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January 30, 2012
Time:Noon-1:30 p.m.
Description:The Social Science and the Middle East Lecture Series presents "Local Texts: Shari'a in Mid-Century Yemen," a talk by Brinkley Messick, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University.

Clifford Geertz famously described law as a form of "local knowledge." In this lecture, Messick examines Islamic Shari'a as it was manifested in a system of local texts, referring to a corpus of written work produced by a particular community of Muslim jurists and practitioners in Yemen, the Zaydis.

Additional support is provided by the Department of Asian Studies.
Location:Student Activity Center (SAC) 2.120
URL:More about this event...
Contact:Sofian Merabet | 512-471-0057
Sponsor:Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of Asian Studies
Admission:Free and open to the public
Categories:Everyone, Lecture/talk
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