Marriage and Divorce in Modern Islamic Law: Workshop 23 April 2019, University of Exeter
USPPIP Project Extended to September 2019
Uses of the Past: Shari’a and Gender in Palestine and Israel - Published
Summer and Autumn Schools Report
Conference Report: Uses of the Past in Islamic Law 27th – 29th September 2018
USPPIP Project Conference Programme Announced
Congratulations! - USPPIP Postdoctoral Fellow Successes
‘Uses of the Past in Islamic Law’ Conference 27th – 29th September 2018: Panel Titles
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – Uses of the Past in Islamic Legal Thought and Practice: Autumn School 11th – 17th November 2018
27 June 2018, Göttingen: Female Judges – experiences, successes and challenges in Palestine and Germany: Somoud al-Damiri, Palestinian Judge of the Sharia Court of Ramalllah and Prof. Maria Wersig, University of Dortmund and Head of the Female Jurists‘ Association in Germany
28-29 June 2018 “Uses of the Past: Islamic International Law and the Problem of Translation. Concepts and Applications”, University of Göttingen
Uses of the Past in Islamic Legal Thought and Practice: Summer School 8th - 14th July 2018
Congratulations! - SSRC Grant Awarded to Mahmood Kooria
Maslaha, Siyasa and Good Governance: Shari’a and Society Workshop 19th-20th April 2018
Islamic Law and Sexuality Conference 9th – 11th January 2018, University of Exeter
Governance and Violence in Islamic Law Workshop 24th November 2017
Invitation: Opening Lecture of the Conference “Gender and Sharīʿah in Muslim Legal Theory and Practice”. Göttingen University, 12th October 2017
Nordic Seminar on Islamic Legal Studies, University of Bergen, 19th – 20th October 2017
Islamic Law and Sex/uality Workshop 22nd June 2017
Customs, Culture, Shari’a and National Law
Meeting in Leiden December 2016
Ocean of Law II: Islamic Legal Crossings in the Indian Ocean World
Workshop on the Imamate traditions in South Arabia
News & Events
April 29, 2019
Hosted at the University Exeter, this workshop explored the legal innovations in Islamic thought and practice over the past 200...
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January 8, 2019
We are pleased to announce that the USPPIP project has been extended until 30th September 2019. The extension will enable...
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January 4, 2019
Uses of the Past: Shari’a and Gender in Palestine and Israel, edited by Irene Scheider and Nijmi Edres has been...
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December 13, 2018
USPPIP convened two School weeks for early career scholars, nearing completion of their PhD or recently graduated. The USPPIP...
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November 12, 2018
The project held its major international conference at the University of Exeter, 27th - 29th September 2018. The programme is...
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September 11, 2018
The project will hold its final conference at the University of Exeter, UK, 27-29 September 2018. A draft programme is...
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July 31, 2018
It is with great pleasure we announce that two of our post-doctoral fellows have recently been appointed to academic positions,...
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July 31, 2018
The draft programme, including panel titles, for the USPPIP end of project conference is now available here. Paper titles will...
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July 31, 2018
In July 2018, the Understanding Sharia project held its Summer School at the University of Exeter, UK. As a continuation...
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June 3, 2018
This lecture, organized and hosted by Göttingen University, will combine the talks of two experts on law and gender. Somoud...
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June 2, 2018
This workshop, organized by the Göttingen team at Göttingen University, will deal with Islamic legal narratives and practices of international...
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May 22, 2018
Advanced doctoral students and early career researchers in the area of Islamic Legal Studies, have been selected to participate in...
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April 12, 2018
Project team member Dr. Mahmood Kooria has been awarded the Trans-regional Research Scholar Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council...
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January 15, 2018
On the 19th - 20th April 2018, the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bergen will host the workshop...
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January 2, 2018
This two day workshop aims to investigate questions of Islamic law and sexuality, broadly conceived, including but not limited to...
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November 7, 2017
This one-day workshop was held under the auspices of the USPPIP project (Understanding Sharia: Past Perfect, Imperfect Present) and hosted...
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October 2, 2017
Prof. Dr. Irene Schneider, Göttingen University - Seminar für Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft, invites you to the Opening Lecture of the Conference “Gender...
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September 12, 2017
Islamic law can be understood as both a theoretical and ethical system of organising human society and as a practical...
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June 5, 2017
The University of Exeter hosted a one day workshop exploring representations of the past by modern Muslims in a range...
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March 23, 2017
The first USPPIP Workshop took place on 24-25 February 2017 in Rabat, Morocco. The workshop entitled “Customs, Culture, Shari’a and...
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January 17, 2017
The project team met in Leiden on the 12th of December 2016 to discuss their research, potential publication collaboration and...
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December 19, 2016
On the 12 - 14th December 2016 several members of the USPPIP project attended a conference at Leiden University entitled:...
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November 25, 2016
A workshop was held at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Bergen on 22 November 2016, with the topic...
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