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The IX Islamic Legal Studies Conference, convened by the International Society for Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS), was held under the auspices of the Universities of Helsinki and Tampere, Finland, June 6\u20139, 2018.<\/p>\n
The conference was divided into two parts. In the first, which took place in Helsinki on June 6, a keynote address and an invited panel of five speakers presented on \u201cIslamic Law and the Relationship between Ruler and Ruled.\u201d The second part, which took place in Tampere over two-and-a-half days, consisted of twenty diverse presentations divided among five panels. See the Program below.<\/p>\n
PROGRAM<\/p>\n
Wednesday, June 6, 2018<\/b>\u00a0(Small Festival Hall, University of Helsinki)<\/p>\n
13:00 Welcome: ISILS President, Peri Bearman (Harvard Law School)<\/p>\n
Keynote Lecture, Frank Vogel (Harvard Law School)<\/p>\n
14:00\u201317:00 Panel I: Islamic Law and the Relationship between Ruler and Ruled (chair: Peri Bearman, Harvard Law School)<\/p>\n
Lena Salymeh (Tel Aviv University)<\/p>\n
Christian M\u00fcller (CNRS, Paris)<\/p>\n
Rob Gleave (University of Exeter)<\/p>\n
Evgenia Kermeli (Haceteppe University, Ankara)<\/p>\n
Mulki al-Sharmani (University of Helsinki)<\/p>\n
Thursday, June 7, 2018<\/b>\u00a0(Auditorium, University of Tampere)<\/p>\n
9:30\u201312:00 Panel II: The Court and Islamic Law (chair: Knut Vik\u00f8r, University of Bergen)<\/p>\n
Sohaira Siddiqui (Georgetown University): Contesting Anglo-Muhammadan Law in Colonial Courtrooms<\/p>\n
Ari Schriber (Harvard University): Functionalization of the Moroccan Q\u0101\u1e0d\u012b: The Statut des Cadis Decree of 1937-1938<\/p>\n
Erin E. Stiles (University of Nevada): Who Is an Heir? Legal Pluralism and Inheritance Disputes in and out of Zanzibar\u2019s Islamic Courts<\/p>\n
Dominik Krell (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg): The Concept of the \u201cBest Interests of the Child\u201d in Saudi Arabian Courts<\/p>\n
14:00\u201317:00 Panel III: Women and Islamic Law (chair: Asifa Quraishi-Landes, University of Wisconsin, Madison)<\/p>\n
Marion Holmes Katz (New York University): Is Marriage Really Like a Sale? Marriage and Its Metaphors in the Fifth-Sixth Century AH\/Eleventh-Twelfth Century CE<\/p>\n
Delfina Serrano (CSIC, Madrid): Legal Views on the Duration of Pregnancy and Their Impact on Islamic Notions of Paternity (nasab): Past and Present<\/p>\n
Rozaliya Garipova (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan): An Islamic Legal Debate on \u201cAnchored\u201d Women in the Russian Empire<\/p>\n
Irene Schneider (University of G\u00f6ttingen): Divorce Gaza style: The ta\u02bfm\u012bm of 2016<\/p>\n
Ayang Utriza Yakin (Universit\u00e9 Catholique, Louvain): Women, Right to Sexual Pleasure, and \u201cMalu\u201d: Sexual Enjoyment, Impotence, and Modesty in Indonesian Religious Courts<\/p>\n
Friday, June 8, 2018<\/b>\u00a0(Auditorium, University of Tampere)<\/p>\n
9:30\u201312:00 Panel IV: Fiqh Discourse I (chair: Steven Judd, Southern Connecticut State University)<\/p>\n
Ron Shaham (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): Legal Maxims (qaw\u0101\u02bfid fiqhiyya) in Y\u016bsuf al-Qaradaw\u012b\u2019s Jurisprudence and Legal Opinions<\/p>\n
Serena Tolino (University of Hamburg): Eunuchs in Islamic Law: The Gender of Castrated Men in the Islamic Legal Discourse<\/p>\n
Faris Zwirahn (Princeton University): Your Marriage Contract Is Unlawful: The Validity of Virtual Communication Technology in Islamic Law<\/p>\n
Carlo De Angelo (University of Naples): The Salafi Conception of wal\u0101\u02be wa-bar\u0101\u02be and Muslims Integration into Western Societies: A Negative Impact<\/p>\n
14:00\u201315:30 Panel V: Islamic Law and Governance (Magdalena Mart\u00ednez, University of Alicante)<\/p>\n
Ahmed Khan (University of Hamburg): An Empire of Laws: The View from the Province<\/p>\n
Gianluca Parolin (Agha Khan University, London): Al-\u1e6cah\u1e6d\u0101w\u012b \u201cTranslating\u201d the 1814 French Charter: Crafting a New Semiotics of Law and Governance in 19th-Century Egypt<\/p>\n
Knut S. Vik\u00f8r (University of Bergen): Imamate and Sultanate in Twentieth-Century Ib\u0101\u1e0d\u012b Thought<\/p>\n
ISILS Business Meeting (for ISILS members only)<\/p>\n
Conference Dinner, Finlayson Palace<\/p>\n
Saturday, June 9, 2018<\/b>\u00a0(Auditorium, University of Tampere)<\/p>\n
9:30\u201312:00 Panel VI: Fiqh Discourse II (chair: Susanne Dahlgren, University of Tampere)<\/p>\n
Steven Judd (Southern Connecticut State University): Mu\u1e25ammad al-Marwaz\u012b\u2019s Treatment of Sufy\u0101n al-Thawr\u012b in his Ikhtil\u0101f al-fuqah\u0101\u02be<\/p>\n
Nurit Tsafrir (Tel Aviv University): The Persian Influence on the Ir\u0101q\u012b \u1e24anaf\u012b Law: Some Notes on Its Literary Aspect<\/p>\n
Arzoo Osanloo (University of Washington): Preserving Right, Forgiving Wrong: Mercy\u2019s Law in Iranian Criminal Sanctions<\/p>\n
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (University of Copenhagen): Featuring Fiqh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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