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Member of the Cluster 1 : « Sacred books » at the Laboratoire d’études sur les monothéismes (UMR 8584).
Lena Salaymeh is Professor in the Section des Sciences Religieuses of the École Pratique des Hautes Études->https://www.ephe.psl.eu/ecole/nos-enseignants-chercheurs/lena-salaymeh] (Paris Sciences et Lettres). She was previously British Academy Global Professor in the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and Area Studies (University of Oxford). She established and co-organizethe Decolonial Comparative Law Project at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law from 2020-2024.

Research topics

– Islamic law and history.
– Jewish law and history.
– Legal history.
– Critical and decolonial theory ;

Thèmes de recherche

– Critical jurisprudence and critical historiography in Islamic and Jewish studies.
– Critical legal studies.
– Comparative law and legal history.
– Critical and decolonial theory.

Projets en cours

– Organisation of the project Decolonial Comparative Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Hamburg).
“Decolonial comparative law : a conceptual introduction” (article)
– Divine law in the Islamic tradition (book)
– Thinking critically about Islam and Islamic law (book)
– Revolutionary Islamic law (book)

Research seminar

Late antique Islamic tradition
Islamic law and governance
Master Civilizations, Cultures and Societies
From October 15, 2024 to June 10, 2025
Every Thursday from 11am to 1pm. Semesters 1 & 2.
Campus Condorcet, 14 cours des Humanités, 93322, Aubervilliers

Master Civilisations, Cultures and Societies
Decoloniality and decolonial theory
From February 04, 2025 to June 10, 2025
Resumption date : February 04, 2025

Every Thursday from 3pm to 5pm. Semester 2 only.
Campus Condorcet, 14 cours des Humanités, 93322, Aubervilliers, France

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