The Annual York-Noor Lecture Series 2010-20101: Recent Publications on Islam and Muslim Societies

presents

Two lectures by Dr. Anver Emon, author of Islamic Natural Law Theories (Oxford University Press, 2010)

Islamic Natural Law Theories and After

Date: Sunday March 13, 2011
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre
Admission: $5

and

Islamic Natural Law Theories: Theologies of Reason, Philosophies of Law

Date: Monday March 14, 2011
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: 010 Vanier College Senior Common Room, York University
Admission: Free

Anver M. Emon is Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Professor Emon’s research focuses on premodern and modern Islamic legal history and theory; premodern modes of governance and adjudication; and the role of Shari’a both inside and outside the Muslim world. The author of Islamic Natural Law Theories (Oxford University Press, 2010), Professor Emon is the founding editor of Middle East Law and Governance: An Interdisciplinary Journal, sits on the editorial board of The Journal of Law and Religion, and is the general editor of the Oxford Series in Islamic Legal Studies (forthcoming, Oxford University Press).

See here for the full series of this year’s York-Noor lectures.