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Workshop on Ḥanafī legal texts held in Amasya

A workshop of Amasya University, the University of Texas at Austin, the Berlin Institute for Islamic Studies and ISAM read Ḥanafī texts on 24–26 June.

The Workshop on Ḥanafī Legal Texts. Islamic Legal Corpora: Authority, Reasoning, and Authorship met in Amasya on 24–26 June 2026, organised by Amasya University, the University of Texas at Austin, the Berlin Institute for Islamic Studies and the Center for Islamic Studies (ISAM).

It was devoted to expert readings and translations of texts from the Ḥanafī tradition, including understudied texts and genres, and asked how legal authority, authorship and textual transmission are constituted. The possibilities and limits of digital humanities tools for tracing patterns in the fiqh tradition were also discussed.

The classical works table of Fukahâ offers a starting list for such work.

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