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Conference: “The Transmission and Reception of the Qurʾān in Light of Recent Scholarship”

Harvard University

Saturday, December 7, 2019 | 8:30am-5:30pm | Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Panelists Shady Nasser, Harvard University (Chair) Gabriel Said Reynolds, University of Notre Dame Walid Saleh, University of Toronto Behnam Sadeghi, University of Oxford François Déroche, Collège de France Alba Fedeli, Universität Hamburg Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge Intisar Rabb, Harvard Law School Co-sponsors: The … Continue reading Conference: “The Transmission and Reception of the Qurʾān in Light of Recent Scholarship”

Lecture: “Tribal Law as Islamic Law: The Berber Example,” Lawrence Rosen, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, Princeton University

Location TBD

ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present.   LAWRENCE ROSEN, WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY EMERITUS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY FEB 26 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | LOCATION TBD Tribal Law as Islamic Law: The Berber Example

Book Talk: “The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity,” Darryl Li, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College, and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago

TSAI AUDITORIUM, CGIS SOUTH S010

ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. DARRYL LI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE COLLEGE, AND LECTURER IN LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FEB 26 | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | TSAI AUDITORIUM, CGIS SOUTH S010 Book … Continue reading Book Talk: “The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity,” Darryl Li, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College, and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago

Lecture: “Reason-Giving and the Duty to Obey in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence,” Omar Farahat, Assistant Professor, McGill University Faculty of Law

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ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. OMAR FARAHAT, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MCGILL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW MAR 25 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | LOCATION TBD Reason-Giving and the Duty to Obey in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence

Lecture: “The Revival of Shāfiʿism in Damascus, 11th-13th Century,” Mariam Sheibani, Research Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School

AUSTIN HALL 102

ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. MARIAM SHEIBANI, RESEARCH FELLOW, PROGRAM IN ISLAMIC LAW, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL MAR 31 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | AUSTIN 102 The Revival of Shāfiʿism in Damascus, 11th-13th Century

Lecture: “An Islamic Legal Geography of Crime and the Sanctuary in Nineteenth-Century Iran,” Farzin Vejdani, Associate Professor, Ryerson University

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ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. FARZIN VEJDANI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RYERSON UNIVERSITY APR 7 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | LOCATION TBD An Islamic Legal Geography of Crime and the Sanctuary in Nineteenth-Century Iran

Lecture: Sherman Jackson, King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California

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ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. SHERMAN JACKSON, KING FAISAL CHAIR IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CULTURE AND PROFESSOR OF RELIGION AND AMERICAN STUDIES AND ETHNICITY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA APR 16 | TIME TBD | LOCATION TBD Title TBDm

Lecture: “On Fences and Neighbors: Property, Nuisance, and Resort to the Law in Islamic Legal History, 6th/12th through 8th/14th Centuries,” Dana Lee, Research Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School

AUSTIN HALL 102

ISLAMIC LAW LECTURE SERIES Distinguished faculty and fellows presenting their cutting-edge research on Islamic law, past and present. Details to follow. DANA LEE, RESEARCH FELLOW, PROGRAM IN ISLAMIC LAW, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL APR 21 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | AUSTIN 102 On Fences and Neighbors: Property, Nuisance, and Resort to the Law in … Continue reading Lecture: “On Fences and Neighbors: Property, Nuisance, and Resort to the Law in Islamic Legal History, 6th/12th through 8th/14th Centuries,” Dana Lee, Research Fellow, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School