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Call for Applications: University of Cincinnati: Assistant/Associate Professor, Islamic Studies

University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati invites applications by advanced assistant and associate professors to fill the Inayat and Ishrat Malik Professorship in Islamic Studies. The position will begin in the fall of 2019. The search committee welcomes applications from scholars in the field of Islamic Studies, with research and teaching interests in such areas as Anthropology, … Continue reading Call for Applications: University of Cincinnati: Assistant/Associate Professor, Islamic Studies

Call for Nominations and Submissions: MESA Awards

Consider nominating students, mentors, colleagues, and worthy individuals for one of MESA’s awards. The deadline for the following two awards has been extended to Sep 17: Graduate Student Paper Prize: Research papers on any aspect of post 600 CE Middle East studies are sought for this blind review. Details. Undergraduate Education Award: Recognizes outstanding scholarship on teaching … Continue reading Call for Nominations and Submissions: MESA Awards

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

Conference: Historiography/Ideology/Law II

Boston College Law School Faculty Lounge, Stuart Hall, 4th Floor, 885 Centre St., Newton Center, MA

This conference is a follow-up to a series of conversations on the relations between historiography, ideology, and law that took place at the University of Helsinki in March 2018. Among other things, the Boston College conference will take up a set of questions about the recent trajectory of critical legal history, as well as about … Continue reading Conference: Historiography/Ideology/Law II

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.

Conference: Uses of the Past in Islamic Law

University of Exeter Exeter, United Kingdom

The program for the "Understanding Shari’a: Perfect Past, Imperfect Present" (USPPIP) end-of-project conference is available here. The conference is free to attend but registration is necessary. Please register by sending an email to [email protected] detailing which days/sessions you will be attending. Registration is open until 1 pm UK time on Friday, September 21st. Those attending … Continue reading Conference: Uses of the Past in Islamic Law

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