ILS Conference

The Sixth International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies, “Islamic Law and Custom,” was hosted by the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK, from July 13-15, 2009. It addressed the pervasive but poorly understood relationship of Islamic law to custom and customary law. The goal of the conference was to improve the capacity of the field to observe, describe, analyze, and further explore this relationship; participants in the conference felt that it was a resounding success. Publication of the conference papers is being pursued.

The Board will soon prepare for the Seventh International Conference, to be held in 2012; a Call for Papers with theme, date, and venue will be posted sometime in late 2010 or early 2011.