This conference aims to bring together scholars working on colonial law in Muslim contexts who are interested in ‘gender-coded law’ (i.e. all legal domains that automatically invoke connotations of gender)...
Read More »Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World
This research focused on gender issues affecting Muslim societies elsewhere in the world as well as masculinity and men within a gendered framework form part of the scope of this...
Read More »Book: Gender, Governance and Islam
The book “Gender, Governance and Islam” Analyses the links between gender and governance in contemporary Muslim majority countries and diaspora contexts. Following a period of rapid political change, both globally and in relation to the Middle East and South Asia, this collection sets new terms of reference for an analysis …
Read More »Women, Leadership, and Mosques +PDF
This volume investigates the diverse range of female religious leadership present in contemporary Muslim communities in South, East and Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America...
Read More »Project: Understanding Shari’a – Custom, Gender, the State and Violence
This two year project addresses how Muslim legal scholars have used the idea of a perfect past to try and change the imperfect present...
Read More »Call for Application: Intensive Course on Gender and Women’s Studies
The Women and Family Research Center Intensive Course endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Gender and Women’s Studies based on Islamic Shi’a point of view and seeks to offer an original and insightful image of women in...
Read More »Call for Papers: Gender & Muslim Spaces: Community & Academic Perspectives
The “Gender and Muslim Spaces: Community and Academic Perspectives” conference will take place in University of...
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