher, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School For Harvard affiliates only. RSVP to [email protected] for room location and paper.
Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for a tenured position in modern Iranian studies. Research expertise and teaching interests may concern any aspect of modern Iran, from the 19th century to the present; we particularly welcome applications from historians and social scientists. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the … Continue reading Due: Tenured Position in Modern Iranian Studies, Princeton University
The Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) will be held at the George Washington University, Washington DC, November 16-17, 2017. This year’s theme for the annual meeting is Digital Scholarship and Middle East Librarianship.
Speakers: Aslihan Bulut Library Editor ILSP: SHARIAsource Librarian and Program Coordinator for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Harvard Law School Sharon Tai ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School Aslihan Bulut and Sharon Tai will discuss the information management of SHARIAsource.
Speaker: Mariam Sheibani, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago Mariam Sheibani surveys the terminological and conceptual evolution of maxims in Shāfiʿī legal literature from the founding of the school in the ninth century to the emergence of maxim treatises in the fourteenth century. Examining this evolution not only provides a history of maxims without gaps, but it … Continue reading ILSP Lunch Talk :: A History Without Gaps: Legal Maxims and the Evolution of Islamic Law
Speaker: Mariam Sheibani, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago The emergence and functions of legal maxims in Islamic law remains an understudied field in Islamic legal history. Scholars have noted early interest in maxims in the tenth and eleventh centuries, followed by a period of dormancy prior to the eruption of maxim treatises in the fourteenth … Continue reading ILSP Lunch Talk: A History Without Gaps: Legal Maxims and the Evolution of Islamic Law
Speakers: Intisar A. Rabb Harvard Law School Sharon Tai SHARIAsource *You may bring your lunch or purchase lunch at the Institute’s Dining Hall from 12:00 noon. Please RSVP to [email protected].
