Near Eastern Studies/Islamic Studies

Graduate School
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Hi everyone,

I’m looking for grad schools that have solid programs in Islamic studies, and have faculty who are specialized in Islamic law.

The Professors that I’ve come across are: Dr Hallaq at Columbia, Dr Lowry at UPenn, Dr Shamsy at U Chicago, Dr Opwis at Georgetown, and Dr Jackson at USC.

Any other programs/professors? Thanks for your help!

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I moved this to the graduate school forum since you’re looking into MA/PhD programs. Have you tried the MESA directory? There’s a list of people working in Islamic law.

https://mesana.org/mymesa/directory.php?ltype=subarea&lvalue=IL

All of the usual suspects for Islamic studies are likely worth a look (NYU, UT Austin, UCLA, Harvard, etc.).

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Thanks warblersrule, the link was extremely helpful. I’m surprised to see so many specialists in the field!