Rumee Ahmed

Rumee Ahmed is our new Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies and he comes to us after teaching for three years at Colgate University in upstate New York.  

His BA, from University of Maryland, College Park, was in Philosophy and he holds a PhD (2008) in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia, for a dissertation entitled 'Constructing an Islamic Legal Narrative: A Study of Classical Ḥanafī Legal Theories'.  Rumee is an expert in Islamic Law and his first book, entitled Narrative Law: The Creative Logic of Islamic Legal Theory, will be published by Oxford University Press in January 2012. We are hoping for a vigorous and productive synergy between Rumee Ahmed, Gregg Gardner and Leanne Bablitz with her expertise in Roman law.