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CanCode: Canonization and Codification of Islamic Legal Texts

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Moske Kairo

How does Islamic law change?

In the CanCode project we will study processes of change in Islamic legal texts by starting with two terms, or concepts: "Canonization" and "Codification". These terms are used in variours ways by scholars in the field of Islamic legal studies, but both terms draw attention to selection and validation, or authorization, of knowledge, norms and legal rules.

We have four empirical foci:

  • Pre-modern and colonial Swahili Coast 
  • Modern, contemporary Scandinavia 
  • Pre-modern Zaydi Yemen 
  • Modern Egypt and Israel
About the project
Four-field model

About the CanCode project

Here you will find information about the background for the project and its structure

CanCode News
OUP

Theme issue in Oxford Jounal of Law and Religion

The min bulk of CanCode results are currently in the pipeline. Here you can read about the first theme issue from Cancode, just published (Aug 2024).

CanCode News
Court

Marie Curie - CanCode

Here you can read about Nurul Huda Mohd. Razif's Marie Curie project (Bergen 2024-2026) in cooperation with CanCode.

CanCode Interview
Mohamed Noor

Interview with PhD student Mohamed Noor

Here you can read more about Mohamed Noor and his PhD project.

CanCode News
Ittifaqat

Call for Papers: Islamic Codification beyond the Modern State

In this page you can read more about the call for papers and the related CanCode workshop in Oxford, September 4-5, 2024.

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The project is a so-called TMS starting grant co-financed by Trond Mohn Research Foundation and the University of Bergen for 2020-2024. The project is a cooperation between the Department of Foreign Languages and the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, at the Faculty of Humanities.