Presented By: Global Islamic Studies Center
IISS Lecture Series. Islamic Law in Literature: Case Studies from Tanukhī (d. 384/994) and Hamadhanī (d. 398/1008)
Bilal Orfali, Professor and Sheikh Zayed Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut
Free event; please register at http://myumi.ch/zx790
What is the role of Islamic law in literature and, reflexively, the role of literature in Islamic law? We set about to answer this intriguing question, often asked in other interpretive communities of law and literature, with reference to two of the most acclaimed storytellers in early Islamic history. Abū ʿAlī al-Muḥassin al-Tanūkhī (d. 384/994) and Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī (d. 398/1008).
What is the role of Islamic law in literature and, reflexively, the role of literature in Islamic law? We set about to answer this intriguing question, often asked in other interpretive communities of law and literature, with reference to two of the most acclaimed storytellers in early Islamic history. Abū ʿAlī al-Muḥassin al-Tanūkhī (d. 384/994) and Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī (d. 398/1008).
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