Events This Academic Year

Wednesday, September 12, 2012: ILSP Orientation and Reception. ILSP will host an introduction to the program, providing an opportunity to meet our staff and new visiting fellows, and to learn about our travel grants, support of student groups, and more. The event will be held 4:00–6:00 p.m. at ILSP offices, 125 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA. Remarks at 4:30.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012: "United Nations and Islamic Law: Using Islamic Strategies to Achieve Universal Development Goals?" Lecture and discussion by Mohammed Siraj Sait, Reader and Head of Research, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of East London. Sait is a former human rights prosecutor in India and legal officer with UN-Habitat in Kenya, and recently led the evaluation of the UN Iraq development programs. The lecture will be held in Austin Hall West, 4:00–5:30 p.m., with reception to follow.

Monday, November 12, 2012: The eighth lecture in the Abd al-Razzaq al-Sanhuri Lecture on Legal Interpretation in the Muslim World, "Shari‘ah and the Law in Bangladesh: Understanding the Critical Conjunctions and Disjunctions" will be given by M. Jamiruddin Sircar, MP (Former Speaker, Bangladesh Parliament). Lecture will be held 4:00–5:30 p.m. in WCC, Milstein East C, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Monday, November 19, 2012: ILSP lecture, "The Second Formation of Islamic Law: Some Thoughts about the Ottoman Adoption of the Hanafi School of Law," by Guy Burak (Ph.D. 2012, New York University; and Fall 2012 ILSP Visiting Fellow). Lecture to be held 3:00–4:30 p.m. in WCC, Milstein East C, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012: ILSP lecture, "Turkish Debate on the Accommodation of Religious Identities in the Process of Forming a New Constitution," by Olgun Akbulut (Assistant Professor and Associate Dean, Kadir Has University, Turkey; and 2012–2013 ILSP Visiting Fellow). Lecture to be held 3:00–4:30 p.m. in WCC, Milstein East C, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012: ILSP lecture, "Legal and Regulatory Milieu of the Islamic Banking Industry," by Huma Sodher (Ph.D. candidate, Bangor University, U.K.; and 2012–2013 ILSP Visiting Fellow). Lecture to be held 3:00–4:30 p.m. in WCC, Milstein East C, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013: ILSP lecture, “Legal and Moral Questions in Contemporary Islamic Banking and Finance,” by Luqman Zakariyah (Assistant Professor in the Study of Islam and Muslims, Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education and Former Teaching Fellow of School of Divinity, Philosophy and History, University of Aberdeen, U.K.; and 2012–2013 ILSP Visiting Fellow). Lecture to be held 3:00–4:30 p.m. in WCC, Milstein East C, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013: Islamic Finance Project-London School of Economics public lecture, “Islamic Finance and Shari'a Compliance: Reality and Expectations.” Speakers: Tan Sri Dato' Azman bin Hj. Mokhtar (Managing Director, Khazanah Nasional, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Dr. Frank Vogel (Founding Director, Islamics Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School); Chair: Justice Blair. Event to be held 6:30–8:00 p.m. at the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London School of Economics.

Monday, March 11, 2013: ILSP lecture, “Public Debates on the Role of Shari‘a in the New Tunisian Constitution,” by Maaike Voorhoeve (Researcher, Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; and 2012–2013 ILSP Visiting Fellow). Lecture to be held 3:30–5:00 p.m. in Hauser 104, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013: ILSP lecture, “Doctrine of Separation of Powers and Its Relevance to the Enforcement and Execution of Maintenance Orders by Syariah Courts of Malaysia,” by Mohd Na'im Mokhtar (Director, Family Support Division, Dept. of Syariah Judiciary, Malaysia; and Spring 2013 ILSP Visiting Fellow). Lecture to be held 3:00-4:30 p.m. in Austin Hall 111 (Austin West), Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Saturday, April 6, 2013: The Islamic Finance Project panel discussion on Shari‘a-Compliant Home Financing in the U.S. The event aims to stimulate dialogue and address the misconceptions, mistrusts, and perceptions that revolve around Islamic home financing. The panel will focus on a discussion paper written by Shaykh Yusuf DeLorenzo. To be held 9:30–12:30 in Austin Hall 104, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013: ILSP lecture, “Jadal and Uṣūl al-Fiqh: Vignettes from the Dialectical Forge,” by Walter Young (Ph.D., McGill Unviersity, Canada; and Spring 2013 ILSP Visiting Fellow). Lecture to be held 3:00–4:30 p.m. in WCC, Milstein East C, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013: ILSP lecture, “The Register of the Qadi Court of The Sultanate of Banten (Indonesia) 1754–1756,” by Ayang Utriza (Ph.D. candidate, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France; and Spring 2013 ILSP Visiting Fellow). Lecture to be held 3:30–5:00 p.m. in WCC, Milstein East A, Harvard Law School campus. Reception to follow.