Course Announcement: 'The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction' (University of Edinburgh, 6 May 2019)

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Apr 2, 2019
Course Announcement: "The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction" (University of Edinburgh, 6 May 2019)

Course Announcement: "The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction" (University of Edinburgh, 6 May 2019)

By : Jadaliyya Reports

The University of Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre is pleased to announce the launch of a free five-week online course entitled "The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction". 

The course begins on May 6, and prospective students can now sign-up via the course homepage: 

www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-the-sharia-and-islamic-law

Delivered via the FutureLearn platform, this groundbreaking course will explore some of the diverse roles that the Sharia and Islamic law have played in Muslim life, both historically and today, encouraging students to think critically about the nature of religious law and its many manifestations. 

The course provides an opportunity for learners to hear from renowned academics based at leading institutions from across North America and Europe. Among its features, the course also includes a series of online "film nights" including exciting and award-winning documentaries such as The Judge.

What Topics Will the Course Cover?

  1. What is Law? What is the Sharia? What is Islamic Law?
  2. How did Islamic Law work in the past and how did Islamic law adapt to social change?
  3. Understandings of justice and the impact of colonialism on Islamic law.
  4. The diverse manifestations of Islamic law in Muslim life today in contexts ranging from northern Nigeria to Palestine, to Indonesia to the United Kingdom.
  5. The role of Islamic law in a wide range of human activity, from individual worship to marriage/divorce.

Contributors


Dr. David H. Warren (University of Edinburgh)
Prof. Mona Siddiqui (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Elvire Corboz (University of Edinburgh)
Prof. Rumee Ahmed (University of British Columbia)
Prof. Sarah Eltantawi (Evergreen College)
Tazeen Ali (Boston University)
Dr. Nijmi Edres (Gottingen University)
Dr. Samia Bano (SOAS University of London)
Dr. Ebtihal Mahadeen (University of Edinburgh)
Prof. Jonathan A.C. Brown (Georgetown University)
Dr. Omar Anchassi (University of Edinburgh)
Yahya Barry (University of Edinburgh
Dr. Nacim Pak-Shiraz (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Abdul Rahman Mustafa (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Andreas Gorke (University of Edinburgh)
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Inaugural Issue of Journal on Postcolonial Directions in Education

Postcolonial Directions in Education is a peer-reviewed open access journal produced twice a year. It is a scholarly journal intended to foster further understanding, advancement and reshaping of the field of postcolonial education. We welcome articles that contriute to advancing the field. As indicated in the editorial for the inaugural issue, the purview of this journal is broad enough to encompass a variety of disciplinary approaches, including but not confined to the following: sociological, anthropological, historical and social psychological approaches. The areas embraced include anti-racist education, decolonizing education, critical multiculturalism, critical racism theory, direct colonial experiences in education and their legacies for present day educational structures and practice, educational experiences reflecting the culture and "imagination" of empire, the impact of neoliberalism/globalization/structural adjustment programs on education, colonial curricula and subaltern alternatives, education and liberation movements, challenging hegemonic languages, the promotion of local literacies and linguistic diversity, neocolonial education and identity construction, colonialism and the construction of patriarchy, canon and canonicity, indigenous knowledges, supranational bodies and their educational frameworks, north-south and east-west relations in education, the politics of representation, unlearning colonial stereotypes, internal colonialism and education, cultural hybridity and learning  in  postcolonial contexts, education and the politics of dislocation, biographies or autobiographies reflecting the above themes, and deconstruction of colonial narratives of civilization within educational contexts. Once again, the field cannot be exhausted.

Table of Contents

  • Furthering the Discourse in Postcolonial Education, by Anne Hickling Hudson & Peter Mayo
  • Resisting the Inner Plantation: Decolonization and the Practice of Education in the Work of Eric Williams, by Jennifer Lavia
  • Neocolonialism, Higher Education and Student Union Activism in Zimbabwe, by Munyaradzi Hwami & Dip Kapoor
  • Reframing Anti-Colonial Theory for the Diasporic Context, by Marlon Simmons & George Dei 
  • Review of The Politics of Postcolonialism: Empire, Nation and Resistance, by Tejwant Chana
  • Review of Actionable Postcolonial Theory in Education, by Joseph Zanoni
  • AERA Postcolonial Studies and Education SIG: Business Meeting, by Joseph Zanoni 

[Click here to access the articles of the issue.]