Islamic Constitutionalism: Not Secular. Not Theocratic. Not Impossible.
Wasserstein B010 Harvard Law SchoolWeek of Events
British Association for Islamic Studies Conference 2018
The Law, Learning and Authority in Imami Shiite Islam (LAWALISI) project will host a panel at the British Association for Islamic Studies (www.BRAIS.ac.uk), to be held at the University of Exeter, 9th-11th April 2018 – a programme is available here. The project team, along with many working in Shii Studies, will attend and present at … Continue reading British Association for Islamic Studies Conference 2018
Northwestern University Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Inequality, 2018-2020
Northwestern University’s Center for Legal Studies invites applications from outstanding candidates for a full-time, two-year, non-renewable teaching and research post-doctoral fellowship beginning fall 2018. The purpose of the fellowship is to recognize and support original interdisciplinary research and teaching in the study of law and inequality in race, crime, policing, mass incarceration, civil rights, and … Continue reading Northwestern University Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Inequality, 2018-2020
MA: Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World
The aim of the MA Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World is to provide international graduate students with a thorough understanding of the deep and diverse links between the Muslim, Jewish and Christian intellectual contributions during the medieval period. The program is characterised by a strongly research-driven, interdisciplinary and interreligious approach with an emphasis on … Continue reading MA: Intellectual Encounters of the Islamicate World
Islamic Constitutionalism: Not Secular. Not Theocratic. Not Impossible.
Islamic Constitutionalism: Not Secular. Not Theocratic. Not Impossible.
Asifa Quraishi-Landes will explain her current project, proposing a structure for Islamic constitutionalism that is inspired by Islamic jurisprudence and Muslim history, yet designed for contemporary realities. This structure is conceptually different from the typical “Islamic state” imagined by modern political Islam movements, as it is built upon the pre-colonial separation of Muslim lawmaking power: siyasa, … Continue reading Islamic Constitutionalism: Not Secular. Not Theocratic. Not Impossible.
ILSP: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Comparing Waqf and Western Landed Trusts
ILSP: SHARIAsource Lunch Talk :: Comparing Waqf and Western Landed Trusts
Ebrahim Afsah, Visiting Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School, will discuss his current research on a structured comparison between waqf and the Western institution of landed trust and the implications for Islamic administrative and public law. Mediterranean lunch will be served.
Timbuktu and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of West African Manuscript–Round Table
Timbuktu and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of West African Manuscript–Round Table
Please join us at New York University's Tamiment Library (10th floor, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Sq. South) on Wednesday, April 11, 6:30-8:00PM (doors open at 6pm) for a round table on issues relating to early West African manuscripts. A fundamental source for the history of West Africa lies in rich archival collections, most famously the manuscript libraries of Timbuktu. … Continue reading Timbuktu and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of West African Manuscript–Round Table