Tag: Announcement
ILSP Offices Closing for Winter Recess, Dec. 24–Jan. 4
Please note that ILSP and other University offices will be closed for the Winter/Holiday Recess at noon on Thursday, Dec. 24th and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2016.
Book Launch for “What Is Islam?”
A book launch party to celebrate the release of Shahab Ahmed’s What Is Islam? will be held on Tuesday, December 1, from 5:00-7:00 pm in the offices of the Society of Fellows, 78 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA.
ILSP Travel Grants for HLS Students
The Islamic Legal Studies Program invites Harvard Law School students to submit travel grant proposals to secure funding for proposed research trips related to work on or the study of Islamic law. All projects associated with Islamic law or with the legal systems of Muslim countries qualify, internships included. The Program distributes a limited number of awards on a competitive basis, up to a maximum of $1,000 per student. Selected grantees may use ILSP travel grants to supplement an award from another source. All proposals should be submitted via the online application process.
ILSP Directors to Speak at Library of Congress
ILSP Directors Intisar Rabb and Kristen Stilt will participate in a panel discussion “Perspectives on Reform of Islamic Law” at the Law Library of Congress on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. The aim of the program will be to explore perspectives on and new avenues of reform in Islamic law.
In Memoriam: M. Shahab Ahmed
ILSP Directors, staff, and affiliates mourn the passing of M. Shahab Ahmed on Thursday, September 17. Ahmed, an ILSP Research Fellow in 2014-2015, was remembered by HLS’ Noah Feldman in Bloomberg View: “He demonstrated, in his work and in his life, that it’s within the power of today’s Muslims to make rich and cosmopolitan meaning within their tradition—to embrace, not reject. His legacy should extend beyond the world of scholarship to the world of thought and belief and action and love.”
September 2015 Updates Newsletter Available Online
The ILSP September 2015 Updates newsletter is now available online. See what’s upcoming at ILSP in the new academic year!
Islamic Law at ASLH (American Society for Legal History) Annual Meeting
ILSP Director Intisar Rabb will be featured in an Author-Meets-Reader session at the American Society for Legal History annual meeting in late October. Rabb will discuss her recently published book, Doubt in Islamic Law A History of Legal Maxims, Interpretation, and Islamic Criminal Law (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
Kristen Stilt on Animals, Law, and Religion
ILSP Director Kristen Stilt is featured in the September 8, 2015 edition of Harvard Law Today. Prof. Stilt discusses her work on the intersection of animals, law, and religion, including that of animals and Islamic law.
ILSP Research Assistant Opportunity
The Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce the position of Research Assistant for SHARIAsource—an online portal of resources and analysis on Islamic law, built with support from the Berkman Center and in cooperation with students and scholars of Islamic law and policy in the United States and around the world.