Mariam Sheibani

Associate Academic Director, Head of Research

ms02@cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk
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Academic Bio

Dr. Mariam Sheibani is Associate Academic Director and Head of Research at Cambridge Muslim College. She received her PhD in Islamic Thought from the University of Chicago and postdoctoral training at Harvard Law School. Prior to joining Cambridge Muslim College, she taught at The University of Toronto, Harvard Divinity School, and the University of Chicago. Her research interests are in Islamic intellectual, religious, and social history, with a focus on the theory and practice of Islamic law, ethics, and Sufism. She has studied with Muslim scholars and conducted research in Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, North America, the UK, and West Africa.

Education

  • Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2018
  • MA, The University of Chicago, 2014
  • MA, Carleton University, 2011

Research Interests

  • Islamic law and practice 
  • Islamic history 
  • Sufism and Ethics
  • Contemporary Islamic Thought

Recent Lecture

Select Publications

“Judicial Crisis in Damascus on the Eve of Baybars’ Reform: The Case of the Minor Orphan Girl (651–55/1253–57),” Journal of Islamic Law and Society 28, no. 4 (2021). Access here

“Innovation, Influence, and Borrowing in Mamluk Law: The Case of Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām and al-Qarāfī’s Legal Canon Collections,” Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS) 140, no. 4 (2020). Access here

Co-authored with Ahmed El Shamsy and Amir Toft. “The Classical Period: Scripture, Origins, and Early Development” in The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law, ed. Anver Emon and Rumee Ahmed (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). Access here

“Women’s Rights and Duties in Classical Islamic Legal Works” in The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Women, ed. Asma Afsaruddin (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023).

Recent & Regularly Taught Courses