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Holding Marriage Hostage: Male Guardianship in Muslim Women’s Application for Marriage in Contemporary Malaysia

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Feb. 18 | 12:00-13:00 EST | Zoom

Nurul Huda Mohd. Razif examines “wali refusal” cases, where women’s right to marry is held hostage by estranged fathers who refuse to sign their daughters’ marriage application. 

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Between Muslims: Religious Difference in Iraqi Kurdistan

Posted on January 12, 2021January 14, 2021 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Feb. 10 | 11:00-12:00 EST | Zoom

J. Andrew Bush discusses his recently published book, Between Muslims: Religious Differences in Iraqi Kurdistan. Bush’s book is based on extensive fieldwork in the Kurdistan region of Iraq between 2004 and 2013.

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Halal Animals: Food, Faith, and the Future of Planetary Health

Posted on January 11, 2021January 14, 2021 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Jan. 29 | 13:00-17:00 EST | Zoom

An invitation-only manuscript workshop for Professor Kristen Stilt for her book project, Halal Animals: Food, Faith, and the Future of Planetary Health.

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Law, Empire, and the Sultan: Ottoman Imperial Authority and Late Hanafi Jurisprudence

Posted on October 26, 2020November 10, 2020 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Nov. 10 | 12:00-13:00 EST | Zoom

Samy Ayoub examines Ottoman imperial authority in authoritative Hanafi legal works from the Ottoman world of the 16th to 19th centuries CE, casting new light on the understudied late Hanafi jurists.

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Movement Lawyering and Social Change: A Spotlight on LGBTQ Advocacy in Lebanon

Posted on October 7, 2020October 13, 2020 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Oct. 14 | 12:00-13:00 EDT | Zoom

Join our panel to discuss community-oriented movement lawyering in Lebanon and the ways in which activists and lawyers engage with the country’s most vulnerable communities to build, support, and amplify transformative social movements.

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Freedom of Religion and Public Interest: A Look at Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Europe

Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Sept. 28 | 12:00-13:00 EST | Zoom

Gehan Gunatilleke and Yee Htun discuss how constitutional and treaty provisions are vulnerable to majoritarian infiltration.

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Indian Muslim Women’s Movement: For Gender Justice and Equal Citizenship

Posted on August 27, 2020August 28, 2020 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Sept. 9  | 12:00-13:30 EST  | Zoom

Zakia Soman and Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz discuss their pioneering activism for equal rights and equal citizenship of Muslim women in India and linkages with Muslim women’s movements across the globe.

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The International Court of Justice Case on Genocide in Myanmar

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Feb. 25 | 12-1 pm | Austin North

Philippe Sands, Arsalan Suleman, and Yee Htun discuss the ICJ’s case concerning the Myanmar military’s treatment of the Rohingya.

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Islamic Conceptions of Animal Rights

Posted on February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Feb. 24 | 12-1 pm | Pound 102

PLS Director Professor Kristen Stilt’s talk focuses on the question, “What are Islamic conceptions of animal rights?”

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Sex, Alcohol, and Music: Policing Vice in 19th-Century Shiraz

Posted on November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 by Ceallaigh Reddy

Dec. 2 | 5-6 pm | Barker Center, Room 133

Farzin Vejdani examines shifting understandings of what constituted the public and the private from criminal cases in 19th-century Shiraz.

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