Fellow's Lecture: The Trial of a Heretic: (Muslim Toledo 11th Century) Judicial Procedure and Political Context

Date: 

Monday, March 27, 2017, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Wasserstein Hall (WCC) 4059, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

ILSP: SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School and the Harvard University Department of History present a Fellow's Lecture

Maribel FierroDr. Maribel Fierro
Director, El Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CSIC), Madrid; Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Dr. Fierro will discuss her current research on a significant Andalusian judicial figure from the 11th century. Dr. Fierro's research focuses on the political, religious, and intellectual history of al-Andalus and the Islamic Weest (eighth-fifteenth centuries), on Islamic law, and on violence and its representation in Medieval Arabic sources.

Lunch will be provided.
 
Please register at http://bit.ly/2nII6Cn
 

Sponsors: ILSP:SHARIAsource, Harvard Law School, and Harvard University Department of History
Contact: Darrick Northington