Aemma
03-11-2009, 12:51 PM
Piggy-backing on one of Luka's posts...
Islamic Finance, coming to an Ivy League school near you :eek:
Harvard Law School Islamic Legal Studies Program: Islamic Finance Project
The Islamic Finance Project (IFP) is the continuation of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program (HIFIP), which was established by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in 1995. IFP is now part of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at Harvard Law School. It aims to study the field of Islamic finance from the legal and shari'a points of view by analyzing contemporary scholarship, inducing collaboration among scholars within and outside the Muslim world, and increasing the interaction between theory and practice in Islamic finance....Continue
EIGHTH HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORUM ON ISLAMIC FINANCE
Innovation and Authenticity April 18-20, 2008
The Eighth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance was held at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 18-20, 2008. The Forum and Pre-forum Workshop featured over 40 speakers, including the Keynote Speech delivered by Nobel Laureate Robert C. Merton, John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard Business School, Forum Speech by M.Umer Chapra, an adviser to the Islamic Development Bank research arm, Islamic Research and Training Institute in Jeddah., and the banquet address by Dean Bill A Graham, Dean of Harvard Divinity School. The Forum explored the themes of innovation and authenticity in Islamic Finance and the Pre-forum Workshop was devoted to Microfinance: Towards a Sustainable Islamic Finance Model.
Eighth Forum Report | Pre-Forum Workshop Report | Keynote Speech | Forum Speech |
SEVENTH HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORUM ON ISLAMIC FINANCE
The Seventh Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, entitled “Integrating Islamic Finance in the Mainstream: Regulation, Standardization, and Transparency,” was held on April 22-23, 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The biennial event was hosted by the Islamic Finance Project (IFP), which is now in its third year as part of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at the Harvard Law School. As with past forums, the Seventh Forum attracted leading academics, shari’a scholars, and pra .... Continue...
PRE-FORUM WORKSHOP ON SELECT ETHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN SHARĪ`A-COMPLIANT FINANCE
In keeping with its goals to encourage collaboration among scholars within and outside the Muslim world, and to increase interaction between theory and practice, the Islamic Finance Project (IFP), on Friday, April 21, 2006 – the day preceding IFP’s biennial conference – for the first time hosted an all-day, closed-door workshop on select ethical and methodological issues in Islamic finance with leading economists and shari'a experts in the field. Moderated by Professor Frank Vogel, the D .... Continue...
Source: http://ifptest.law.harvard.edu/ifphtml/index.php
Islamic Finance, coming to an Ivy League school near you :eek:
Harvard Law School Islamic Legal Studies Program: Islamic Finance Project
The Islamic Finance Project (IFP) is the continuation of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program (HIFIP), which was established by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in 1995. IFP is now part of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at Harvard Law School. It aims to study the field of Islamic finance from the legal and shari'a points of view by analyzing contemporary scholarship, inducing collaboration among scholars within and outside the Muslim world, and increasing the interaction between theory and practice in Islamic finance....Continue
EIGHTH HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORUM ON ISLAMIC FINANCE
Innovation and Authenticity April 18-20, 2008
The Eighth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance was held at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 18-20, 2008. The Forum and Pre-forum Workshop featured over 40 speakers, including the Keynote Speech delivered by Nobel Laureate Robert C. Merton, John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard Business School, Forum Speech by M.Umer Chapra, an adviser to the Islamic Development Bank research arm, Islamic Research and Training Institute in Jeddah., and the banquet address by Dean Bill A Graham, Dean of Harvard Divinity School. The Forum explored the themes of innovation and authenticity in Islamic Finance and the Pre-forum Workshop was devoted to Microfinance: Towards a Sustainable Islamic Finance Model.
Eighth Forum Report | Pre-Forum Workshop Report | Keynote Speech | Forum Speech |
SEVENTH HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORUM ON ISLAMIC FINANCE
The Seventh Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, entitled “Integrating Islamic Finance in the Mainstream: Regulation, Standardization, and Transparency,” was held on April 22-23, 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The biennial event was hosted by the Islamic Finance Project (IFP), which is now in its third year as part of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at the Harvard Law School. As with past forums, the Seventh Forum attracted leading academics, shari’a scholars, and pra .... Continue...
PRE-FORUM WORKSHOP ON SELECT ETHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN SHARĪ`A-COMPLIANT FINANCE
In keeping with its goals to encourage collaboration among scholars within and outside the Muslim world, and to increase interaction between theory and practice, the Islamic Finance Project (IFP), on Friday, April 21, 2006 – the day preceding IFP’s biennial conference – for the first time hosted an all-day, closed-door workshop on select ethical and methodological issues in Islamic finance with leading economists and shari'a experts in the field. Moderated by Professor Frank Vogel, the D .... Continue...
Source: http://ifptest.law.harvard.edu/ifphtml/index.php