In September, we look back at some of our most read essays published in the past year as well as the roundtables we convened in the past that attracted a … Continue reading Best of 2022-2023 & Roundtables in Review: Islamic Legal Literature
Thank you, Matthew L. Keegan!
Thank you, Matthew L. Keegan, for joining us as guest blog editor in May. In case you missed his essays, here they are: Why Study Islamic Legal Riddles? Riddles, Influence, … Continue reading Thank you, Matthew L. Keegan!
Moral Registers in Islamic Law, Adab, and Ethics
By Matthew L. Keegan Islamic law is one among several Islamic discourses and normative discourses that intermingled with Islamic epistemes and ecumenes in the pre-modern world. In Marion Holmes Katz's … Continue reading Moral Registers in Islamic Law, Adab, and Ethics
Riddles, Influence, and Borrowing from Rival Legal Schools
By Matthew L. Keegan How did scholars from different Sunnī legal schools respond to and interact with the scholarship of other schools? The answer to this question, of course, depends … Continue reading Riddles, Influence, and Borrowing from Rival Legal Schools
Why Study Islamic Legal Riddles?
By Matthew L. Keegan When I first came across a chapter on legal riddles in the Kitāb al-Ashbāh wa’l-Naẓāʾir of Ibn Nujaym (d. 970/1563) in graduate school, I was immediately … Continue reading Why Study Islamic Legal Riddles?
Welcome to our May Guest Blogger: Matthew L. Keegan
Matthew L. Keegan is the Moinian Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College of Columbia University. His research program explores the intersections of Islamic law and … Continue reading Welcome to our May Guest Blogger: Matthew L. Keegan