11th Islamic Legal Studies Conference
Münster, 22-24 May 2025
The 11th Islamic Legal Studies Conference, convened by the International Society for Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS), will be held 22-24 May 2025 at the University of Münster, hosted by the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies and the Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics.
An initial roundtable discussion on “Researching and Teaching Sharia in 2025” will be followed by an opening Panel “Belonging to a Madhhab: Formation, Cohesion and Diversity in Islamic Schools of Law”. The second and third days of the conference feature six panels on a variety of topics and a poster session in which participants present their current research projects.
Roundtable Discussants: Seyed Mohammad Ghari Fatemi (Al-Mahdi Institute, University of Birmingham, University of Mofid); Christian Müller (CNRS – IRHT, Paris); Nadia Sonneveld (Leiden Law School); Nadjma Yassari (University of Hamburg). Moderation: Asifa Quraishi (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Papers presented by: Asma Afsaruddin (Indiana University), Mohamed Ali (Georgetown University), Samy Ayoub (University of Texas at Austin), Anggi Azzuhri (Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia), Shahanaz Begum (University of Exeter), Farid Bouchiba (CNRS – IRHT, Paris), Laura Emunds (University of Bern), Fines Fatimah (Brawijaya University), Robert Gleave (University of Exeter), Uvaise Karattiyattil (Hamad bin Khalifa University), Marion Katz (New York University), Dominik Krell (University of Oxford/ Wolfson College), Christian Müller (CNRS – IRHT, Paris), Abdur-Rahman Muhammad (University of Southern California), Hatice Öztürk (Georgetown University), Gianluca Parolin (Aga Khan University), Janina Safran (Penn State University), Muhammed Şahin (University of Tübingen/ ISAM), Irene Schneider (University of Göttingen/ Max-Weber-Kolleg – University of Erfurt), Julia Sochacka (University of Warsaw), Alexander Thurston (University of Cincinnati), Serena Tolino (University of Bern), Zahra Jafari (University of Exeter).
Programme
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 14.00-19:15 (Roundtable Discussion, Opening Panel), followed by reception with buffet.
Friday, 23 May 2025, 9:00-17:00 (Panels, Poster Session), followed by the ISILS business meeting (ISILS members only), and a conference dinner (only for speakers, 20:00)
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 10:00-12:30 (Panels).
Registration
Please register for the conference by May 7, 2025 using this registration link
Participation is free for members of ISILS and members of the University of Münster, including fellows of the Cluster of Excellence and EViR.
For all other guests, the conference fee is USD 75. Please pay the registration fee at this link.
Important: Please complete the registration form before submitting the payment, as we cannot process your registration otherwise.
If you would like to become an ISILS member before registering (the triennial membership fee is USD 75 for the 2022–2025 period), please join ISILS here, and then proceed with the conference registration.
Organized by:
Christian Müller (ISILS President)
Serena Tolino (ISILS Secretary)
Norbert Oberauer (Local Host)
With the support of:
Hakkı Arslan (Münster Team)
Lena-Maria Möller (Münster Team)
Steven Judd (ISILS Executive Board)
Asifa Quraishi (ISILS Executive Board)
Delfina Serrano (ISILS Executive Board)
Knut Vikør (ISILS Member)