The Department of Islamic Legal Studies at Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, invites abstracts for an international workshop, “Rethinking Ḥujjiyya: Authority, Authenticity, Attribution, and the Construction of Normativity in Islamic Thought”, to be held on 8–9 July 2027.
The workshop will explore ḥujjiyya (normative authority or probative force) as a framework for understanding epistemic and normative authority across Sunni, Shiʿi, Ibāḍī and other Islamic traditions, from the formative period to the present. Abstracts of 300 words, with a CV (maximum two pages) and a short biography, should be sent to Professor Seyed Mohammad Ghari S Fatemi (fatemim@almahdi.edu) by 17:00 UK time on 30 January 2027. The proceedings will be published by Brill in an edited volume, subject to peer review. Accommodation and hospitality are provided for presenters.
