Islamic Legal Studies Program

Mohsin Hamid, HLS alum, will give a book talk on March 8th at Harvard Law. Hamid will be joined by Prof. Noah Feldman. Copies of the book will be available. Details below.

SHARIAsource and ILSP co-sponsored a conference on Courts and Judicial Procedure in Early Islamic Law (632-1250 AD) on May 6, in honor of Roy Mottahedeh. More at http://ow.ly/ERPg30090GE.

Professor Intisar A. Rabb will deliver a lecture on “Qāḍī Justice: Cases and Controversies in Early Islamic Law and Society” as part of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s Fellows’ Presentation Series. The talk will take place on December 16, 4-5:30 pm, at the Institute’s Fay House, 10 Garden St., Cambridge, MA.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $425,000 over two years for the development of SHARIAsource, an online portal of resources and analysis on Islamic law, in cooperation with scholars of Islamic law and policy in the United States and around the world. The project is an initiative of Harvard Law School’s Islamic Legal Studies Program, built with support from Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. For more, see http://bit.ly/1W9kC8F.

MacArthur Foundation awards $425,000 to SHARIAsource project led by Intisar Rabb - Harvard Law... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $425,000 over two years for the development of SHARIAsource—an online Islamic law reso

Visiting Fellowship Program for 2016-2017

The Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School is now accepting applications for ILSP Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2016-2017. The program provides an opportunity to work on scholarly projects relating to one of three research streams: Islamic Law and Legal History, Islamic Law and Society, and Islamic Law Themes in Digital Humanities. Applicants with a JD, SJD, PhD or other comparable terminal degree from any field of study are welcome to apply.

For information and to apply, visit http://ilsp.law.harvard.edu/who-is-eligible/.

Please note that the deadline for applications is November 13, 2015. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School