By Camilo Gómez-Rivas This is the second in a two-part series on teaching law and literature. The first focused on the classical traditions of law and literature. The relationship between … Continue reading Law and Literature and the Novel
By Camilo Gómez-Rivas This is the first of a two-part series on teaching Islamic law and literature. The second part discusses the modern period through a discussion of the novel. … Continue reading Why I Love Teaching Islamic Law and Literature
By Camilo Gómez-Rivas This is the second in a two-part series on Law under the Almoravids. The first was a reflection on legal texts as sources for writing social and … Continue reading International Law under the Almoravids
By Camilo Gómez-Rivas This is the first in a two-part series on Law under the Almoravids. The second essay takes up the development of diplomacy and international negotiation. I came … Continue reading Law under the Almoravids and What Questions You Can Ask Legal Texts
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Dark Deeds, Broken Bodies: Medieval Islamic Narratives of Violence against Corpses" (Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists 32), Taryn Marashi (Augsburg University) … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Zahir Bhalloo* In this third and final essay, I provide a commentary on one of the Persian fatwā papers from the NLI Afghan Genizah collection (for the text, translation … Continue reading Learning from the document: Part 2
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In Society of the Righteous: Ibadhi Muslim Identity and Transnationalism in Tanzania (Indiana University Press, 2024) Kimberly T. Wortmann (Wake Forest University) argues that "[a]lthough the … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "Veiling Laws Throughout Iranian History: The Relationship to Religion, Before and During Islamic Law" (SSRN, September 20, 2024), Nicolas Garon (Southern University Law Center) questions … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
By Zahir Bhalloo In this second essay, I will examine one Persian fatwā paper from the National Library of Israel (NLI) Afghan Genizah collection. It measures 19.3 x 13.8 cm, … Continue reading Learning from the document: Part 1
SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law Simon Doubleday (Hofstra University) talked with Jerrilynn Dodds about her new book: Visual Histories from Medieval Iberia: Arts and Ambivalence (Arc Humanities Press, 2024). In … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
