Call for Abstracts: Thematic Dossier on the Indian Ocean Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists announces a thematic dossier on Indian Ocean histories guest edited by Jyoti Balachandran, to … Continue reading Call for Abstracts: Thematic Dossier on the Indian Ocean, September 30, 2023
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
On January 7-8, 2021, the Legal History Blog hosted an online conference entitled "Paper Empires: Layers of law in colonial South Asia and the Indian Ocean." Among others, Fahad Bishara … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
The Maritime Bazaar
By Fahad Bishara In my first blog post, I introduced the idea of the bazaar as a site for thinking about the intertwined histories of law and economic life in … Continue reading The Maritime Bazaar
Law and Economic Life in the Islamic World: A Teaching Post
By Fahad Ahmad Bishara. Reposted from the Legal History Blog with permission from the author. For this post, instead of giving reflections on research or on writing in Indian Ocean legal history, … Continue reading Law and Economic Life in the Islamic World: A Teaching Post