Islamic Law Special Interest Group

As part of its contribution to the Higher Education Academy’s Islamic Studies Network, UKCLE organised the inaugural meeting of a new disciplinary special interest group in Islamic Law in November 2010.

The purposes of the meeting were to:

• introduce the work already underway as part of UKCLE’s Islamic Law Curriculum Project
• identify key substantive and pedagogic issues relevant to the development of learning and teaching Islamic Law within UK higher education
  
• establish priorities and a plan of work for the group, with the support of UKCLE, the Islamic Studies Network, and other bodies.

Presentations and notes

Introducing the Islamic Studies Network
Lisa Bernasek, Academic Coordinator (Islamic Studies Network), The Higher Education Academy – Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics & Area Studies (LLAS)

The dangers of kryptonite: Living with imperfection in the teaching of Islamic law
Nicholas Foster, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, School of Law, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London

Open space session: To define themes/workshops for future event. Reports are available for download.

• Curriculum for Islamic Law (report by John Strawson)
• Pedagogy (report by Anicee Van Engeland)
• Resources (report by Lisa Bernasek)

An overall report of the event is available on the Islamic Studies Network website.

Last Modified: 23 February 2011