Announcement | Spring 2024 Mahdi Visiting Research Scholar

MEI extends a warm welcome to Dana Lee, the Spring 2024 Mahdi Visiting Research Scholar!

Dana Lee is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Mohannad and Rana Malas Scholar in Islamic Legal Studies at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. She is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research examines the intersections of history, jurisprudence, and law and ethics, with a particular focus on the Islamic legal tradition. Her areas of expertise include Islamic law, social and intellectual history of the Muslim world, jurisprudence, property, and comparative law. Her first book project entitled, At the Limits of Law: Necessity in Islamic Legal History, examines the role of necessity in Islamic legal and ethical discourses and legal practice, in comparative perspective.