Reformulation and Hermeneutics – Researching the History of Islamic Legal Theory

Sunday 21 – Wednesday 24, February 2016

Leadership Fellow for the Partnership, Professor Robert Gleave of the University of Exeter, is hosting a three day conference in Istanbul entitled Reformulation and Hermeneutics – Researching the History of Islamic Legal Theory. The conference will be co-hosted by Murteza Bedir, Dean of the Theology Faculty at the University of Istanbul . 

The conference will examine how, through history, Sharīʿa rules have been justified by Muslim thinkers, with a focus on the debates and discussions in works of legal theory.  It will bring together leading researchers from the Middle East, Europe and North America in the discipline. 

Further information on registration and the programme will be available in November 2015. 

To register your interest contact Professor Robert Gleave via email at r.gleave@exeter.ac.uk. For further information visit the event website.